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How much for bills???
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twinklyspecialkag
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Hello,
Any idea how much we should allow for bills monthly, gas electric water etc. for a small 2 bedroom terrace house (suffolk). Just an idea would be good.
Thanks,
K.
Any idea how much we should allow for bills monthly, gas electric water etc. for a small 2 bedroom terrace house (suffolk). Just an idea would be good.
Thanks,
K.
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Hi,
Don't know if this will be any help at all.
I live in the midlands in a 3 bed semi
water billed £34
Council tax £132
Gas £54
Electric £33
Buildings insurance £24
Life insurance £29
Remember mortgage/phone/internet/tv licence[0 -
Thanks, It is helpful. Its slighly more than the figures a friend mentioned locally which is handy to guage prices.
Thanks!!0 -
2 bed rented flat in Cambridge here, 2 occupants.
£100 council tax
£25 water (metered)
£35 electricity
£25 gas
£60 a year for contents insurance0 -
Here's ours - 2 retired wrinklies in a 2-bedroom bungalow in south Essex
£103 council tax (C band)
£28 BT
£25 gas
£20 electricity
£12 sewerage
£6.93 metered water
£11.61 TV licence
£11.21 home insurance (buildings and contents)
HTH
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For two people in our small two-bed terrace, our monthly bills are:
Council tax: £120 (band C)
Gas: £29
Electricity: £25
Water: £30 (unmetered)
TV licence: £11.61
Contents insurance: £10
BT: £14 (incl calls)
Broadband: £18
We also spend around £150 per month on food, which is really quite a lot for 2 people, but we are foodies!
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Don't forget to use Quidco for quotes and cashback amounts, for your contents insurance.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »Don't forget to use Quidco for quotes and cashback amounts, for your contents insurance.
Ohh yeah and you can apply for Buildings and Contents seperatley and get 2 lots of cashback!
Our figures are: 2 Adults in a largish 4 bed end of terrace
Council tax: £100 (band D)
Gas/Electricity: £83 (pay a monthly plan with Powergen) This way we overpay in the summer and the credit goes towards the larger winter bills.
Water: £13 (metered)
TV licence: £11.75
House & Contents insurance: £31.29
BT: £15.50 (incl callswith BT)
Broadband: £25 (with Virgin)
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We also spend around £150 per month on food, which is really quite a lot for 2 people, but we are foodies!
We actually spend approx £300 a month on food, so if £150 a month is 'quite a lot'...
We're not 'foodies' but we do prefer quality rather than quantity. We go to a local bakery for fresh-baked bread rather than the industrial stuff from the supermarket. We get doorstep milk. We don't do take-aways, ready-meals or fast food.
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Well, OK, by foodies I mean we like to cook a lot of varied dishes from scratch using fresh ingredients We also like to buy from ethical/sustainable sources and local produce where possible. But we don't buy what we'd consider "bad value for money" produce, either - we look out for special offers and so on. All the same, we know that we could spend a lot less if we were to really tighten our belts. 0
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LittleMissAspie wrote: »2 bed rented flat in Cambridge here, 2 occupants.
£100 council tax
£25 water (metered)
£35 electricity
£25 gas
£60 a year for contents insurance
this is a fair estimate. thats what i pay too.
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