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Hello everyone, can anyone just give me an indication of how much they spend on utitility bills if they live on their own please? E.g. the total cost of your gas, electric, phone, water, council tax etc each month.
Many thanks!
flukey-lukey
16-01-07, 20:46
When i had my own place it was like this...
£30 electric per month
£30 water per month
£85 council tax per month
£11 tv licence per month
£30 gas per month (i think)
£80ish per month for food shopping
£35 phone per month (mobile)
£595 rent per month
that was spilt between two...so when I was on my own there was no way I could afford it and still enjoy the luxuries of life :)
My mortgage is about £1kp/m, bills about £550 total inc basic food costs. My leccy and gas bills are about double most peoples as I work from home.
My mortgage is about £1kp/m, bills about £550 total inc basic food costs. My leccy and gas bills are about double most peoples as I work from home.
Do you live on your own?
Do you live on your own?
Yes. Seriously considering renting a room out!
Yes. Seriously considering renting a room out!
I'd say that would be a good idea!
Yes. Seriously considering renting a room out!
how does ten a day sound?
(pence that is, that's all i can afford :()
Mortgage £640
gas £53
elec £24
Council tax £90
Insurances £70
Internet £22
phone £22
Shopping £90
SKY £15
Mortgage £350
Council Tax £72
Electric £18
Water £12
Internet £13.50
Sky £15
Landline £13.
Just decided to add it up, i'm genuinely shoocked, no wonder I always feel skint!
Mortgage £1040
Gas £55
Elecric £45
Water £22
Council tax £105
Home and other insurance £30
Internet £35
Landline phone £30
Food shopping £200
NTL TV £35
Tv license: £10
Total £1597
Plus:
Car insurance £105
Petrol £140
Mobile phone £50
Grand total £1892
mortgage : £850
insurances: bout £50
mobile/phone/internet £35
sky £35
water/elec/gas £100??
Just decided to add it up, i'm genuinely shoocked, no wonder I always feel skint!
Mortgage £1040
Gas £55
Elecric £45
Water £22
Council tax £105
Home and other insurance £30
Internet £35
Landline phone £30
Food shopping £200
NTL TV £35
Tv license: £10
Total £1597
Plus:
Car insurance £105
Petrol £140
Mobile phone £50
Grand total £1892
hmm.... switch to orange, for £35 you get unlimited internet, phone line, mobile (800 min plus unlimited text) etc etc
sell the supra and get a cheap runner...
Mortgage £1040
Are you rattling round a massive house or have you just got a really bad rate?
Are you rattling round a massive house or have you just got a really bad rate?
Sadly not a big house (well maybe it is for one person). I only bought my 1st place 3 years ago so had to borrow £140k
Sadly not a big house (well maybe it is for one person). I only bought my 1st place 3 years ago so had to borrow £140k
I just thought that after I'd written it actually.
You need a lodger, more money for the car then. :)
Hey Hadyn, long time no see - I used to pass you nearly every day on the A41 - red Supe
As you know I used to live in Edgmond Marsh nr. Newport (Shrops)
Living alone - I once heard said "two people can live as cheaply or as expensivly as one" which is exactly right, as I found out.
Same utility bills, same rent/mortgage the only thing that is marginally different is the council tax which one can get as a single persons allowance (25% discount) and food bills are a bit lower - in that area I used to budget on around £1100 a month in outgoings inc. car, back down here in sunny Dorset add four to five hundred quid.
Shocked?:blink:
Hello again Kip! Where are you living now mate? Im currently in a new and totally stock silver tt supra!
jesus mary and joseph!!!! im having second thoughts about moving out now after seeing the 'real' costs.
its gona be a massive step up from my £80pm
hmm.... switch to orange, for £35 you get unlimited internet, phone line, mobile (800 min plus unlimited text) etc etc
Very sensible and all taken on board
sell the supra and get a cheap runner...
Absolutely ridiculous, how dare you suggest such a thing!
:p
Actually I spend around £1-2k per month just on mods/running costs for the Supra so it makes the living costs pale into insignificance :D
Very sensible and all taken on board
Absolutely ridiculous, how dare you suggest such a thing!
:p
Actually I spend around £1-2k per month just on mods/running costs for the Supra so it makes the living costs pale into insignificance :D
:innocent: i didnt mean supra - i meant you're large collection of er... bra's :blush:
Or you could keep the supra and get a cheap runaround as well. :D
SUPRASUZUKI
17-01-07, 13:53
Just decided to add it up, i'm genuinely shoocked, no wonder I always feel skint!
Mortgage £1040
Gas £55
Elecric £45
Water £22
Council tax £105
Home and other insurance £30
Internet £35
Landline phone £30
Food shopping £200
NTL TV £35
Tv license: £10
Total £1597
Plus:
Car insurance £105
Petrol £140
Mobile phone £50
Grand total £1892
That scary. You're spending about the same as me, but I'm paying for food for 2 adults, 2 teenagers, 2 dogs and a cat (not that the cat costs much to feed:) )
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