Quick reality check please

Catanonia · 8 Oct 2013 at 12:45

Currently about £3500 after mortgage, insurances, bills etc

I have been saving it for the last 12 months not knowing if I can find another contract quickly after this one.

Suarez7 · 8 Oct 2013 at 12:46

Zefan said:
Just shy of a grand.

tom_e · 8 Oct 2013 at 12:47

500ish but at the moment large chunks are being dropped into savings.

Greboth · 8 Oct 2013 at 12:49

Currently £0 as any money left at the end of the month is going to paying off CC as I want to get rid of it.

FishFluff · 8 Oct 2013 at 12:50

About £1100 at the moment. Most of that is going into saving towards a larger house.

AmyS · 8 Oct 2013 at 12:50

Around £800 a month with both wages, £200-ish just mine.

Spuj · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:02

Around £800 for me.

Sho · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:22

About £400 a month

MooMoo444 · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:31

Currently around 500, will be closer to 800 if I get the rise in January I'm being led to believe I'll get.

oulton · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:40

From the wage I earn, about £5600

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From the wage I take, about 200 after rent, bills and food

Most of it stays in the business account (saving for a house) which actually leaves me feeling skint after pay day

Outline · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:40

Single, 24, live in a nice part of Oxford.

After rent/bills/car, around £500-600.

chriscubed · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:43

Don't honestly know. I stopped counting during the wedding planning phase and haven't got back on top of it yet.

All my finances are joint with the wife, and we have an offset mortgage so it's harder to tell, but I know we're not running out of money at the moment. That may change once we have to start paying £500 per month for my son's nursery fees though!

yer_averagejoe · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:56

taking rent, bills and food off my net pay leaves £1k, but I can usually spend a good £200 of that on thin air, so I'll say £800. I aim to SAVE about £700/month.

xxalxx · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:27

Probs around $6000 between the two of us

GhostlyPea · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:32

Couple of hundred, but that goes in to savings as a plan - so I usually don't have much "spare"

- GP

Indie · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:40

Just mine, probs about £350 (with a £600 overdraft, lol) - These people with £1000 + left... I want your jobs, and/or you should donate some money to me.

Freefaller · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:18

I used to break even, and before then was making a loss for several months in a row

Fortunately I pulled my socks up and started to get my finances in order. As a result, I am now in the position I'm in - obviously I also worked hard and earn better money than I did, but not enough to have sorted my life out without a lot of hard work and some sacrifices.

alexthecheese · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:20

Target is to pay off £500 of my credit bill this month, which leaves about £200 for going out. Just 50 beers.

tom_e · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:22

alexthecheese said:
Target is to pay off £500 of my credit bill this month, which leaves about £200 for going out. Just 50 beers.

Find a cheaper watering hole, or look at it this way in the past 3 months I haven't even consumed 50 beers so I'm sure you can manage for one month.

jimjamuk · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:25

another contractor here so at the moment £2-£3k but when this ends in a few months -£2k as there not a lot out there