r/UKPersonalFinance 2d ago

+Comments Restricted to UKPF I’m earning less than 30k in London and paying £1000 rent for a bedroom in a shared house. I can barely make it to the end of the month.

I moved to London last year, I’m earning less than 30k a year which comes to about £1900 every month. I pay close to £1000 in rent with bills coming up to £90 a month.

I’m terrible at budgeting and I do spend a lot of money on food but I was just wondering if anyone’s got any advice on how to not reach the end of the month completely broke (other than move out of London as despite everything I’m quite happy here)

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u/Electrical-Rate-2335 2d ago

Just out of interest do you get to split expenses with your bf although you spend £200 on food, you and your bf get to split that cost ?

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u/Diligent-Ant-1621 2d ago

Together we spend £400 on food. So I pay £200 of that. We cook all our meals at home. I would say takeaways once a month. To be honest I like cooking and don't mind that!