iQ Student London (Bloomsbury area)
London, England
🚶 Tube to UCL + LSE + Imperial
What one international grad student would actually spend here.
Rent uses this building’s low-end listed price. All other line items use sourced Bloomsbury benchmarks. (last_updated: May 2026)
| Rent (your share, low end of this building's range) | £320 |
| Utilities (gas / electric / water) | £90 |
| Internet | £35 |
| Phone | £18 |
| Groceries | £280 |
| Dining out | £180 |
| Transit | £110 |
| Health (NHS via IHS, paid annually) | £0 |
| Estimated monthly total | £1,033 |
Source: Rent share = midpoint of Zone 1-2 student studio + 2-bed listings (May 2026) for someone splitting a 2-bed. Utilities benchmarks from Ofgem 2025 student rate. Internet via BT/Hyperoptic mid-tier. Phone via SIM-only Smarty / Lebara student. Groceries + dining from London cost-of-living survey 2025 (Bloomsbury postcode). Transit = monthly Zones 1-2 Travelcard student rate. Health = NHS via Immigration Health Surcharge (paid annually, not monthly — £776/yr for full-time students; treated as £0 monthly here, see Practical Bits). All numbers in GBP, converted at point of bill.
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