Interview on Thursday !

[Solly]

Originally posted by Gibsie
You left off student loan repayments

Those don't start till April.

[Gibsie]

Really? I never knew that. Still, I'd rather start paying as soon as I can, stop them accruing pikey interest. Although it may be better to keep money that would be paid in a high-interest account as long as possible, yes...

[Solly]

Yes.

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[MikeH]

£10 a week utilities? £30 food? No travel?

In an ideal world...

[Gibsie]

I paid about £10 a week in utilites (excluding the internet connection I'd get). £30 for food is realistic if you don't include alcohol in that. And if you're gonna be paying £100 a a week for rent, you'd wanna get somewhere within walking distance of yer job fer that...

[Provost Harrison]

...or somewhere nice. Reality is though that you're going to have to tighten your belts to begin with. Have you ever considered a flat/house share to save money?

[Solly]

Hey Mike! Food!

£30 food is easy. £4.50 a day. Let's see on a usual day..

Breakfast - 55p
100g oats (5p as a kg costs 50p ish)
1 pint milk (30p)
250ml cranberry juice (20p)

11:30am - 80p
bread (10p)
1/3 pack of cheap sliced meats (40p)
lettuce (10p)
bit of fruit (20p)

3:00pm - 80p
same as 11:30am (80p)

6:30pm - £1.50
chicken breast (£1.00)
brown rice (10p)
broccoli (40p)

10pm - 60p
cottage cheese

That comes to £4.25.

Travel? I plan to live as close to work as possible.

Utilities? tbh I haven't a clue.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
On £15000 exactly, that would come to £11857 after taxation at current rates...

That's a big chunk.

In Hong Kong, a person earning the equivalent of £15,000 pounds would take home £14,280 pounds after taxes.

[MikeH]

That is probably the blandest most boring diet I've ever seen. I'm sure you can live off it but I wouldn't want to have to.

[Solly]

That is probably the blandest most boring diet I've ever seen. I'm sure you can live off it but I wouldn't want to have to.

It's pretty similar to what I eat now. I eat for nutrition, taste comes way down the list.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Park Avenue
Travel? I plan to live as close to work as possible.

No car, no buses to shops not taxis back from nights out, no travelling to see friends, or to poly meets?

I easily spend £10 a week on travel and I bike to work. Going into town (I live on the outskirts) and taking the car to see friends, etc. all adds up.

Originally posted by Park Avenue
Utilities? tbh I haven't a clue.

More than £10 a week. Probably around £100 a month, for phone, gas, electric, water and internet.

You will be able to live, but you won't get £80 a week for messing about with. More likely around £30-50. Enough to go out a bit, but not the most comfortable existance. However Econ grads usually get salary rises quite quickly and highly, so you wouldn't have to live like that for more than a year or two, most likely.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Park Avenue


It's pretty similar to what I eat now. I eat for nutrition, taste comes way down the list.

How sad. Food is one of life's great pleasures.

[Solly]

Yeah. But looking good and all that derives from that is better.

[MikeH]

You can eat really tasty food and very healthily. I mean your chicken breast, brown rice and broccoli isn't very different to what I had yesterday. Even if you just added a bit of onion, garlic, ginger or chilli or something...

Something that has some actual flavour!

[Solly]

That would mean I'd have to revise my living costs estimate though..