Living in London
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- SirG
Hey guys,
Anyone know of a site where I can find London apartments for (long term) rent?
I've just spend an hour googling but only came up with holidayrentals and that's not what I'm looking for.
Thanks,
S
- jevad0
what are you looking for and where - what price?
- SirG0
Thanks for the links guys!
@jevad: I don't know yet... I'm just looking in to the possibility to move to London. Just looking at the prices etc... I now live in a very spacious duplex apartment in Brussels and I'm paying about 415£ a month for that (not including gass, elec, water) so I'm just looking around...
I'm also not sure if I'm gonna do it either... It is sort of a big step to take...
- SirG0
Wow... Prices are heavy...
- Nairn0
You're still trying to offload that flat, Nic?! Give me another year, and I may just be able to afford it! :)
Asd for housing otherwise, the best thing to do, if you can, is camp at a friend's house and do your preferred area's letting agencies/post offices etc.
Not much use, I know - but a good way to get a cheap/decent deal.
- SirG0
Just to make an even better comparison... What does the average London designer/developer earn?
- fnool0
eveything is very vague nowadays... depending on your acknowledge and experience.
I would say from 25K to 35K
- SirG0
Is that gross salary? And if so, what remains of that net?
Sorry to ask so many questions but before one takes this kind of step, he'd better be informed right?
- fnool0
yes, that's gross per year.
You need to sustract 20-25 per cent (all taxes) to get the net
- SirG0
That sounds great... are there any other taxes that I need to count?
Is there maybe a site somewhere that holds all this info?
- unknown0
hmmm tax!
- SirG0
So if I understand correctly, once you've paid the 25% of the gross salary, you're done?
- vespa0
Around 25 to 30% should include National Insurance as well (pays for health system etc and is compulsory as far as I know)
- unknown0
Theres a limit, that if you go over... you end up paying 40% tax
- SirG0
Very interesting... Taxes in Belgium are a lot higher...