Originally Posted by zeuse (Post 18300217)

20 min's from me, Im near llanberis.

It's no shock to see another immigrant making a beeline for the midlands. I was born there and lived there for 30 odd years before i decided to get the fuck out of the shithole.

Originally Posted by DamianJ (Post 18300224)

Fiddy moaning limey scum

Originally Posted by dc0ded (Post 18300474)

You forgot to ask about health services and insurance... Well if u r not aware, then thats the best thing here... Its free... :)

Originally Posted by Crak_JMan (Post 18300548)

I lived in UK for 10 months back in 02-03... Bloody expensive ;)

Originally Posted by Johny Traffic (Post 18299799)

Personally I wouldn't live in the Midlands, I live in the sunny south. But I doubt prices are very much different. Unless you want to live in some scummy shit hole.

Not anywhere that is anywhere near livable it wouldn't be. For a three bed house thats nothing flash, but ok area, you will need about £1000 ($1600) a month

1) Gas £1000 ($1600) a year
2) Electricity £1000 ($1600) a year
3) Council tax?? £1500 ($2400) a year
4) Internet £100 ($160) a year
5) tv £150 a year ($240)
6) food for 4 Depends on how much you eat? We feed 2 plus 2 children for £600 ($900) a month at least
7) public transport ( bus? ) monthly pass Never used a bus, only scum bags and smelly people go on busses
8) chinese/indian/sushi eating out, depends on how much you eat, but you can get away with £60-£100 for 4 without wine and eat decent enough
9) Small car 5 year old ( like Vauxhall ) cost and insurance Depends how much rust it has
10) Bottle of beer in the pub? £3.20 ($4.80)

Originally Posted by nikki99 (Post 18300543)

everything is so fucking expensive there

Originally Posted by B.Barnato (Post 18299881)

The standard of living and quality of life in the UK is crap, compared to most other european countries at least.

Originally Posted by Chosen (Post 18300882)

Why would you want to live in the UK?

Originally Posted by Sid70 (Post 18299768)

Hello UK people,

I want to be realistic, can you tell me , on average, what would be a living cost in UK Midlands.

So far I have figured out housing J450-J600pcm for 3 bedroom house.

What about:

1) Gas
2) Electricity
3) Council tax??
4) Internet
5) tv
6) food for 4
7) public transport ( bus? ) monthly pass
8) chinese/indian/sushi eating out
9) Small car 5 year old ( like Vauxhall ) cost and insurance
10) Bottle of beer

You name it what I missed :)

Thank'Ya!

Originally Posted by Grisey (Post 18300151)

I think you'll find i'm not far away from you, just passed chester

Originally Posted by zeuse (Post 18300217)

20 min's from me, Im near llanberis.

It's no shock to see another immigrant making a beeline for the midlands. I was born there and lived there for 30 odd years before i decided to get the fuck out of the shithole.

Originally Posted by Barefootsies (Post 18300905)

Originally Posted by DVTimes (Post 18300937)

Trains are expensive.

Its about £80 per person for a return from Leeds to London.

Its cheaper to rent a car for a day, including fuel.

Also London is far more expensive than most places.

Originally Posted by DVTimes (Post 18300926)

1) Gas - £50 or more per month
2) Electricity - £50 or more per month
3) Council tax?? - depends on size of house
4) Internet - about £10 for phone line and £15 for net on top. But you can find lots of deals. Thats per month.
5) tv - £120 a year or somthing. More if you want sky or whatever.
6) food for 4 - Depends on the shop. I would say at least £10 per day.
7) public transport ( bus? ) monthly pass - Bus is about £2.350 pd. Its cheaper to buy a car.
8) chinese/indian/sushi eating out - Abouit £10 per person.
9) Small car 5 year old ( like Vauxhall ) cost and insurance - About £800 I would say 2nd hand. Insurance is about £200 or more a year. Plus road fund (£100 or more a year). Fuel is expensive too.Plus MOT each year £30 not inc parts.
10) Bottle of beer - I do not drink, but cans seem cheap from supermarkets.

Originally Posted by DVTimes (Post 18300937)

Trains are expensive.

Its about £80 per person for a return from Leeds to London.

Its cheaper to rent a car for a day, including fuel.

Also London is far more expensive than most places.

Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 18300624)

Now you know why I live in Czech. :thumbsup

Originally Posted by DamianJ (Post 18301080)

Cheers!

8char

Originally Posted by Johny Traffic (Post 18299809)

You reading the Mail again?

Originally Posted by Sid70 (Post 18301697)

2 adults, 2 kids ( 3 and 7 ), still J320 return??
And car rental price would be $100 a day + gas?

Originally Posted by klinton (Post 18300854)

well is it ? if you pay for the room 300 pounds monthly and, let's say you earn minimum wage which is around 6 pounds/hour...you have to "work" for that room 50 hours....

In Poland, for example :1orglaugh, if you get minimum wage, which is about 8 pln/ hour and you pay for the room 700 pln....you have to work for that room 90 hours heh....
Yes I know that is rather extreme example, but that's the way it is...

In Europe purchasing power is the best in UK and Germany, I think.....

Originally Posted by DVTimes (Post 18301754)

If you do not earn a lot you get housing benafit.

for many people stay on benafits as its no point going to work.

the best thing to do in the uk is to claim benafits unless your going to be well paid.

if your a girl you have as many kids as you can as kids = cash + a free big house.