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My friends moving in with her older bf in january in a shared house and shes still gonna be at school. How the hell shes gonna mannage money i dont know.
You wouldn't like our rent then.
it is such an expensive place to live. and it hasn't got a very good job prospect- you'll end up working full time at tescos when you start off there. it has some good temp agencies, but what you really need is good solid work.
Full time at tescos, you'd get about 175 a week before tax- basing that on a 39 hour week at £4.50 an hour.
You can try Shrewsbury house on the Bedgrove estate, that might be a good bet for cheap rent.
Other than that, look for a houseshare- when you#re next down, grab the herald or advertiser off your gfs ma.
1. If you rent a place for 400/mth, then it will cost you about 600 a month I should guess to cover the house + taxes + bills. That means that if you're earning 800 a month (averagely unlikely if you are unqualified or can only work part time) then you will have 200 pounds to spend on food and other living expenses every month. Is that enough for you?
2. To carry on that, what if you can't make 800 a month? You're not likely to qualify for many or any benefits if you voluntarily leave home at your age. It's difficult enough even if you are kicked out tbh.
3. You will most likely have to repeat whatever you are doing at college. Can you stick that for another 2 years?
4. The idea is fundamentally unsound. I'll leave you to ponder over what I mean by this.
Btw, the chance of it surviving are whatever me and her make them
£400 is cheap rent here!! My rent for a 2 bed shoebox house is a lot more than that. It was the cheapest I could find 2 years ago, and the rent hasn't gone up since.
Hellfire, your best bet is a bedsit /studio flat or a room in shared house. I'm pretty sure rooms in shared houses are exempt from council tax too....either that or I got away with it for 2 yrs
You really need to think about this, once you have moved out you will have bills, responsibilties and unless you are amazingly careful you can easily end up in debt
Best of luck though
Thank you, Thats great, a shared house would be perfect, im going to google it now,
I left home when I was 16, and my mum wrote a letter to the benefits agency to say that we had irreconcilable differences and couldnt live together, therefore shed kicked me out (or words to that affect). That enabled me to claim some benefits, even though I was still at college, although it wasnt even full benefits, as I was under 18. It was about £25 a week. luckily I wasnt paying rent, as I was staying with my boyf, and just used to hide under the bed whenever the landlady called round, but most people probably dont want to live like that.
no, they're not. i lived in a shared house last year, and Wakey city council are STILL chasing us for £600 council tax despite us telling them over and over (with documents) that we were students, and thus exempt.
you'll probably also find that the combined rent in shared houses is more than the total rent for similar, non-shared houses. agents and landlords do that to be cheeky. rent privately if at all possible.
I thought they were? I will have to have a look! I claimed full Housing Benefit for my room at £35 per week for a while when I was unemployed, and with Housing Benefit they usually send you a council tax bill for the full years amount, and then send you another bill the next day where the balance is reduced to nil. I wasn't a student either, and for most of the time I was employed full time and therefore technically able to pay it! How strange...could be down the the fact it was a 3 bed flat with 3 separate tenancy agreements for each of the rooms. Maybe I should just leave the country now!!
possibly, cause all four of us were on the same contract. if it makes a difference?
leeds city council chased me for a few months (despite the same exemption/proof scenario) but again, all the people were on the same agreement.
Council Tax Liability
Council tax can only be charged on what is known as a 'chargeable dwelling'. This is a property, or part of a property, that is:
used only as a private dwelling (or dwellings), and
not shown in, or exempt from being shown in, a non-domestic valuation list
Normally the owner is liable for Council Tax on:
A Residential Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Mental Nursing Homes and Hostels
B Dwellings inhabited by religious communities
C house in multiple occupation
D Dwellings occupied by resident staff
E Dwellings inhabited by ministers of religion
So I'm taking it as the council tax was incorporated into the rent. I don't think I'm going to ring up my local council and check though!!
Where I live, they exempt person by person.
So if one person in a house is not a student, and the rest are, the bill is sent in that person's name.
Well, then, you're screwed. ;p
There is rent, council tax, electricity, gas, water rates and thats just the basics. You may find you want a Telly, so then you need a licence. Theres food shopping too.
Going by here it looks like youd be looking at 300-400 a month rent, £90 council tax (maybe more, maybe bit less) £50 gas & electricity, £10 water, £10 Tv licence, £100 food.
Living is a bloody expensive business. I dont know how anyone does it on their own tbh. Id suggest moving in with a mate a bit closer to home tbh, share the bills. Dont do anything hasty about moving near your girlfriend, as you seem to have a new love of your life every other week at the moment, so at least be sensible and give it a while to be sure. If you and her are meant to be, then it wont hurt to wait.
Hellfire how long have you and your girlfriend been together??
Bit sexist, i don't see why it would matter?
real life isnt like a peter and jane book.
I don't know what to do, yet i am not staying at college.. even if i move local where can i, apparently the shared flats/rooms like the foyer (where u have one room. shared kitchen and that lot have stopped taking people in unless they're special needs, (will look into this more)
Kinda stuck
i am kind of worried about the cost of things, even staying at home is 800amonth..
have you actually sat down and discussed this with her?
*nods* yes.. we have.. one her mum wants to wait till she is 16, 2 we both would prefer to wait a little longer.. but we are not 100% fussed, it's just i'd have to wait till april to move in.
I think i am going to have to stay in college till then..