Big Badger House (aka Noisy Lodger) HE'S GONE!

Badger_Lady

debrag wrote: »

I know plenty that live with parents in their 30's they can't afford to move out.

I don't like to be controversial but this is incredibly difficult to believe. I think people have a funny idea of what they can "afford" to do - if they're still home as adults it's because they choose to be there, end of. You can work at MacDonalds for a month and have enough money for a rental deposit.

debrag

Badger_Lady wrote: »

I don't like to be controversial but this is incredibly difficult to believe. I think people have a funny idea of what they can "afford" to do - if they're still home as adults it's because they choose to be there, end of. You can work at MacDonalds for a month and have enough money for a rental deposit.

In London? I think not, not unless you want to share! Either stay at home & share with family or move out and share with people you don't know.
£650 is the cheapest I've seen and me & my partner can only just afford that.
Also why rent/share when you can save for a deposit and then buy.

for a deposit to rent you would need £900 (6x150) that a lot of hours at McDonalds. I don't even make that after tax unless it's a 5 week month and I do over time.

Badger_Lady

Yeah, exactly - that's your choice. People choose to stay with family rather than share, and choose to stay in London - they're not stuck.

My sister and I each moved out at 16 years old with no fixed employment - if you're determined to be independent, you can .

spugzbunny

Personally, I don't understand why people insist on living in London if they can't afford it. I would prefer to live oop north than in the south if it were a financial drain on me.

Ellie2758

i thought Bigbruvlodger had been living there for quite some time now.......

Badger_Lady wrote: »

We had a party on Saturday! Officially it was to welcome BigBruvLodger to the neighbourhood, but we gave it a spooky theme to suit the season.

Most hilarious party ever :rotfl: all in fancy dress, with some right weirdoes present. One sat in a chair with his head in a bucket most of the way through, and another just wouldn't leave - by 11am the next day we were threatening him with the police :eek:. One of my friends drank too much and started giving everyone psychotherapy, and when the facepaints came out my ex OH had a rude bodypart drawn on his face.

Good times

Badger_Lady

Couple of months, yeah. When he first moved in, I asked him and ChattyLodger to choose a date for their party... and that was the date they chose!

Ellie2758

Ohh I'm losing track of the plot and getting all the characters muddled up. It was Chatty who'd been there a year then? And Bigbruv looks like Chatty's big bruv?

Badger_Lady

BigBruv does look like Chatty's big bruv, but Chatty was only there 4 weeks! They moved in around the same time, hence the joint housewarming party, but Chatty suddenly moved out before he could even attend.

He was supposed to be coming to the party as a guest but he had to work in the end

ClumsyLodger (girl) was there for a year on her own before the boys moved in.

Badger_Lady

Oh, one thing that was quite sweet - all my friends reported after the party that:
a) They like BigBruvLodger - he's a good sort, and
b) BigBruvLodger couldn't rave on enough about how I was "the best landlady ever!". He really, really likes living here

Ellie2758

Aww that was nice then