If you can’t find anything on SpareRoom since your stay is only going to be about a month long I’d suggest checking out Facebook groups for flatshares. I’ll check those places out and you’re prob right about the flat sharing situation. Unless you make great money, it’s pretty much scraping by with the cost of living being so high. In my case my profession is centered on London so I need to spend some time there. Since you mentioned “cheap”, I’d recommend to reconsider moving to London. … Otherwise look at Spare Room - you can get a room in a shared flat/house for around £500 - £600 a month. A co-working meetup for digital nomads, micro-entrepreneurs, startup bootstrappers, freelancers, remote workers and other independent professionals who prefer the cafe to the office, and personal free. Everything super close together, but a massive breadth of culture, activi, I've lived in Munich for six months during my Erasmus internship. I paid £420 plus my share of utilities for a very large room in a nice warm house in Barnes, just off the river, in 2010-2011. Is it open to the public? I know prices have gone up since then, but they can’t have gone up THAT much. From the look of it, £1000 will not be enough for anything! If you don’t want in those areas, try NW or N, but mostly zone 3 <, if you want a whole place to yourself. Call it burnout or whatever… it’s just what I need at the moment. Just type in “London flatshares”, “London roommates” or whatever on the FB search box and you should be able to find something good. (Potentially you might qualify in LondonStartupFlats…). > Another tip - some tube stations are on the border between zones, so if you can find a neighborhood that’s borderline Zone 2/Zone 3, you might benefit from lower rent prices yet still only have to pay the Zone 1-2 fare for the tube to get into central London. I’d be hard-pressed to spend £1000 a month unless I were trying to give my money away. Hey, seems like you definitely found the coolest spot to hang out in London. Expenses for family in London is cheaper/expensive than Europe, and for bachelor/students its affordable to London Vs Europe. After you confirm your email we'll send you an email with more info. Share knowledge. Get in touch if you need anything! I can’t begin to imagine how long it would have taken to gather all of these nuggets of info on my own! Is it easy to get a space without a local bank account? SE is very cheap, but with lots of problematic and ‘poor’ areas. I was back for the summer of 2014, and I admit it was a nice summer. of boneless chicken breast, 0.5 l (16 oz) domestic beer in the supermarket, Monthly rent for 85 m2 (900 sqft) furnished accommodation in expensive area, Monthly rent for 85 m2 (900 sqft) furnished accommodation in normal area, Utilities 1 month (heating, electricity, gas ...) for 2 people in 85m2 flat, Monthly rent for a 45 m2 (480 sqft) furnished studio in expensive area, Monthly rent for a 45 m2 (480 sqft) furnished studio in normal area, Utilities 1 month (heating, electricity, gas ...) for 1 person in 45 m2 (480 sqft) studio, Microwave 800/900 watt (bosch, panasonic, lg, sharp, or equivalent brands), 1 summer dress in a high street store (zara, h&m or similar retailers), 1 pair of sport shoes (nike, adidas, or equivalent brands), Volkswagen golf 1.4 tsi 150 cv (or equivalent), with no extras, new, Taxi trip on a business day, basic tariff, 8 km. (My tolerance is about “New York at night in the hipster areas”-level. Ive actually been to that first meetup. According to the most recent data on the cost of living, Exeter has an overall cost of living index of 112 which is 1.1x higher than the national index of 100. Forget agencies. Cost of Living. I think London is great for Digital Nomads. Help other retirees, who are thinking about retiring in Exeter by filling out our Overseas Retirement report. What strategies have you employed to increase business? 90mainyard.co.uk), If you need to look around the first days: cohome.space. To increase honesty, reviews are anonymous. It’s a bit rougher, but it’s common in London for council flats to be mixed among high cost housing. Your use of this service is subject to our, Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course, McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal), Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat), Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car), Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car), Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment, 1 min. Monthly rent costs: $1,126 per month. Share knowledge. The problem here is that London house-sits are very popular and London has the most expensive Air B&B offerings I’ve seen, with the ‘cheap’ rooms (if you can call them that) tending to be horrid. Google Campus is a proper coworking space and is free, if you get there first thing after they open you’re pretty much guaranteed a space. @magalhini @Ani - Thanks to you both! That’s $100,000+ saved per year (pre-tax). Full version I will look into these. Anyone know how easy it is to get a space in SpareRoom without actually being in the city? Cost of living in Exeter (United Kingdom) is 36% cheaper than in London (United Kingdom) For example, to keep the same standard of living that would require £8,500 in London you would need to make just about £5,418 in Exeter.