London/Student Costs

tntcoder · 3 Mar 2009 at 17:17

Hi,

Please can someone give me an estimation of how much it will cost to live somewhere not too far from the UCL bloosmbury campus is London for 52 weeks, from September? I guess including Rent, Tube travel if required, food, internet, house bills. Could 10k be stretched to cover everything for the year?

Thanks,

Jack

sid · 3 Mar 2009 at 17:35

Destiny awaits

Sukh · 3 Mar 2009 at 17:37

Are you living in halls?

tntcoder · 3 Mar 2009 at 17:39

Sukh said:
Are you living in halls?

I would rather not, its for an MSc. I've done my time in halls, and Im not sure i could handle the work load properly in them.

Cookie-Monster · 3 Mar 2009 at 17:40

per your uni website......

USE GOOGLE! said:
Estimates vary as to how much students should budget for, and London, like other destinations, can be as expensive as personal taste dictates. A total of around £220 per week is considered to be a reasonable average for about a 37-week year (this includes the 30-week UCL academic year plus Christmas and Easter vacations).

As a guide, for a first year student living in a UCL hall of residence the biggest items are:

* £95-£100 for accommodation
* £40 for housekeeping (food, toiletries etc)
* £50 for entertainment
* £10 for travel
* £7 for books/equipment
* £7 for insurance/TV licence
* £10 for clothes.

so probably yes, works out at between £8k & £9k

sid · 3 Mar 2009 at 17:43

tntcoder said:
I would rather not, its for an MSc. I've done my time in halls, and Im not sure i could handle the work load properly in them.

If you kick out push, you can have his room

sid

tntcoder · 3 Mar 2009 at 17:43

sid said:
If you kick out push, you can have his room

sid

Excellent, Im sure he wont mind

mjt · 3 Mar 2009 at 18:27

i spent around £250 a month on expenses other than rent while at ucl..
if you don't buy lots of booze, cigarettes and drugs, bills will be your biggest expenditure. depending on how far away you live, get a monthly bus pass, tube pass or just walk. the cost of the tube pass obviously changes depending on distance. if you live in zone 1, i wouldn't bother with one.

MattandJet · 3 Mar 2009 at 18:38

Thats one advantage of living at home and going to a local university

then I can actually save for my own place while at uni

... although that was the intention Lol