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How much do you need to live in London? (I think I have enough!)

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Ethicaldebacle · 27/04/2025 07:06

I've asked before about moving to London and basically everyone agreed it was a good idea, but we didn't really touch the financial aspect.

I posted about my pension on Reddit (because I think I have a fairly solid plan all things considered) but everybody got fixated about not being able to afford to live in London

So housing and transport costs aside, (because I've done that calculation already), how much do you spend a month?

We shop at Lidl for the most part, and go out twice a month. I don't go to the salon or anything like that, and the gym is out peloton (so cheaper as it's for both). One car.

We're talking about Z3, one DC in secondary school.

For the sake of this conversation we have £7k every month to play around after housing and travel cards.

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MidnightPatrol · 27/04/2025 08:05

Of course you can live in London on £7k a month after paying for housing and travel.

That’s probably equivalent to a £200k household income.

Ethicaldebacle · 27/04/2025 08:03

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