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First time renters
Katieann
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Hi, myself and my partner would like to rent so we can get out from our parents homes. We’re both 25 and earn around £45000 per year combined. How much realistically should we look at for gas, electric, council tax etc. Or per month on amenities.
We would only like a one bed just to start off and ‘try’ to save some money also.
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Depends on where you live what you live in and how economical you are
Example here are my figures for a 2 bed house with 3 of us.
£159 council tax a month£207 gas and elec quarterly (jan-march)
£201 water 6 monthly£79 virgin
Insurance was £151 annually and then TV licence is about £157 I think.
We have have gas central heating. A previous all electric, damp 2 bed flat I lived in with storage heaters cost me £300-£400 a quarter in electric. So your heating costs will depend on how economical it and you are.
Water if on a meter is grea for 2 but if a standard rate may be expensive.0 -
A rule of thumb that many LL/agencies use is for your yearly wage to be 30x the monthly rent, so you could look at properties up to £1500pm.0
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