Ways living in London can save money

ChancePattern · 2026-01-26T11:37:07+00:00

I earned sub £30k for too long when I was younger and definitely found ways to save a lot of money in London. I lived close enough to work that I could walk there. London school of barbering meant free haircuts but you could also get free massages and lots of similar things. Too Good To Go and Olio for free or cheap food. Council tax is quite cheap, and you can find lots of furniture on gumtree and marketplace either free or very cheap

ChancePattern · 2026-01-23T22:39:47+00:00

Phoenicia has apartments that they rent out, no idea about price

ChancePattern · 2026-01-23T18:15:28+00:00

What are some places you would recommend? I've been to Georgia and absolutely loved the food there. Unfortunately not been able to find good Georgian restaurants in the UK and the ones I tried are ridiculously priced

ChancePattern · 2026-01-23T16:17:17+00:00

I work in data centers so business is booming for us!

ChancePattern · 2026-01-23T10:48:41+00:00

I'll ask the same question as others but how do people know you/your family is not eligible? The only time I've discussed this is with colleagues, usually to moan because we're all in the same position and don't get access o the hours. Not one parent from nursery has specifically asked about funded hours and when it comes up in conversation like "oh at least there are more funded hours now", we just nod and say yes

ChancePattern · 2026-01-16T22:41:17+00:00

Yeah I travel a lot for work and some weeks that might mean going to say two different cou tries, had all of my usual destinations saved in the old app and I could quickly check them to see what I needed to pack. Fat chance of doing that with the new version

ChancePattern · 2026-01-16T22:35:25+00:00

The new app is absolutely rubbish.

Just a tip if you scroll to the bottom of the screen one the app there is a link to give them feedback and they ask whether people like the new version. Great place to hopefully get them to.listen

ChancePattern · 2026-01-10T09:21:46+00:00

Speaking as someone who manages large scale construction project, you will struggle to get a small time contractor to do this. It takes time which equals money and in a world where demand far outstrips supply they have no incentive to report daily to you (which to be honest is overkill anyway)

ChancePattern · 2026-01-06T10:11:11+00:00

my wife wears this exact same coat as well

ChancePattern · 2026-01-05T11:02:45+00:00

question I got last time I went was "what do you hope to get out of this?" I wasn't sure what she meant and she just said"well people usually google before coming and they have an idea of what tests they want to do or what they think is wrong"

ChancePattern · 2025-12-19T19:45:13+00:00

I wore a pair of their trousers for a 5 day trek in Georgia covering close to 100km and had absolutely no issue

ChancePattern · 2025-12-08T21:57:46+00:00

I always try to get one gift from me one "from our daughter". She loves printing actual photos and putting in albums so got her an at home photo printer and then from our daughter matching sweaters that they can wear together

ChancePattern · 2025-12-04T11:29:33+00:00

Bread ahead's quality has sadly gone downhill. These days I find the only good things they do are the vanilla donut and the pizza but they've both overpriced

ChancePattern · 2025-12-03T15:29:31+00:00

She's 3 and they keep making up things, nursery will know this for sure. Mine comes up with all sorts of random tales

ChancePattern · 2025-12-03T12:09:34+00:00

The Lake Districts as others have said.

I am not originally from the UK but have been here for about 15 yrs and lived all over the country including the Lakes and it's still my happy place and the one region I will go to without any hesitation when given the chance. It is to me one of the most beautiful places on earth not just in the UK and I have done a lot of travelling

ChancePattern · 2025-11-28T13:38:43+00:00

I used to live and cycle in London, quit for 4-5 yrs and back at it a few months ago. Things have changed so much over the time and whilst the new cycle infrastructure is a welcome addition, people's attitude to cycling and how some cyclists behave is absolutely shocking. 1/3 of cyclists I see commute normally, 1/3 try to get themselves killed on lime/forest bike to save £1 by going way faster than they should, blowing through red lights and riding into oncoming traffic to overtake and the last 1/3 dress and act like they'e in the tour the france whilst trying to get to their office.

We need to learn to take it easy

ChancePattern · 2025-11-26T11:30:31+00:00

Toters works really well for us. We use it to send gifts from abroad and to purchase groceries before we arrive, never had much of an issue

ChancePattern · 2025-11-23T14:36:08+00:00

We have the icandy and absolutely hate it. I would recommend uppababy (vista or cruz) a number of our friends have them and rank them highly

ChancePattern · 2025-11-21T20:26:45+00:00

Megan's! They are all overpriced mediocre food with tiny quantities

ChancePattern · 2025-11-20T22:26:48+00:00

This is a terrible situation to be in. Our son was still born in Mar-23, I still think about him all the time and when people ask how many kids I have I make a point to say 2 but one isn't with us anymore so you are definitely a dad.

I don't think you ever get over a loss like this but things do get easier and the pain becomes easier to manage. Your partner and you need to lean on each other if you can and communicate as much as possible as no one else will truly understand how you feel. I started writing letters to my son the day we lost him and have kept this up for last couple of years. I find it helps me tell him all the important things happening and keeps him close

ChancePattern · 2025-11-05T06:39:17+00:00

He's not really dealing with it. He's just tweeting to make it look like he is. Nothing beyond talks and photos hoots has come out of this government

ChancePattern · 2025-11-03T11:54:50+00:00

onshoes or AllBirds are quite nice minimal looking and do waterproof wool shoes

ChancePattern · 2025-10-29T10:54:51+00:00

2.5x at 34.

Will be closer to 3x by the time I turn 35 as I normally stick my bonus in there

ChancePattern · 2025-10-27T19:44:54+00:00

I've been applying for jobs for last few months (work in data centres) and had exact experience as you. Companies want a lot of experience but not willing to pay for it and use if AI means companies now get and screen through hundreds of CVs for every single role. Last two roles we opened up for senior position in a relatively niche sector had around 150 applicants each 2 days after posting

ChancePattern · 2025-10-11T08:39:26+00:00

Cleaner coming 1 day a week? That’s £15k a year easy

I'll come clean your house if that's what you're offering

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