Moving out

Aruffell · 4 Feb 2006 at 22:20

You've probably all read from me before about my parents upping and planning to move to Northern Ireland.

You probably all know that i don't want to go either.

So looking at getting a place with a mate and his girlfriend

So living there will be -

Me (Paying)
Girl i'm seeing (Not paying, only staying occasionally)
Friend (Paying)
Friend's girlfriend (Paying)

So i worked out a few things with some help from some people on MSN.

Does £5000 a year sound right for -

Rent
Gas
Elec
Water
Food
Internet
TV License and SKY/Cable
Tax
Insurance

Anything missing?

Does that sound like a figure that is right?

House prices in my area are average at around £140,000.

Some are more (Mum and dad's is £200,000)

If anyone can shed any light or opinions on this please

Andy

Agent_Smith357 · 4 Feb 2006 at 22:47

If your mate and his girlfriend breakup your screwed.

KennyBhoy · 4 Feb 2006 at 22:49

I've recently been looking to rent a place, will be looking to buy next year hopefully......House i live in belongs to my parents and theres a chance they could be moving back to Glasgow in the next few months.......So no way i'm hanging around.....Will miss the money i'll have to pay for rent but it's worth it for privacy and peace!

5k sounds cheap to me......Although i have no idea what kinda housing your looking at...I'm looking at 1 bedroom flats in and around my area......Looking at 400-500 a month rent.....Add Council Tax and such on top and it all gets rather chi ching :eek:

Aruffell · 4 Feb 2006 at 22:49

Nah, just means we will have to pay a bit more.

Frankly they won't break up.

They are meant for each other and they've been together for 5 years now and are more in love now than ever.

Andy

EDIT: Was just looking at places and i can get a 3 bedroom house for £550 per month.

Which when split up etc... isn't much.

Sleepy · 4 Feb 2006 at 23:23

I'm a single bloke with a 2 bedroom flat and I reckon it costs me £10K to live. Thats all bills, food, car, rent council tax. So £5k a years sounds low to me even if you are sharing some costs

big_white_dog84 · 5 Feb 2006 at 00:26

5K sounds fine. You will get a decent room for about £250-£300pm plus council tax anywhere other than London, plus bills etc.

Vanilla · 5 Feb 2006 at 00:28

Moving in with a friend and the girlfriend is a bad idea.

Just my opinion...........

Aruffell · 5 Feb 2006 at 11:25

Vanilla said:
Moving in with a friend and the girlfriend is a bad idea.

Just my opinion...........

Any reason why?

I've known them both for a fair few years and he's my best mate.

Andy

oldbag · 5 Feb 2006 at 11:29

Renting is a fairly wallet bending experience, owning is a full-on wallet bending experience.

Vanilla · 5 Feb 2006 at 11:32

Aruffell said:
Any reason why?

I've known them both for a fair few years and he's my best mate.

Andy

I've found it to always go sour. Arguments, etc.

Aruffell · 5 Feb 2006 at 12:16

Vanilla said:
I've found it to always go sour. Arguments, etc.

Guess I won't know if that'll be the case until i try?

Have to see how it goes etc...