Can you afford to live on your own?

[Herbsman.]

Generally a two bed flat just has one extra room compared to a one bed flat. As they both have kitchen, bathroom, living room, hallway etc.. you are only pay e.g 20% more for an extra bedroom.

When the landlord buys the place and gets a mortgage, the amount paid is dependent on the square footage, not the number of people who could live there.

The flat I lived in had one living room which was about 2 thirds of the size of one of our two living rooms.

The kitchen was less than half the size of our current kitchen.

Bathroom, less than half the size of current.

One bedroom vs. two.

So that's two fewer rooms, and the existing rooms were much smaller.

As I said, the place was half the size, yet only £100 less.

 

[ringo]

Yes, things were tight when it was just me and the littlun in a 3 bed flat, but since my lovely lady moved in we're a bit more comfortable.

 

[quimcunx]

I'm going to start looking tomorrow. Thank you Sometimes I need a bit of a push with this sort of thing

rolleyes: I just told Mr Paw and he got that glimmer in his eyes, then pretended to shoot me )

Did you sort this out yet, VP?

 

[Geri]

I can afford to live on my own, yes. I pay for everything anyway, since it's my house.

 

[Looby]

I can afford to live on my own, yes. I pay for everything anyway, since it's my house.

So you live with someone but you pay the mortgage and all the bills?

 

[Geri]

So you live with someone but you pay the mortgage and all the bills?

Yup.

 

[Looby]

Yup.

Crikey, lucky man.

 

[Geri]

Crikey, lucky man.

Not really, he has to do housework to earn his keep.