How long would 50k last you

[Frynye]

Inspired by another thread

Assuming your household lost all income and savings tomorrow, but you were handed 50k to live on. Just for bills/ mortgage/ debts/ food and daily spending

If I lived comfortably I could get a year out of it,
with some scrimping and saving 18 months

I would last 8 months. Rent and bills swallow up a lot of it.

About 9 months. 12 months max scrimping.

Anything from 18m to 2yrs.

6 months

Three years with being very cautious. No mortgage and no car, no pets.

2 years easily.

A year to 18 months probably. Assuming it's tax free.

18 months at a guess, pretty much essentials only

Approx 2.5 years

6 months with no cut backs, a little longer with. £25k per year just in mortgage payments

assuming spending unnecessarily is cut back it would last us 14months

As this is Mumsnet, either 14 seconds or 185 years (delete as appropriate)

12 months with no cutbacks, probably 2 years with scrimping

Oh and yes it’s tax free!

If kids stayed in childcare and no cutbacks but no frills... 6 months max

If we pulled them out just over a year (childcare is around 4k pm)

2 years living fairly comfortably.
2.5 years if I cut back.

6 months at best.

Probably about the same as you, definitely could do a year, 18m if careful

2 years comfortably, 3 if I was really careful

2.5 years.

My take home pay after tax etc is about £29,000 so I could get 20-months without changing my spending habits but could probably make it last 2 years if I cut out the few luxuries I currently allow myself, takeaway and Netflix etc.

Three years but we don't have a mortgage or pets and one of our children is an adult who lives at home pays some rent.

It’s the same as I earn after tax per month roughly so a year I guess.

9 months

That’s my annual salary so over a year considering it’s tax free.