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private rent ? price of bills?

snowfairy84
snowfairy84 Posts: 50 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi everyone,
myself and my boyfriend will be renting privately for the first time together and we are both a bit rusty of no how much things cost? can anyone help me out? i know there is:
council tax ?
water ?
electric?
gas?
virgin/sky for tv/internet ?

have i missed anything and approx what prices can we expect to pay?

thanks so much

Comments

  • Lucylocket01
    Lucylocket01 Posts: 194 Forumite
    tv license
    contents insurance
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    £100-£150 council tax, you can look it up online for specific houses
    £20-40 water, depends if it's metered or not and how much you use
    £60-80 electric/gas, depends how much you use really.
    £10-15 contents insurance
    £12 TV license
    £20-30 landlines/broadband, depending on where you are and what's available

    So £220-320 ish.
  • Blackpool_Saver
    Blackpool_Saver Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    Food, travel,
    Blackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool

  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Look on this website for best deals on electric/gas duel fuel deals, Cashback/comparision websites for broadband, home phone, SKY.
    Its very expensive in a new place for the first couple of months either renting or buying.
    furniture, kitchen stuff, bedding, sofa so check out ebay/free paper/free cycle before heading to IKEA, DFS etc :-)
  • SAMFOB
    SAMFOB Posts: 52 Forumite
    edited 4 July 2012 at 5:29PM
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