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Remember No council tax payments in Feb/March

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  • fab I hadn't realised it was the water too hooray
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  • Sagz_2
    Sagz_2 Posts: 6,251 Forumite
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    Oh thank you! :j
    I was begining to stress as Gas, Electric & Water bills all arrived this week, will be able to sleep again now.
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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,536 Forumite
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    It depends where you live - my free months are march and april - so check before spending it elsewhere!
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  • tsharp
    tsharp Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    I realised this the other day, and thought 'excellent, £200+ to go on debt' - then the household insurance reminder arrived!
    "I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."
  • dubsey
    dubsey Posts: 357 Forumite
    Mine are March and April too. Mine are already earmarked for DDs week away with the school - total cost was £324 and she's not even leaving the country!
  • MERFE
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    Ours is feb and march too, we pay 100 pounds but in feb we have car mot and dd birthday so it goes towards that, hopefully there is nothing wrong with the car. March is the month we pay of the most amount off debt from our budget.We only get water bills once every 6 months every jan and july, but may be because its on meter so bills can be random, normally works out no more than 20 pounds per month so i have to remember to keep this aside.
  • Mudbath
    Mudbath Posts: 5,479 Forumite
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    Our council tax non payment months are feb and march so that's £236 saved. Our water non payments months are the same so we'll save another £80. I always look forward to Feb for this reason.
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
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    mine's counted for the overdraft. That's why i keep it on 10 months. Unfortunately water is over 12 mths
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Well, we'll save £170 each month council tax and £77 water - all probably spoken for with DS birthday/school holiday and car MOT unfortunately :rolleyes:
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  • jillie1974
    jillie1974 Posts: 6,997 Forumite
    ours i feb and mar too.. so using feb's for a treat and will use mar to pay of a a debt...
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