Have you ever considered a job with accomadation built in?
Not as far fetched as you might think, especially if you have a nursing background. Keyring are always looking for people to be sort of professional neighbours for vulnerable people living in the community.
Or you can live in an abandoned factory, office block to stop people nicking stuff. Again don't dismiss it out of hand.
Remember rent in London is the killer (followed by transport) if you can get it down....
Top tips, will look up keyring, thanks. Any others occur let me know!
Quote: sootyj @ January 24 2012, 2:36 PM GMTOr you can live in an abandoned factory, office block to stop people nicking stuff. Again don't dismiss it out of hand.
How on earth does one get a job like that?
Quote: zooo @ January 24 2012, 2:40 PM GMTHow on earth does one get a job like that?
Sounds horrible.
http://www.safehandssitters.co.uk/work-for-uk-petsitters.html
All sounds a bit bonkers but well, why not?
OH NO! How awful AJGO, any cheaper boroughs near work? council?- I know no chance. Thought about 'Part Equity' flat purchase, with deferred payments and low interest rates? my son is looking into this.
Quote: zooo @ January 24 2012, 2:40 PM GMTHow on earth does one get a job like that?
Google around these things exist, you have to be disciplined for that sort of life.
As you can see I found one for animal lovers.
Quote: DaButt @ January 24 2012, 2:43 PM GMTSounds horrible.
Sounds a bit horror filmy.
Quote: sootyj @ January 24 2012, 2:46 PM GMTGoogle around these things exist, you have to be disciplined for that sort of life.
As you can see I found one for animal lovers.
Yeah I looked into pet sitting a while back! Sounds fun.
Quote: dellas @ January 24 2012, 2:46 PM GMT
In London unlikely.
And part ownerships aren't much better. You can always try the local council housing list, but you could end up on the bottom.
Unless you borrow someone's baby...
Quote: DaButt @ January 24 2012, 2:43 PM GMTSounds horrible.
Well you live in Texas. Where land is about a quater of what it costs in the smoke.
Quote: DaButt @ January 24 2012, 2:43 PM GMTSounds horrible.
Sounds less horrible than being homeless
Quote: sootyj @ January 24 2012, 2:45 PM GMThttp://www.keyring.org/Home
http://www.safehandssitters.co.uk/work-for-uk-petsitters.html
All sounds a bit bonkers but well, why not?
Ta
Quote: dellas @ January 24 2012, 2:46 PM GMT
All the boroughs are daft expensive. F**k all chance of the council helping. Not enough money to go part buy or similar scheme. *Grump grump grump*
Quote: sootyj @ January 24 2012, 2:49 PM GMTWell you live in Texas. Where land is about a quater of what it costs in the smoke.
Much less than that, I'd imagine, but living in an abandoned factory sounds rather miserable. It's like legalized squatting.
I assume London is like every other major city and the people commute from outlying communities to work in the city. Aren't there cheaper places to live that would just require an extra 30-60 minutes on the train every day?
Actually commuter belt is even more expensive.
One of the big failings is allowing people to hold onto council housing. So someone who had 4 kids and got a 3 bedroomed house gets to hang onto it after kids leave home. And because housing benefit is set at market rates, it helps artificially inflate rents.
Quote: sootyj @ January 24 2012, 3:04 PM GMTActually commuter belt is even more expensive.
So where do all the people who make less than 100k live?
Wales.
Hmm tricky.
Social housing (what used to be council housing), they got mortgages before the rents exploded, they sublet rooms, they live in smaller places off the beaten path, part mortgage schemes, live with family. I think you can get some degree of housing benefit in London or tax credits which help stretch the salary.
All sorts of options.
I live in a studio in a key worker scheme, where the rents are kept artificially below market which is affordable.