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I live in a shared shit hole and let me tell you, it can be pretty damn miserable at times. I'm living 20 minutes from central London via train for £300 a month

by bArray 10y ago

I live in a shared shit hole and let me tell you, it can be pretty damn miserable at times. I'm living 20 minutes from central London via train for £300 a month. Everything is falling apart, things keep breaking because they have been repaired so many times, everything is glitchy, bits of ceiling occasionally fall on my head. All that said, it's freedom. I can live any hours I like, do anything I want and not worry about the consequences. I don't worry about the paint falling off the wall, the furniture that wobbles or the heating that randomly turns on. I would say I am living the life.

midgetjones 10y ago
It depresses me to say so, but that is insanely cheap for London.
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  It's insanely cheap for south east England. Must be a shared room I'm guessing.
  - bArray 10y ago
    This is slightly north of London. Shared accommodation but separate rooms.
    - bbcbasic 10y ago
      I used to live in welwyn garden city and paid that sort of rent. Good way to save money.
- pjc50 10y ago
  The price tells you how awful it must be to be that cheap.
  - bArray 10y ago
    Yeah, it's literally the cheapest place I could find in the local area.
Noseshine 10y ago
Just make sure it isn't lead-based paint that's falling off the walls... actually, I'm not sure about tiny particles of any paint. My grandfather was a painter and I did quite a bit of voluntary painting as a boy, that stuff is as unhealthy as anything. I would not trust paint particles floating around the room with the regular dust.
- bArray 10y ago
  I don't think it's lead based - how would you tell? It's coming off as sheets - I think there was some thin wallpaper underneath at some point. Either that or water got underneath the paint. I think it's coming off relatively cleanly all things considered.
  - redblacktree 10y ago
    There are lead-based paint test kits you can buy at a home improvement store, or Amazon.[0] [0]: https://www.amazon.com/LeadCheck-LC-2SDC-Disposable-Non-Staining-Detection/dp/B009NQNL0I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1479760041&sr=8-3&keywords=lead+test+kit https://www.amazon.com/LeadCheck-LC-2SDC-Disposable-Non-Stai...
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by bArray 10y ago

midgetjones 10y ago

It depresses me to say so, but that is insanely cheap for London.

bbcbasic 10y ago
It's insanely cheap for south east England. Must be a shared room I'm guessing.
- bArray 10y ago
  This is slightly north of London. Shared accommodation but separate rooms.
  - bbcbasic 10y ago
    I used to live in welwyn garden city and paid that sort of rent. Good way to save money.
pjc50 10y ago
The price tells you how awful it must be to be that cheap.
- bArray 10y ago
  Yeah, it's literally the cheapest place I could find in the local area.

Noseshine 10y ago

Just make sure it isn't lead-based paint that's falling off the walls... actually, I'm not sure about tiny particles of any paint. My grandfather was a painter and I did quite a bit of voluntary painting as a boy, that stuff is as unhealthy as anything. I would not trust paint particles floating around the room with the regular dust.

bArray 10y ago
I don't think it's lead based - how would you tell? It's coming off as sheets - I think there was some thin wallpaper underneath at some point. Either that or water got underneath the paint. I think it's coming off relatively cleanly all things considered.
- redblacktree 10y ago
  There are lead-based paint test kits you can buy at a home improvement store, or Amazon.[0] [0]: https://www.amazon.com/LeadCheck-LC-2SDC-Disposable-Non-Staining-Detection/dp/B009NQNL0I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1479760041&sr=8-3&keywords=lead+test+kit https://www.amazon.com/LeadCheck-LC-2SDC-Disposable-Non-Stai...
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