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I love that !!!wunder wrote:8. Unfortunately there is no such area. In London only two out of "cheap", "safe", and "accessible" can be true for the same area.
From what I heard, the minimum wage there is different to the rest of the uk (someone correct me if I'm talking crap). I think it's over £7. Also, someone on a petty theft documentary said that he gets £80+/fortnight for job seeking.Pakhtoon wrote:I am wondering how much people in central London earn then ?? In another thread, it was advised that 800 pounds a month are not enough to find a place in central London even though its a lot of money !
How do people live in central London then ? after all its not possible that all of them are rich ( blood sucking ) bankers or directors and executives etc !!
Just curious....
£350 for a 2BR flat in the city centre??? Either you are joking or someone's pulling a fast one - I have been here for over 2 years with a lot of colleagues coming and going and the cheapest 1BR flat in the city centre in half a decent place and proper facilities is not below £500ElenaW wrote:I've seen nice Leeds city centre flats for £350. I think £650 is steep. It's up North after all!
Oh sorry it wasn't a two bedroom. It was a 1 bedroom. I believe it was on rightmove and the area looked okay when we checked it out. But I'm not a fan of leeds city centre honestly so I didn't go for it. Oh and you're right, I'm not sure what happens there after 8pm haha. We went at about 4pmkenfrapin wrote:£350 for a 2BR flat in the city centre??? Either you are joking or someone's pulling a fast one - I have been here for over 2 years with a lot of colleagues coming and going and the cheapest 1BR flat in the city centre in half a decent place and proper facilities is not below £500ElenaW wrote:I've seen nice Leeds city centre flats for £350. I think £650 is steep. It's up North after all!
And I'm not talkin of those places where you aint sure what happens after 8pm or can't stay safely over the weekend.....
Do let me know where you had seen this and I can confirm if it's the right quote you got!
KP
Thanks for your usual informative post kenfrapin but my question still remains...how do people living in central London manage to pay such high rents then ?? are they all so rich ?? is everyone there earning more than 50K ??kenfrapin wrote:Rents in London are quite steep and salaries in London dont correspond or match the rents.
Sample data as we have lived in a few cities and now huntin for a place down south
Suburb rents for 2BR houses not more than 30mins from the centre of that place
Reading - £550 to £625
Bristol - £625 - £750 - must say these are newer places in 'decent' places
Leeds - £425 - £525 - North always seems cheaper
London - jeez - £1200 to £1700 for decent, safe and cheap places
City Centre for flats
Reading - £650 - £1000
Bristol - around £800 but this was 4 yrs back
Leeds - £650 - £750
London - forget it!!!
So while there may be a 30%-50% difference renting in London and elsewhere, if you do get a job thats based in Central London, no company gives you that much of a raise even if were living outside of London and relocating for that job. Of course, if you are a genius then you can get a 100% raise
KP
I don't know why would anyone live in the city center ?? unless its central London preferably in the neighbourhood of The Queen.ElenaW wrote:Oh sorry it wasn't a two bedroom. It was a 1 bedroom. I believe it was on rightmove and the area looked okay when we checked it out. But I'm not a fan of leeds city centre honestly so I didn't go for it. Oh and you're right, I'm not sure what happens there after 8pm haha. We went at about 4pmkenfrapin wrote:£350 for a 2BR flat in the city centre??? Either you are joking or someone's pulling a fast one - I have been here for over 2 years with a lot of colleagues coming and going and the cheapest 1BR flat in the city centre in half a decent place and proper facilities is not below £500ElenaW wrote:I've seen nice Leeds city centre flats for £350. I think £650 is steep. It's up North after all!
And I'm not talkin of those places where you aint sure what happens after 8pm or can't stay safely over the weekend.....
Do let me know where you had seen this and I can confirm if it's the right quote you got!
KP
How people living in central London manage to earn and afford to pay such high rents is out of scope of the intended purpose of this discussion forum.This is an area for the discussion of matters related to issues about moving from one country to another ....It is not a general non-immigration, free-for-all area.
My question has more to do with "Settling In" actually otherwise I couldn't care less about how people manage to pay their rents. Misunderstanding I would say...sushdmehta wrote:How people living in central London manage to earn and afford to pay such high rents is out of scope of the intended purpose of this discussion forum.This is an area for the discussion of matters related to issues about moving from one country to another ....It is not a general non-immigration, free-for-all area.
regards
Depends what you mean by cheap, I suppose. In the area where I live, you can get a room in a shared house or flat for under £800 a month - about £100 a week is the cheapest. that's a small bedsit with shared bathroom and / or shared Spam.Pakhtoon wrote:I am wondering how much people in central London earn then ?? In another thread, it was advised that 800 pounds a month are not enough to find a place in central London even though its a lot of money !
How do people live in central London then ? after all its not possible that all of them are rich ( blood sucking ) bankers or directors and executives etc !!
Just curious....