I'm so nervous!

bobbadog

Hi SC! Congratulations on moving in with your OH... i moved in with mine 9 months ago (going well so far!) - we have a 1 bed flat but thought my figures may help you:

Council Tax - £112 (we live in London though - i'd imagine £85 is norm. You can check banding on your local council's websites, divide by 10)
TV License £11
Home Insurance £9.84 (contents - buildings is included by landlord. Our contents is through AA, and is for £40,000 worth of stuff as we have RIDICULOUS amounts of music. Bargain. Went thru Quidco)
BT landline & Internet: £25
Gas & Elec & Water: £60 each (we budget this and usually have some left over per quarter)
Food: £150 (and we're drinkers!)

We have freeview too.

Some rental flats come with curtains, some don't... our landlady felt the need to remove lightbulbs!? (!) and one of the curtain rails. She's a bit special.
xx

Skint_Catt

bobbadog wrote: »

She's a bit special.

:rotfl: PMSL :rotfl:

£10 a month is good for contents - we will need decent cover given darling boyf has an electric drumkit for practice (he better not bring his acoustic set too!!! :eek: ) and loads of gadgets and a HUGE spec computer.

£60 EACH for Gas/Elec/Water!!!!! i was budgeting this for all of them together!

I'm hoping to get food down from £200 by using stardrops for all cleaning and buying bargain brands 9OH is a snob until he trys things!) :rotfl:

max1108

We have a 4 bed detached and pay £75 pm for gas and elec combined! And we are currently in credit so due a refund and the amount we pay each month should come down by a few £!

So yours should be a lot cheaper than that.

We also pay £14 pm for contents with Direct Line.

Skint_Catt

Well I'm pretty good at turning things off - and will be getting some energy savings bulbs for the rooms we use the most. Not sure what OH is like - i know he likes his LLLOOOOOONNNNGGGGG hot showers :rolleyes:

max1108

Gradually turn down the temperature of the water! That should sort out the showers! :eek:

Skint_Catt

max1108 wrote: »

Gradually turn down the temperature of the water! That should sort out the showers! :eek:

You mean by thermostat or by turning the hot tap in the kitchen on :rotfl: :rotfl: Not a bad idea though!

max1108

Just ask my DH about the kitchen tap idea! I cant help it if I didn't realise he was still in the shower when I suddenly needed to wash my hands for the 3rd time for no reason whatsoever:rotfl: :rotfl: !

bobbadog

Skint_Catt wrote: »

£60 EACH for Gas/Elec/Water!!!!! i was budgeting this for all of them together!

Whoops - sorry, i meant we both put £60 a month away for this - in total £20 for each. We share bath water and wear jumpers xx

Skint_Catt

bobbadog wrote: »

Whoops - sorry, i meant we both put £60 a month away for this - in total £20 for each. We share bath water and wear jumpers xx

Oh thanks God! yes, I'm a jumper and slippers kinda gal as I feel the cold so I put them on anyway! Not sure about thwe bath water - haven't done that since I was 7 but worth a thought.......:o

Skint_Catt

max1108 wrote: »

Just ask my DH about the kitchen tap idea! I cant help it if I didn't realise he was still in the shower when I suddenly needed to wash my hands for the 3rd time for no reason whatsoever:rotfl: :rotfl: !

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: