How long would it take you to save this amount?

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A friend of mine had done work done in her house (a new house purchase) I could really do with similar. So I asked how much it cost out of interest. The total price was 8k…she then said but it’s not too bad as we paid the first half when we ordered in August and by Oct when they were booking fitting we had saved the other half’s anyway. So that’s 3 months pay MAX depending on how dates fall. I was thinking ok…well I’m not getting this job done it would take me FOREVER to save 4k not 3months! Surely this is unrealistic! How long would it take you to get 4k together?

Median gross full time earnings were £39k in 2025 per the ONS:

"Median gross annual earnings for full-time employees who had been in their jobs for at least a year were £39,039 in April 2025"
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2025#:~:text=Median%20gross%20annual%20earnings%20for%20full%2Dtime%20employees%20who%20had%20been%20in%20their%20jobs%20for%20at%20least%20a%20year%20were%20%C2%A339%2C039%20in%20April%202025

I nedd to ask. What do people consider as high income start point for 2 ft working adults household?

Edit to add - people who think 80k combined is high income household

I only manage to save about £50 per month, which is why it would almost take me 14 years.

I can't believe how much money so many of you have. Are you all on that OnlyFannies site?

We are about to pay £200k for house renovations/building so will be back down to smaller savings. We save roughly £4.5k a month between us.

No, we both work in finance.