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Tricky Dicky
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Indeed. I was extremely lucky to buy when I did (although that makes me older!), so I've never paid rent, but I have sympathy.
Brighton Breezy
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Map wasn't showing up, but is now, thanks.
albion534
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Ditto this
I was paying £700 a month for a crappy 1 bed and shitty garden just off lewes road
I was paying £700 a month for a crappy 1 bed and shitty garden just off lewes road
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
According to that site I'm currently paying about £200 under market rate for my flat.
Don't tell my landlord
Don't tell my landlord
Uncle C
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You just did!
turienzo's lovechild
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- Oct 25, 2003
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it seems like the done thing down here to house share (3/4 people, sometimes even more)well into your 30's unless you get married- even if you have what most would consider to be a decent job....when i tell my parents this they find it utterly bizarre...is it a new thing? I hardly know anyone under the age of about 35 who lives by themselves in Brighton.
high rental costs and relatively low salaries certainly don't make living in brighton particularly easy. Don't think I'd live elsewhere though until I settle down
high rental costs and relatively low salaries certainly don't make living in brighton particularly easy. Don't think I'd live elsewhere though until I settle down
Colossal Squid
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Although by all accounts I'm only managing it because my rent is so much lower than it should be. Worries me slightly that were I to lose my flat for any reason, I'd have no hope of finding another £200 a month to find somewhere new. But at the same time I can't bear the thought of sharing with other people anymore. It was fun when I was a student but it gets old quite quickly and having lived by myself for nearly five years now, going back to shared life would be a massive arse burger.
On a related note, do you think people perhaps rush into relationships these days, so as to enjoy the benefits of sharing your rent with somebody else? I'm tempted to make do with some plain Jane if she cooks, cleans and pays half the bills...
danish seagull
Active member
That's why I've moved to Denmark. 6 months full time as a REMOVAL MAN and I've got enough for a deposit and already been given the go ahead once that is in place for a mortgage
public school boy
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Disappointed. I thought this was going to have something to do with rent-boys.
BBassic
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- Jul 28, 2011
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Me and the ladyfriend are splitting an £850 rent between us each month. Luckily the flat is quite spacious and has a nice little sun-trap garden so I don't mind the expense.
I've always managed to live well within my means though so I don't often have cause to complain financially.
I've always managed to live well within my means though so I don't often have cause to complain financially.
Tricky Dicky
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On a slightly related topic, I wonder how many people who have managed to buy a house in the last 5 years, or others who have just got used to the low interest rates - how many are going to be in trouble when the bank rates start rising, which won't happen for a while, but will happen at some point.
Plastic-Fantastic
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Simple case of supply and demand - Brighton is by far one if the nicest cities in the UK to live in, and as with everything, you get what you pay for.
As a fourth generation Brightonian I'm proud that I hail from such a great place that people want to move to and would rather that than live in dying town with low rent.
Furthermore I don't feel I have any right to cheap housing because I'm local - I can barely afford to rent in Hove but could afford to buy somewhere like Newhaven, but like thousands of others I have decided to take the hit and live somewhere nice! (sorry Newhaven-ites)
As a fourth generation Brightonian I'm proud that I hail from such a great place that people want to move to and would rather that than live in dying town with low rent.
Furthermore I don't feel I have any right to cheap housing because I'm local - I can barely afford to rent in Hove but could afford to buy somewhere like Newhaven, but like thousands of others I have decided to take the hit and live somewhere nice! (sorry Newhaven-ites)
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I'm one of these people. Although I saved to get a deposit and now have a mortgage I'm STILL saving to get more equity ASAP just in case. I'm using the low Mortgage rates as an advantage to save. Not as an advantage to spend more.
TSB
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middletoenail
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I pay £850 a month on my own for a 1 bedroom flat in seven dials. Ridiculous really!
Uncle Spielberg
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The whole landscape has changed. The country will be
1. People who can get a mortgage and have a large deposit, either from equity if moving on, or the bank of mum and dad if ftb's
2. People who can afford to rent
3. People who will live with mum and dad until 40/50's and then stay in the house when their parents die
This is NOT good. We need a transient workforce and an economic environment that allows that.
1. People who can get a mortgage and have a large deposit, either from equity if moving on, or the bank of mum and dad if ftb's
2. People who can afford to rent
3. People who will live with mum and dad until 40/50's and then stay in the house when their parents die
This is NOT good. We need a transient workforce and an economic environment that allows that.
Tricky Dicky
New member
The best thing I ever did financially was when I bought this house. The amount I borrowed rather scared me, so I overpaid each month as much as I could to get the mortgage balance down. It was slow a first, but got better and I carried on and paid my mortae off.
seagullsovergrimsby
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This is the one third of the country where the rents and costs of mortgage repayments are highest because everyone wants to live somewhere relatively nice. To be fair would you like live up north adrift from civilisation ?