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Debtless_2

Hi all could you look through this and tell me what else i can add on please.

Mortgage payments or rent on your home £525.00
Housekeeping (including food and cleaning) £260.00
Gas, electricity, other heating £80.00
Water £40.00
Telephone charges £40.00
Travelling to and from work and other essential journeys £200.00
Clothing £30.00
Maintenance payments and fines £10.00
Council tax £145.00

Other essential payments (e.g. life/household insurance, car tax & repairs)

Tv liscense £11
Dentist £20
Holidays £50
Haircuts £30
Family days out £50
Alchol £ 30
Taxi £20
Birthdays £20
Window cleaner £5
Xmas £30
Car tax £18
car insurance £30
Car maintenance £20

december

Hi,
After doing my I&E yesterday and looking at what I wrote how about including household insurance and drycleaning (if applicable.) I don't know if you would be allowed to include family days out, alchohol and taxi costs though, although I'm sure someone who has had more experience of looking at I&Es will be along shortly to help

Also it might help if you put how many people there are in your household so people can tell you if you could add more to a certain area.

December

dalip

Would help if you told us if you are single/couple/family of 4 ect. Then we can look at allowances correctly.D

JCS1

Debtless wrote: »

Hi all could you look through this and tell me what else i can add on please.
How many people is this for?
Mortgage payments or rent on your home £525.00
Housekeeping (including food and cleaning) £260.00
Gas, electricity, other heating £80.00
Water £40.00
Telephone charges £40.00
Travelling to and from work and other essential journeys £200.00
Clothing £30.00 Can probably increase this
Maintenance payments and fines £10.00 What is this for?
Council tax £145.00

Other essential payments (e.g. life/household insurance, car tax & repairs)

Tv liscense £11
Dentist £20
Holidays £50
Haircuts £30
Family days out £50 Won't be allowed, but you are allowed one after school activity per child instead
Alchol £ 30 Disallowed
Taxi £20 Not allowed
Birthdays £20 Not allowed
Window cleaner £5
Xmas £30 Not allowed
Car tax £18
car insurance £30
Car maintenance £20

What about school dinners, any childcare, pets?

Merry_Gentry

Are you really allowed a window cleaner?!!

philnicandamy

I would very much doubt the OR would let you have £360 a year on alcohol...sounds harsh I know but its probably what an OR would say...taxis probably would be denied as your already claiming for travel expenses..family days out I doubt would be allowed either

but as dalip said if you could inform us if your single/family/couple

philnicandamy

Merry_Gentry wrote: »

Are you really allowed a window cleaner?!!

Nope....classed as a luxury when i asked my OR office

JCS1

Merry_Gentry wrote: »

Are you really allowed a window cleaner?!!

"Cleaning, Gardening & Ironing Services" not allowed

december

I've included a window cleaner in our I&E as our contract states that all windows must be cleaned outside a minimum of once a month and with my partner's ill health and my lack of balance, I couldn't really see another alternative.

December

Debtless_2

here you go

2 adults
1 child under 2yrs
2 cats

and maybe 1 child on the way in a few months time

philnicandamy

december wrote: »

I've included a window cleaner in our I&E as our contract states that all windows must be cleaned outside a minimum of once a month and with my partner's ill health and my lack of balance, I couldn't really see another alternative.

December

you wont be allowed to keep that though..you'll be expected to do them yourself, i'm in poor health with a lack of good balance & my OH has various problems but in my interview I had it denied.......my OR quoted from his guidelines say Cleaning, Gardening & Ironing Services not allowed