Is Bath expensive?

I'm having difficulty at the moment deciding which university to go to. I really like Bath, but the thing that worries me the most is how expensive living there is. I read somewhere that it's the most expensive place outside London in the UK. Although I'm not sure whether that's true, I do know it's definitely not the cheapest, especially since it's a tourist town. Looking at the accommodation prices after the first year, you can expect to pay anything up to £30 more a week than other places in the country. Would it be wrong for me to go somewhere else just because of money worries? :s-smilie:

I'd appreciate some help and insight into living costs. I'm hoping someone will tell me that Bath's not that expensive...

Anneka xxx

Reply 1

240920

9

yeah, Bath is pretty expensive, I'm in Westwood atm so that is £76 a week, i think. Next year we've got a house for £75 per week, excluding rates.

Its expensive, but worth it :smile:

Reply 2

BluesMan

13

Yeah Bath is expensive-ish, but you get what you pay for :p:

Reply 3

Marianne

I didn't mind paying an extortionate amount to live in such a beautiful city.

Consider it an anti chav/ned/kev rent... :biggrin:

Reply 4

gyt35

Yes!Especially for an international student.but anyway I will go there and consider it really worth studying and living there.

Reply 5

Isotope

Marianne

Consider it an anti chav/ned/kev rent... :biggrin:

Whoa!I can't wait to go to Bath!

Reply 6

dakedake

I've heard people saying Bath is the most expensive place outside London, but I don't think its true. Places like Reading are meant to be just as expensive as London.

Housing is more expensive in the 2nd year, but thats the same everywhere. And if your willing to sacrifice some luxuries (we are students after all) you could get a place cheap enough I reckon.

Reply 7

Oh Dear...

12

The accommodation at Bath (On Campus) seems fairly reasonable to me...

Thats compared with Sussex, which want £101 + electricity bills for an En-Suite...

Terrible...

Reply 8

MissSurfer

17

I thought it was quite reasonable at Bath - but I'm supposedly from a rich area of the country (doesn't feel like it though... you still get chavs!).

Reply 9

chrisgs

Oh Dear...

The accommodation at Bath (On Campus) seems fairly reasonable to me...

Thats compared with Sussex, which want £101 + electricity bills for an En-Suite...

Terrible...

You think that's expensive... en-suite at Exeter next year is £147. Don't think I'll be going for that! :rolleyes:

Reply 10

blablabla

2

chrisgs

You think that's expensive... en-suite at Exeter next year is £147. Don't think I'll be going for that! :rolleyes:

ehh.. but that must (hopefully) include catering, right?

Reply 11

recneps

10

Bath is an expensive city to buy/rent in. But once you've got past that hurdle its no more expensive than any other city in the south of england. Ok so things like council tax are high - but students dont pay council tax anyway. Plus you get to live in one of the most beautiful cities in england, not far from one of the largest cities (bristol), some of the most stunning countryside (mendips, exmoor, dartmoor, cotswolds), and in a city with good transport links to the rest of the country.

The on campus accommodation, as much as we might moan about it, is probably among the highest quality around (especially solsbury and marlborough) and being a small city, "home" will never be too far from campus even in the 2nd year upwards. Being a tourist city there are plenty of jobs around, especially if you want to stay in bath over the summer season.

So yes, Bath is expensive, but its definately, 100%, worth it.

Reply 12

SarahB_

I remember reading the stats about Bath being the most expensive place outside London a couple of weeks ago. It was for average hotel prices though.. not living costs. I don't think the accommadation is over-priced. We've got a really nice new house for £75 a week, but we looked at some as low as £60 a week (they weren't as nice though of course).

Reply 13

dakedake

MissSurfer

I thought it was quite reasonable at Bath - but I'm supposedly from a rich area of the country (doesn't feel like it though... you still get chavs!).

Bath still has the odd chav... havent noticed too many thankfully. But there are a few homeless people which may surprise some people.

My rent for next year is going to be £69 per week, exc bills. Not too bad.

Hotels def are expensive Sarah, but if you need one, there's the youth hostel, and also the YMCA only charge £11 a night I think.

Reply 14

Isotope

dakedake

Bath still has the odd chav... havent noticed too many thankfully. But there are a few homeless people which may surprise some people.

My rent for next year is going to be £69 per week, exc bills. Not too bad.

Hotels def are expensive Sarah, but if you need one, there's the youth hostel, and also the YMCA only charge £11 a night I think.

haha, well I live in Geneva, Switzerland and WE still have,"chavs" as you call 'em!They infest the whole planet. pfff. N'importe ou!

Reply 15

Marianne

dakedake

I've heard people saying Bath is the most expensive place outside London, but I don't think its true. Places like Reading are meant to be just as expensive as London.

I disagree. I find Reading a hell of a lot cheaper personally. After all, Bath has NO Tescos. I wouldn't have gone if I'd have known that in advance.

Reply 16

Marianne

Yeh... But I miss my tescos. I'm not used to this foriegn, orange coloured sainsburys nonsense. It didn't make my life taste better, that's fo sho

Reply 17

Bigfoot

Out of interest... say you had £80-90 Money (after rent in halls) A week, would say thats plenty? Bearing in mind im quite a big drinker.

Looks like parents will pay for accomodation, and the rest will be loan/grant money. (I will get full amount)

Reply 18

pipedreams1

2

is £82 per week expensive?

This is for quite a large room in the city of bristol...

Reply 19

Bigfoot

Look average for BATH, as this is the BATH page.

For a large room its OK

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