Got a job offer in Warwick ... Can I afford to live there?

[Arsenal123]

It's shift work and I just checked rental prices and they're so high. I'll be on £22,000 as a single person without kids. The shift work may be a problem in terms of getting a housemate as I need a quiet environment.

It's also not my first choice job - I am still waiting to hear back off another job :-( It's stressing me out as a I'm in no position to turndown a guaranteed job but the rent is pricing me out of it. Any advice???

What other outgoings will you have? With take home of around £1400 I'd have thought a deposit for something modest would only take a couple of years?

Coventry is soo depressing i know grew up there. I dont care if i get slammed for it. If cov rent is cheaper stay on the outskirts kenilworth is nice the inner city will suck away your soul its sooo dull. I think the worst part is the architecture or lack of, and ppl are damn rude. Dont say hello to anyone most likely tell you to f off charming huh?. I would say go on right move and you'll get an idea of costs in different areas. Warwickshire is beautiful compared to cov.

I have a car and obviously living costs and student loan repayments. I've emailed people about the £400 rooms but they won't take me because of the shift work disturbing them.

I'm more receptive to slumming it for longer in Bristol as I like the area and have friends there also trying to get careers off the ground. Warwick is gorgeous but the thought of trying to integrate with such unsociable hours is a bit concerning.

Ah what a pain about those rooms.

Having lived in both Warwick and Bristol (in Bristol now), Bristol is much more expensive in terms of rent but if I was young, single and working unsociable hours I would choose bristol, absolutely no contest.

And Anya is right, Coventry is soul destroying

Check out gumtree. Earlsdon is nice enough, as is finham.

Is rugby too far? Or Southam?

I think rugby is just a little too far for my on calls.

I'm open to any living arrangements so long as I can sleep when I need to.

That's what I'm thinking - Bristol is the place to be given my circumstances. Obviously income is a bit of a constraint.

i don't know much about this site but is this too expensive £450 pcm shared house 2 other professionals?

very close to warwick hospital

www.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/warwickshire/warwick/3159921#map

they have a few more on that site but this seemed like the nicest one.

search the site there are actually a lot more you may like and cheaper ones too.

The shared rooms people are linking to might be £400 or so, but that includes bills. That seems perfectly doable on £22000 per annum, with enough left over for savings etc.

That's true but nobody seems to want to live with a shift worker.

It's a shame, I know someone who wouldn't mind at all and is looking for a house share, but he's nowhere near Warwick at the moment.

I can't imagine living with a shift worker being that disruptive?! Or am I being naive?

To be honest it shouldn't be. I guess it depends on the individuals though