Renting in the UK is fucking backwards.
You can spend £1,200 a month paying someone else's mortgage.
That's £14,400 a year going towards an asset you'll never own.
But the bank won't give you an £800 a month mortgage because you “can't afford the repayments.”
Apparently £1,200 a month is affordable when it goes to your landlord.
But £800 a month is suddenly unaffordable when it goes towards owning the place yourself.
Make it make sense.