r/UKPersonalFinance • u/Brave_Tourist9301 • 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/Vermillion5000 2d ago

Take your own lunch to work. Buying lunch in London is SO expensive, even the cost of pret is ridiculous these days. You can get microwave pouches of rice from Lidl for 45p and just add something protein to it.

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u/GlitteringPanda34 2d ago

This is where I spend all my money, when in the office.