To live in Barcelona and commute to London is cheaper than to rent a flat in the British capital
Friday, March 21, 2014 -
London is experiencing a price bubble that makes it cheaper to live and travel thousands of miles every day to reside there. photo: yahoo finance
British blogger sam Cookney wanted denounce the folly of living housing prices in London showing that would be cheaper to rent a bigger house in barcelona and commute by plane to the uk to live there
considering that their work week includes four days working in an office in central London and one at home, and with house prices rising at a rate of between 5% and 10% monthly on the British capital, , Cookney made their accounts ... and I did better than I thought
As he explains in his blog , made reference to the 1,795 euros that according to British property portal Zoopla costs a one room apartment in the west London suburb of Hampstead, an area of their choice and very popular with young professional singles as he added to this figure, a municipal rates 90 euros and the payment of necessary transport to get to work, which costs about 140 euros. in total, live in london would cost 2,025 euros at current exchange rates
To compare, in Barcelona decided to choose the Nou Camp, a place where he had resided Cookney years. "A middle-class residential area and very similar to west hampstead" says
There he found a three bedroom and three-bedroom "a stone's throw from the metro." price, 680 euros per month. addition, notes, "In Spain the tenant does not pay municipal taxes"
In transportation, opted for the cheaper option: ryanair flights from el prat airport to London Stansted for only 34 euros roundtrip ticket. to that he added the 23 euros a day it would cost the city between home, work and the airport by public transport
Recapitulating the 34 euros a day of air travel and transport 23 euros for four days a week for four weeks and add 912 euros per month. if you add the 680 euros of rent, the final price for living in barcelona is 1,592 euros
And, as pointed Cookney, "compared to my life in London, this option would save me 387 euros, which would enjoy bottles of rioja 5 euros sitting in one of the three balconies of my house"
