I'm biased because I've lived on my own for 20 years and love it but definitely option 1 for me. A house share can be fun but all you need is for two (or more!) of the people to fall out and it can lead to a really horrid environment. I love being able to shut my door at the end of the day, walk around in my pjs, eat whatever I want whenever I want without someone complaining about the smell (of the food, not of me in my pjs ), not have to put up with someone else's dishes or their lack of doing chores, having to have the heating off when you want it on or vice versa... the pros list is endless. RJ's tip about cooking from scratch is excellent and I'd invest in a slow cooker if I was you - I can make 4 or 5 meals in one go so there's always something there if I've had a long day at work. Wear layers in winter so that you can turn the heating down a few notches - there are a lot of ways to save a bit of money here and there. Good luck whatever you decide
Everyones saying go with Option 1 so I thought I'd give a different opinion. When I moved to Southampton I moved into a house share with 9 other people that I did not know. The downsides have been discussed by others, but it might be a good idea to do for 6 months/1 year. You'd be able to save a bit of money so that when you then do move into a place by yourself, you have a bit more to fall back on should you need it. You would build up different friendships with people in a new city, that you might not otherwise have. Even when you then move into a place by yourself, you then still have these other people that you know that are completely unconnected to the rest of your London life. I now live with just one other bloke that I knew before moving in, and wouldn't now go back to a bigger house share, but I'm glad I did it.
I should also add that it will make you appreciate living on your own even more...though that doesn't necessarily suggest that a house share is all that
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...s-gods-punishment-homosexuality-a7196786.html A preacher who claims God sends disasters to punish gay people has had his home destroyed by a flood. Stupid idea anyway.....if I was an almighty being and had created the whole Universe I would be too smug to worry about people's sex lives.....I'd be too busy making sure Saints won the EPL and the Europa.
I really don't believe you wouldn't be freezing Fonte's age and making him sign a new 100 year, unbreakable contract.
Just been driven off my patio again by the neighbours BBQ belching smoke. I miss my elderly neighbour....she never came into the garden.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...ch-off-all-channels-for-an-hour-a7197686.html ITV to turn off all channels at 9.30 am on 27th August to encourage people to go outside. It is timed to coincide with sports venues opening for people to try things out. A stunt but with good intentions. Seems some confusion....says this weekend but also the 27th.
I know I'm a soppy old sod, but I can't remember the last time I was moved to tears, watching a news bulletin. The pictures they have just shown, on the ITV news, young children affected by the bombing in Aleppo, Syria, are truly heart breaking.
I hate the smell of BBQ's. Our neighbours are fans and every sunny weekend they are out there stinking the place out. It's the other side of our fence so we have to close our conservatory windows when they light up. Burnt fat lovely
Right by my kitchen window and patio. However, not something you can complain about...not worth the trauma. I suppose it is like bonfires....considered acceptable after 6 pm.
If only it was after 6pm. It usually in the afternoon when I've got the washing out. I won't complain because it's not worth the agro but I do close my windows very loudly. I think that's why they moved it slightly further away. They cook it for their kids so they obviously don't care that BBQ food can be carcinogenic. It's lovely at the moment because they are on holiday.
Lit the BBQ earlier today, and some daft bint slammed her windows so hard, they shattered. Now have broken glass burgers. Thanks a bunch!!!
The neighbours at the end of my garden used to regularly sit out in their garden at gone midnight with a spotlight shining directly in my bedroom window. Some madwoman screamed at them from her bedroom (may have been me) and they have started to go quiet earlier. And I've invested in black out blinds. Compromise and happiness all round.
I lit a big, smokey, smelly fire this week. Had to burn off lots of stuff I'd dug and ripped out. I went round to both neighbours the evening before and asked what their plans were for the following morning. Both were happy for me to do it, knowing in advanced to keep the windows closed for a couple of hours. I don't do my fires in the evening as I know both neighbours often eat outside.
