i have just moved, was paying 290, now paying 240 once im all moved in... moved from 3 bedroom to 2 bedroom, baby will have to share a room but 3 bedroom houses are sooo expensive, u might have to compromise!
i was struggling when i was paying 290 but i could still afford clothes for DS and stay on top of bills ect.. im not sure of ur situation but are u getting full single parent pension and both FTB's? and full rent assistance?
with childcare, try cutting that back cuz its very expensive, its hard but i take DS where ever i go, toys and food keep them occupied! and by the way JET funding is only if ur studying lol
try paying a bit off every bill everytime u get paid n that will stop big bills coming in the mail
shop at aldi and coles, the rest are sooo much more expensive... and try just cooking basic as meals and cook big meals n have leftovers..
sell ANYTHING u dont need/use, buy baby/kids stuff off ebay...
umm thats all i can think of atm! just stop 'luxuries' for a while! i dont go to the gym anymore, no credit cards, no going out for tea or lunch or buying food/drinks out... get pay tv cut off if u have it, be careful with electricity/water... try and do free stuff! i dont miss any of these kind of things
im living with my parents atm too, only cuz my lease ran out and single mothers dont seem to get houses easily *rolls eyes* saves alot of money but im so glad i move in 3 weeks lol
I was lucky , the landlord prefers single people , and likes to help out single mothers apparently, hes already been around and bought new lights for all the bedrooms after i showed him a crack in one, and needed a globe replaced in another
He has sorted any problems i had straight away too, Guess im super lucky ,
I was honest and out my married name ( which I still use of course ) and reason for moving, I put currently seperated.... I thought it would hold me back and was super suprised when it helped ...
I was just stresses about the cash flow after moving, thanks ladies for all your ideas, I do them all, and dont need to stress so much now that things have settled, i still owe telstra but im paying it off and as I see it they are arses for charging two seperate connection fees for one service (ph & net in one) so they can wait for their money. ....
life gets easier and I have been making some great cheap meals....
yep Gigi thats it! or they prefer the 'perfect' 2 parents 2 kids kinda thing, its crap! what, since we are single mums we cant work, or have enough money to pay rent? and cant keep the house tidy? its crap lol
oh thats very lucky mum2romone! i looked for the whole time i was preg with DS cuz i took over the lease from mum when she got married, place was a bit small so i wanted something bigger... had no luck then, then started looking again when DS was about 8 months old n looked for a year again, no luck.. then when i got with the ex, we looked for about 3 months n got something... really shows that they rather 2 adults! and i looked for about 6 months for the place i just got, was just luck that i got it i think... and im pretty close with my current real estate agent lol... anyway, yer write up what u spend n cross off what u can live without! cheap meals work well and dont feel bad about asking st vinnies for salvos for food vouchers, i rang st vinnies when i moved outta my last place, cuz i had to pay the ex's bills he left and carpets to get steam cleaned ect, and they gave me 2 vouchers, for 110 each! i was very suprised! that fed us for a month lol! dont know how often they do it but it was a lifesaver... yer whats a luxury!? i dont know these days either but u get used to that too haha
Im still paying of debts from back when I was with xdp, and I dont have a car (coz i left it with him even tho now he has 2 ) so atm for me its a house or a car sucks
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) so atm for me its a house or a car 
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