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Rent house in UK

6 replies

justwonderingagain · 29/09/2022 01:06

Ideally how much is reasonable to pay for a rented house? Preferably North West-Liverpool

Ready to move out my family home but have no clue about rent/bills

Work Full Time

Cheers

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ChelseaRobertsofMalibu · 29/09/2022 01:28

Look on Rightmove or Openrent and get a general idea of the prices for the type of property you want 🤷🏼‍♀️

lavenderfine · 29/09/2022 07:43

Depends how many bedrooms and exactly where about in Liverpool. South Liverpool prices vary wildly from north Liverpool and then it varies by which particular area. For example to toxteth is generally cheaper than somewhere like woolton but it depends where you want to be.

BarbaraofSeville · 29/09/2022 10:08

What is reasonable and what it costs isn't necessarily the same. Also be aware that some rental properties are poorly insulated with crap heating systems, so can cost a lot to heat.

Are you a young adult looking to leave home or something else? Is it just you?

If you can live somewhere you don't need a car so can walk/cycle or use public transport to work and anywhere else you need to get to regularly, that can be a good saving, but it depends on your lifestyle, work requirements, shift patterns etc.

The council tax band will be listed on the advert. Water costs on the water company website.

This seems like a good beginner's guide, but be aware that the utility costs are out of date and will be around double what it says.

www.stlegerhomes.co.uk/moneywise/cost-of-running-your-home/

If you don't watch live TV or use BBC iplayer, you don't need a TV licence.

Then you have to think about your lifestyle expectations, things like clothes and personal grooming, eating and drinking out, including coffee and work lunches, cars and maintaining/financing them, phones and other tech, holidays, nights out etc. This is where you have to be careful to 'cut your cloth' if you don't have a lot of money as the amount that people want to spend on these sorts of things doesn't always fit in with what they'd like to spend, but also varies hugely between people, so you have to see if you can make it work for you within the money you have.

Also need to save for irregular and unexpected expenses like loss of income, Christmas etc.

Uni68 · 13/11/2022 16:37

I think renting now is only going to increase but don’t really justify the costs. We own in old roan which doesn’t really have a rental market Maghull anywhere between 850-1200. Kirkby anywhere between 6-900 for new builds. Terrace house in Aintree/fazak might be around 6-700

caringcarer · 15/11/2022 17:40

Check out Rightmove for area you want to live in. Don't forget there is council tax, utilities, water rates and food on top of rent.

mattyprice4004 · 16/11/2022 03:45

If you have no clue about rent or bills, watch a couple of education youtube videos that’ll help you get familiar with the usual stuff.

Rent can be found on Rightmove, but Liverpool can be a pretty expensive place to live if you’re avoiding the shitty areas.

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