christmasoompa

Ah, closer to London though so you're paying a premium for that even if it's not exactly the nicest area. Somewhere like central Reading, which is a few miles from me, you can get a 1 bed apartment for £500 a month. Other areas further away from Reading would be cheaper, and somewhere like Bracknell cheaper still.

Edit: just looked and it seems you can rent in Crawley for cheaper than £795pcm - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-40462049.html Whether you'd want to or not is a whole other matter.

jossie

Not at all, I get his sarcasm but me thinks it is often laced with parapraxes.

BristolUK

They certainly have.

How many people would be going for it? Leaving how many for the rest?

Since the last round of Housing Benefit cuts it has been said that typically the new Local Housing Allowances (LHA) would only cover the rent on a third of the properties in those areas.

Bristol's LHA for a one bed flat is just under £500. In Bath, £550. Doubtless these amounts may be more or less in other areas.

If there's enough accommodation up to those levels to go around, then it takes up half pay. If not, then more than half pay.

The LHA in Bristol for a 2 bed flat is £625. That's the rent I've been getting for my 2 bed flat in the duplex. Only in dollars. My 1 bed flat rents for $540.

For size, quality and location my duplex rents at higher rates than average in this city (luxury/executive rentals excepted).

But even those rents leave minimum waged people with a greater part of their incomes.

BristolUK

Is Crawley Creepy?

Howefamily

Crawley is horrible!
I wouldnt want to live in the nice part. If its less than $795 per month you can trust me that its one of the more scummy areas... the kind where you cant hear your own TV in the evening through the drum and bass from the house next door as they shoot up or scream at their poor kids....

makes me shudder just thinking about it

Siouxie

When I see the prices of rentals in the UK it makes me cringe. Back in the day (yup, waaaaaaay back in the day) my very first flat cost me £4.50 a week - it was a shared 2 bedroom maisonette and tv rental was 50p and electicity was £1.00 a week on top. I was earning the princely sum of £9 a week as a junior secretary, but that was probably because I worked down South.

It was a step down from my previous pay of £14 a week - but then I had had to pay £6 a month for a monthly season ticket from Bromley South to Victoria, including underground, and give my Dad £2.50 a week "keep". As I worked at South Kensington, I was forced to go to the Admiral Codrington every lunchtime and lie about my age so I could drink Vodka and orange juice (screwdrivers)... expense be damned!

And they say stuff is expensive now.

Huh!

BristolUK

I remember our TV was a slot kind and the landlord used to empty it when he collected rent. Never thought about it at the time, but I wonder if that meant we didn't need a TV licence.

mdizzle

I love it as the birds are easy as hell. Absolutely glorious.

"Am I from Scaaaaaaatlaaand?"
"Why, yes. Yes I am."

rivingtonpike

Averages are always subjective and largely meaningless. As has been stated before, a tiny few with huge incomes can skew the "average" to look manageable. Doesn't mean the distribution of wealth or income is equal amongst the individuals involved.

Siouxie

I can't see a lot of point in resurrecting a thread that is almost 7 months old.

Thread closed.