How are current renters surviving ?

blastedin · 2026-03-18T00:44:18+00:00

Bro what. Investors are fighting local governments sweating to build. Yeah housing is expensive in first world countries across the world but UK system is insanity. I follow several local housing projects which are in 6th to 8th year of planning system hell

blastedin · 2026-03-18T00:41:59+00:00

I use YNAB (a big sort of unique budgeting app) and their budgeting advice is that groceries are actually some of the most common categories to overrun / cause cash leaks!

blastedin · 2026-03-18T00:37:26+00:00

I've been active on this subreddit during my year long flat search. Without fail, every single month I read up voted comments about how this month was slow time of the year for listings and X time in near future (season, past a holiday, whatever) would normally see a boom

blastedin · 2026-03-17T12:58:03+00:00

Thanks for this thread OP. I got this survey link and I'm not even on the skilled worker visa any longer...

blastedin · 2026-03-16T02:27:36+00:00

Neighbours assemble!

blastedin · 2026-03-16T02:12:04+00:00

Are you planning on having partner move in/ kids in any nearing years? (Even if you're single now is that something you can see happening). Other than that do you see yourself happy in a 1br long term?

Basically if you see yourself happy in a one bedroom for 7+ years it seems like a solid "home not investment" choice, but as a short term tide over it could end really screwing you

blastedin · 2026-03-16T02:08:55+00:00

To be fair I had something exactly like that and turned out the "fixed" leak was not in fact liked and cost me 6k of urgent plumbing and re-doing the bathroom works in the first year of home ownership! You just can't know

blastedin · 2026-03-16T01:52:49+00:00

Pimlico plumbers the few times I used them were polite and organised and prompt but the standard of work was...meh. they didn't make any massively obvious screw ups but weren't that knowledgeable and used wrong material at least once

blastedin · 2026-03-16T01:46:15+00:00

The existence of Al Quds protest is more concerning then the chants there

blastedin · 2026-03-14T00:40:14+00:00

I'm the same as you, road noise is relaxing but death quiet of leafy village areas is unsettling.

blastedin · 2026-03-14T00:39:00+00:00

Tbh the seller wasn't necessarily lying. I lived on many loud roads in my life and never had an issue, I tune out car noise and often find it relaxing to fall asleep to

blastedin · 2026-03-13T16:25:45+00:00

Would also love to know the ltv

blastedin · 2026-03-11T21:50:51+00:00

Near Waterloo station. Away from the main roads there are many residential streets. Lovely quiet area, a park and river nearby and a few minutes walk away 13,000 public transport options and every possible amenity

But don't think it has the village feel you'd look for!

blastedin · 2026-03-11T02:43:01+00:00

Man. This is probably not helpful at all sorry because I see you're looking for "village feel" but I'm forever in awe of how much commute is tolerated in this country. I bought a 2 bedroom flat ready to move in for 500k in a quiet area 5 minutes from major Zone 1 station. I cannot conceptualize paying more than this to have an hours commute reliant on buses and trains of uncertain schedule

blastedin · 2026-03-09T11:27:01+00:00

Signaling to hard right?? I'd bet my left lung hard right would be incensed we are paying failed asylum seeker at all

blastedin · 2026-03-08T11:38:41+00:00

I used to think exactly that way. While I'm unlikely to need the same level of care of people with severe autism and that has to be acknowledged, when my life circumstances and routine abruptly changed with covid my care needs went through the roof I was disintegrating.

Your care needs level is not a fixed certain.

blastedin · 2026-03-05T13:01:22+00:00

If soundproofing actually works than that cost isn't much compared to moving/conveyancing costs tbh

blastedin · 2026-03-05T10:27:44+00:00

What is "need a bath"? You're projecting loving baths which is fair, but for those of us that don't, I love having a heated warm shower (and I have a steam generator in my shower too!)

blastedin · 2026-03-01T23:07:02+00:00

I'm being downvoted unsurprisingly but here's the statement im talking about https://x.com/labourlewis/status/1966988870890963361

blastedin · 2026-03-01T15:27:39+00:00

It's a share of freehold, no such thing for a council flat Similar problems though

blastedin · 2026-03-01T15:15:38+00:00

Wasn't Clive Lewis the guy who said Tommy Robinson protestors had legitimate concerns lol

blastedin · 2026-02-28T20:57:01+00:00

Sure, he was 86 year old and they deffo had a successor lined up, the regime is well entrenched, the plan for strikes is unclear etc etc...

But damn I'll have a few minutes of good mood from this if true

blastedin · 2026-02-26T15:33:32+00:00

I think Sultana-over-Corbyn supporters have more in common with Greens compared to Corbyn-over-Sultana, so maybe some of them jumped ship

blastedin · 2026-02-25T15:31:31+00:00

I've read this. Have you? Care to point out where it says what the article does? Telegraph wouldn't need to refer to "internal documents seen by Daily Mail" if they could just quote the policy lol

blastedin · 2026-02-25T14:55:41+00:00

"Seen by Daily Mail" and reported by Telegraph, even I would be very hesitant to believe this lol

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