Just to put a roof over our heads

always29

Fascinating thread!

Rent £860 - 2 bed flat in a very nice london suburb
Council Tax £71
Gas / Electric £25
Water £13
Contents Insurance £8
Land line + broadband £19
TV licence £12

:eek: £1,008 for just me (and the occasional crisis guest between jobs / houses / building work!) and I wonder why I am permanently skint

barnaby-bear

Gemmzie wrote: »

That's really high rent for property for two people, so the CT is high respectively.

Depends where they are - London and a lot of south-eastern towns that would be a studio and a 1-bed ex-council flat in a rough area could be easily as much....

kimlisa66

Mine, 3 bed but large early Victorian Semi in Hampshire, £200k ??
Me and 2 kids, one extra at weekends (10, 17 and 21)

Mortgage £445 (63k part endow, part repay, fixed rate till Oct 09)
Council tax £91 (includes single adult rebate, wont after Nov when middle son is 18)
Gas £43 (with BGas, price capped till Oct 09)
Elec £66 (with BGas, ditto above)
Water £28.889
House Ins £21.82
Phone/Internet/Line rental £25 (fluctuates slightly according to calls made)
TV license £11 and a few pence

Merlot

penguin83 wrote: »

Mine is

Mortgage - 931.13
Council Tax - 109.00
Gas/Elec - 150.00
Dont have any contents insurance
Water 53.58

Total - 1243.71

3 bed semi in the North West. 4 of us so 310.93 per head! x x

Contents and buildings insurance are extremely important, far more important than a mobile phone contract or sky.

As is Life Insurance if you have a mortgage home or dependant children.

Merlot.x.

brummiebabe

Interesting thread....

Mine is:

Mortgage £593.44 (really good fixed rate..ends Dec 2008 then ????)
Council Tax £90 (£108 over 10 months)
Electric £50 (needs reviewing & will prob be increased:eek: )
Gas £51 (ditto above....)
B & C insurance £26.28
Water £27.37 (Pay £41 over 8 months..)

TOTAL: £838.09 and only going to go up over the next 6 months:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

This is for a small 3 bed semi in Birmingham with a small garden, for 2 adults and 3 children = £167.62 per person!

Merlot

are you dividing your council tax by 12 months? I pay £147 per month, that seems high in comparison, and I only live in a Dolls house 4 bedroom (its small) in East Yorkshire (nice rural area though)

swingjune

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LilacPixie

My ctax seems very high too. £118 for a band A home over 10 months

WHat is everyone elses property bandings??

Glittermonkey

I worked out an average monthly cost to keep my house running to show my brother. He lives with me but has been a full time student up until now so hasn't paid anything towards his keep really.

Rent - £700
Water - £23
Council Tax - £95 (will change next month as brother will be 18)
Electric - £30
Gas - £10 (increases in winter)

Total = £858

3 bed semi in greater London. Me, DD and brother (but he has a shock coming now he is working full time, will have to pay proper rent :j )

swingjune

Glittermonkey, maybe your brother could rent a room in some sort of house-sharing option if he desire to move out