How much should we be looking at paying per month?

KiKi

BiggaThanBen wrote: »

OP moves from family home to a rented accomodation, it might be wrong to assume that people start using mobile phones only in rented/own homes. Surely he has got one already and aware of how much it costs pcm. Or we can end up adding gym and national trust membership to house related expenses ..

I wasn't making that assumption at all; I'm sure he does have a mobile, as do most people. I was just including it, that's all.

Either way, my point was that £150 was far too low an estimate.

KiKi

LittleMissAspie

LillyJ wrote: »

We pay total of £200 including phone and internet plus all utilities and council tax for our 3 bed house with 2 people and a dog living in it!

My goodness, your council tax must be dead cheap! Ours is £120pm for a 1-bed house

In the 2-bed flat we've just moved from, costs were as follows for 2 people:
Council tax 100
Water 26 (metered)
Gas 20
Electricity 30
Food 120
BT Phone 12-13 (line rental + calls, billed quarterly)
Internet 20
Total = 329

We have no TV and spend practically nothing on phone calls so I imagine others would spend even more.

deedeeliz

Me and my housemate each put £375 into a seperate rent and bills account - that covers all essential bills and things such as sky tv, boradband and tv license, it doesnt include food or mobile phone bills

Unknown1234_2

For my 2 bed house:

Rent 800
Electricity & Gas 60
Water 35
Food 150
Council tax 114
Sky & Broadband 17
Car insurance 110
BT 11
Mobiles 60
Petrol 120

Total = £1477

Then savings on top and going out, clothes etc

Just on Utlities
Rent 800
Electricity & Gas 60
Water 35
Council tax 114
Sky & Broadband 17
BT 11

Total: 1037

BiggaThanBen

Melissa_Hewett wrote: »

For my 2 bed house:

Rent 800
Electricity & Gas 60
Water 35
Food 150
Council tax 114
Sky & Broadband 17
Car insurance 110
BT 11
Mobiles 60
Petrol 120

Total = £1477

Would it be different if you lived in a studio flat or a 4-bed house ? I see no point why people include these, it is only causing some confusion ..

LillyJ

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

My goodness, your council tax must be dead cheap! Ours is £120pm for a 1-bed house

In the 2-bed flat we've just moved from, costs were as follows for 2 people:
Council tax 100
Water 26 (metered)
Gas 20
Electricity 30
Food 120
BT Phone 12-13 (line rental + calls, billed quarterly)
Internet 20
Total = 329

We have no TV and spend practically nothing on phone calls so I imagine others would spend even more.

Well we only pay £80 for council tax, so that is pretty cheap.

However, we also only pay £20 for internet and phone line combined, with free calls to landlines 24/7, which saves a fair bit.

Would like to be on water meter but can't as landlord won't allow it.
TV licence is a fair whack of our monthly allowance as well, which can't be changed!

silverchair

utilites: Depends on whether you have gas & electric or just electric. We only have electric, so have to use the immersion heater to heat the water. We live in a 1 bed flat, but dont live above anyone, so dont get their heating. Flat has poor insulation. We are paying 70 pounds a month for electric (both work full time, though Im on my hols at the mo).
Does your flat have white goods included? Have they got a good energy efficient rating (small but may count).

Food Cost: This may depend on whether you have a fridge freezer large enough where you can freeze things that you have made earlier. It sometimes works out cheaper if you bulk buy food & if you do double quantities, eat half & then freeze for another meal.
I wish we thought of this when we looked at our nice flat. Because the kitchen & fridge is so small, we end up having to go to the supermarket almsot everyday & can never freeze anything.

ilovecheese

Hello,

We rent a one bedroom flat (with very old windows and doors that heat the street outside!) and we pay £900.00 a month in to our joint account to cover all the bills (rent is £650.00) so put an extra £250.00 a month for T.V license, sky, phone, gas, electric, contents insurance, and council tax.

tinymcfc

Thanks for all the answers here people, definitely gives us a starting point to start thinking about. I think I've read about 1/4 of the stuff on here (or at least thats how it feels, although I do have a feeling I havent scratched the surface!). Some really good tips on food shopping, credit cards, insurance etc. Really really helpful. I have NO doubt I'll be back at some point for help again, and I'll be offering my help elsewhere across the board. Thanks again.

*starts saving!*