What are your average monthly outgoings?? Mine first....

Lil306

Mortgage                350
Water                      30
Gas                         39    
Electric                   48
Debt                        120
Shopping                 150
Mam                       60
Contacts                  18
Loan                      250
Fuel                       100
Council Tax             80
TV                          12
Phone / NET           55
Tumble Dryer        12
[B]£1324 :eek:[/B]

Basic salary is around £1400 per month but I do overtime to so it's usually an average of around £1500

Rich1976

2 adults, semi detached house

Mortgage 602.25 Council Tax 135 TV Licence 12.12 Phone/Broadband 32 Home Insurance 12.77 Gas/Electric 72 Water 31 Life Insurance 28.86 Income Protection 32.53 Unemployment Cover 62.47 Food 250

NoMoneyMummy

Fascinating.

Ours is dire.

3 Bed Semi. One child. One on the way.

Mortgage: £750 (paying arrears)
Council Tax: £130

Water: £20
Electricity: 130 (also paying arrears)
Oil: £130 (set aside for big purchase)
Phone/Broadband: £40
Sky: £40
Home Ins: £30
Car Ins: £30
Creditors: £150 (because we were stupid in the past)

Groceries: £60 (although it's usually £30ish)
Petrol: £110 (annoyingly)
Child's activities: £40

Then we put a little aside for things like replacing goods when they break, entertainment, christmas etc.

Hooloovoo

NoMoneyMummy wrote: »

One on the way.

Wise? Given the circumstances?

Keepgoing_2

oldagetraveller wrote: »

In your o.p you say "only me" then "Do you think £53 a month is a lot for water then? We already have a meter".
However, £53 does seem excessively high. I pay £10/month, metered, sole occupant in a three bedroom semi.
Gas and electricity, as a comparison, I pay £85/month for both, just reduced from £92/month and £300 in credit at the moment. I suspect a further reduction is needed?!

LOL, I am used to saying 'we' because I used to have a friend living with me - and my two cats are like family, so 'we' still applies!

Keepgoing_2

Really appreciate all the replies, as people have said, this is both fascinating and useful! :-)

PollyOnAMission

My monthly household bills for a 2 bed house with myself and one other are:

Council Tax £105
Gas & Electricity £86 (Hopefully soon to decrease as I am replacing my ancient, inefficient boiler)
Water £32 (unmetered)
TV licence £12
Broadband + landline £18

I also have personal bills for contents insurance (around £10 per month), mobile phone (£27 per month), pet insurance (£18 per month for two dogs) and my share of the mortgage/buildings insurance (£350 per month).

This brings my personal monthly spend for household bills to around £530 per month. Then of course there are car/fuel costs, groceries etc!

aylithuk

Me & OH plus the cat

For the month. TV is paid every quarter

Npower Dual Fuel 117
House Insurance 10.22
Council Tax 112
Water 20.01
Vodaphone 62
Rent 595
Virgin 49
TV Licence 0
Total 965.23

Plus

Food 160
Bus Pass 108 268

PasturesNew

Probi wrote: »

Is there any chance people could put what area they are from? then we can compare the prices in different areas.

thanks

It's not area-dependent... it's lifestyle dependent too. What one considers 'normal use' is exceptionally high use to another.

NoMoneyMummy

Hooloovoo wrote: »

Wise? Given the circumstances?

Yes. Thank you. Our earnings do cover the above - they just need to be organised correctly.