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156 replies

quietmoon · 04/05/2019 14:50

I was reading this Mumsnet thread about how much mumsnetters were paying each month on rent (2014) www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2049466-To-wonder-just-how-much-rent-you-people-are-paying?pg=1&order=

And I was quite shocked at how high rent rates were back in 2014. Now I am wondering how bad it is five years later?

I rent a 3 bed semi detached house in Warwickshire for £440 a month, in a good area with good schools. How about you?

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masktaster · 04/05/2019 21:23

My partner and I once paid around £1000 a month (£950 maybe? I forget exactly. All inclusive, at least) for the dubious "privilege" of being lodgers in a house in Zone 2 London with 2 other couples and a small family. So I've not always managed cheap rents.

gettingbacktoresearch · 04/05/2019 21:26

£1425 per month for a 3 bed semi in an okay but not posh part of Oxford (no drive or garage..)

Boomsk · 04/05/2019 21:27

A better question would be the percentage of your income you pay on rent. Mine is about 30% of salary - London.

WildFlower2019 · 04/05/2019 21:31

3 bed semi in York (inside walls, 10-15 mins to town) £925 pcm

denimfeverrr · 04/05/2019 21:32

£550 for a 2 bed flat in NW

TheFlis12345 · 04/05/2019 21:35

£1400 for a one bed flat in London (quite nice part, inner zone 2), and we get it below the market rate as we are renting off family friends.

runoutofnamechanges · 04/05/2019 21:39

£2100 for a 2 bed flat in Westminster but that's below market rate Confused

ListenLinda · 04/05/2019 21:45

£385 for 2 bed semi in West Yorkshire

ineedtostopbeingsolazy · 04/05/2019 21:48

The last time we rented in 2001 a 2 bed flat in north west London was £760 per month.

ineedtostopbeingsolazy · 04/05/2019 21:49

Sorry I realise that's of no use to this thread now!

WhenISnappedAndFarted · 04/05/2019 21:50

2 bed London £1400

ninnypoo · 04/05/2019 21:54

2 bed in London £2400. Shared between 3 people though.

emmy1997 · 05/05/2019 00:31

I wish me and partner could get social housing nearly impossible in Essex even with a 10 month old !

We pay £800 pcm for a large 2 bedroom flat, can easily fit 2 cots in the second bedroom.
£15 a month council tax ( reduction) I don't work due to being a full time university student and looking after a 10 month old. Thankfully my partner earns a very good weekly wage so we're more fortunate than most our age.

Alib84 · 05/05/2019 01:07

Forest of dean, Gloucestershire. Live in a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom semi detached house. Huge garden. Off road parking. At end of a quiet cul De sac. Near schools and small town with shops. Train station and bus station to bigger towns. Pay £430 per month

LadyBahBahBah · 05/05/2019 01:15

£350.00 per month 2 bedrooms, large bathroom upstairs 2 reception rooms and large kitchen downstairs gardens front and back - small village Yorkshire

chainmail · 05/05/2019 01:22

$600 per week for a one bed flat in Sydney

Bingeslayer · 05/05/2019 01:31

2 up 2 down terraced house in South Wales £412 a month

Bingeslayer · 05/05/2019 01:32

Alib84 want to swop? Grin

quietmoon · 05/05/2019 09:11

@Alib84 That sounds amazing!

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PookieDo · 05/05/2019 09:18

I was paying £850 for a 2 bed maisonette with no garden that I converted a dining room Into a bedroom for DD

Now I am in a housing association 3 bed semi detached house with garden for £870pm

Essex

BigFatGoalie · 05/05/2019 09:51

£1650 for a three bed semi in Surrey.
That’s before £300 council tax and then bills.
Honestly, it’s criminal.

Dumplingfan · 05/05/2019 11:39

2 bed Norwich £675

Eshaar · 14/11/2020 21:09

Any idea on how much rent on Maidenhead? Recently rented a 3 bed terraced house for 1400+bills in Maidenhead. Not sure what we are paying is the right amount.

ArranBound · 14/11/2020 21:17

We pay £895 for a big, 3 bed, 1800s farmhouse in a rural part of Lanarkshire, Scotland. After reading this thread I now think that's rather a lot! We've just moved from a big, 3 bed bungalow, also on a farm, which was £800, but that had much more outside space and a garage.

MuseumOfYou · 14/11/2020 21:33

£1500 pcm for a four bedroomed, rural period property in Dorset. With about 5 acres of boggy fields.