(15-01-2013, 04:35 PM)fuziduck Wrote: Tom, haven't read most of the thread but, this may be difficult for you, but it might be worth trying a flatshare. At least with that people tend to keep themselves to themselves, which may be better than struggling to get on with your family, a lot of the young professional flat shares mean people are out nearly all day and only come home to sleep / eat!
Also immersion heaters are near enough the most efficient way of heating water at night time. It works out cheaper to heat hot water / underfloor heating with an immersion heater instead of oil. In the daytime its obviously a no no - hence the use of an oil fired boiler.
But free wood for a nice open fire ftmfw!!!
BTW uni gas & elec bill for Dec & January was £150. Unfortunately we have a housemate who is nearly always in the house and is forever turning the heating on and so I keep turning it off!!! Does my head in, put a jumper on!
Nice idea but flat share wouldn't work unless I had my own bathroom and kitchen. Then thats not much of a 'share' anymore lol. Mornigns and evenings when people are at home are the worst parts anyway.
(15-01-2013, 04:42 PM)C.A.R. Wrote: I'm dreading our first leccy bill for the new house, it has to be kept warm pretty much 24/7 because of Florence, unfortunately there are only so many layers of clothes you can put on a baby, then there's just the added risk that more layers = more washing when she inevitably yaks all over it (or worse!).
I think £1k a month is kind of a minimum just to cover your overheads, think about your food. I've no doubt I could live off of about £25 a week on my own, but that's still another £100 you have to find in a month.
Part time and moving out unfortunately don't go well together.
What is your business sense like? Is there any way you could make money using eBay or opening your own online shop?
I think a grand a month should cover me for rent, shopping (food/bog roll/cleaning fluids), council tax, insurance, bills and fuel. Wouldnt allow for any extra things or savings, but I wouldn't expect those anyway when I'd just moved. Food is about £20 a week, I buy that now anyway. And I've managed to really cut down on driving/fuel, looks like I'll get a month from this tank which is twice as much as normal.
I realise p/t and moving out don't go well. Not working and being stuck at home isn't exactly working out for me either though!!
You probably cant even imagine how much I WANT to be normal like (the majority of) you guys and do a normal job every day and earn enough money to be able to move out without help.......but its just not gonna happen. Just getting through each day while I'm here is enough of an anxiety filled struggle, let alone attempting to work as well. It really does do my head in that I can't do these things that other people take for granted, but at the same time there isn't a lot I can do about it.My buisness sense is about as good as my common sense, so yeah, lacking! I wouldn't even know how to go about running an online shop tbh, and I can use ebay, but again, wouldn't know how to make profit with it.