What would you pay for rent?

[postage]

can some one advise me am I doing the right thing? i live in a flat one bedroom ground floor, i pay £675 plus council tax of £98 total £773

I live alone.

I am moveing to studio first floor smaller flat my rent will be £520 plus council flat £98 total £618 saving £155

The flat is smaller lot smaller infect you could have more then 2 people in there at the same time but am I doing theright thing?

[Jan1957]

And I thought my rent was expensive. £400 a month for a 2 bedroomed house.

[ummmm]

So you're left with just over £400 and out of that you have to pay bills and food? I'd move somewhere cheaper if I was you.

[postage]

well i live on £250 the rest pays for my car etc...
but then i loved the flat it really is a luxory that i can't afford seems likejust working topay for it but when youwalk from room to room it feal great in a studio flat well.. i will havethe extra money but no space.

[wolf63]

If you do lose your job would it not be on health grounds, if this is the case do you not get your pension and lump sum as a result.

I was given early retirement on health grounds when I was 40 and received both a pension and lump sum. How many years service do you have?

Your housing costs seem really, really high to me - I think that £160 per month was the highest mortgage repayment that I had to pay.

[postage]

wolf63

well | am 51 i dont have any pension and only been in the job 2 years. i am not going to loose it like now but you never know younger - smarter people - come in all the time. and £773 is a big junk out of my salary of 1200 i guess i have to cut my losses and move out

like the rest of the world we dont get what we want. thank you for your responce