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monthly bills????

5monkey
5monkey Posts: 57 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Im thinking about buying my first house this year and trying to work out how much can I afford.

I would like to know how much do you pay for your bills (electricity, gas, water, council tax, tv.......)

Thank you for your help
:j

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  • Peelerfart
    Peelerfart Posts: 2,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    electricity £46 per month
    gas £45 per month
    water £43 x 10 per year
    council tax £133 x 10 per year

    Thats on a 4 bed detached - should give you an idea.
    Space available for rent
  • Welsh_Totster
    Welsh_Totster Posts: 527 Forumite
    edited 8 January 2010 at 3:25PM
    Piece of string question really as it depends on where you are but as a guide in SE Wales we pay

    £15 a month water (on a meter)
    £100 a month gas and electric
    £92 a month (x10) council tax
    £61 a month broadband/phone/tv
    £30 a month buildings and contents insurance
    £12 a month for TV licence

    Thats for a 1950s 4 bed semi
  • overandout_2
    overandout_2 Posts: 82 Forumite
    Electricity - £24 pm
    Gas - £43 pm
    Water - £23 x 10 per year
    Council - £100 x 10 per year

    For a 2 bedroom house

    Also remember that you would need insurance; at least a building insurance....but also factor in contents insurance as well...

    Tv license I believe is about £142.50 right now.

    You probably need to factor in phone, broadband bills as well....

    Good luck!
  • Person_one
    Person_one Posts: 28,884 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    In a 2 bed flat in central Manchester:

    £95 service charge
    £25 electricity
    £25 water
    £12 BT line rental
    £10 internet
    £12 TV licence

    £180 Council Tax (but only 10 months a year)
    £125 a year ground rent

    We have buildings insurance included in the service charge but should really get some contents insurance sorted.
  • flutterbyuk25
    flutterbyuk25 Posts: 7,009 Forumite
    I live in a 2 bed flat in South Wales, but live on my own. I pay:

    £50 electric (no gas at property)
    £27 phoneline/internet
    £12 tv licence
    £80 council tax

    I bought an annual contents insurance policy which was £58 but that was half price offer. I've never had a water bill (been here since Aug) but I put aside £30/month into a savings account for when the bill comes!

    HTH

    x
    * Rainbow baby boy born 9th August 2016 *

    * Slimming World follower (I breastfeed so get 6 hex's!) *
  • kai_lani
    kai_lani Posts: 55 Forumite
    Elec (all electric flat)65
    Water 25
    BB/Phone 25
    C Tax 85
    TV Lic 13

    2 bed flat in S Wales
  • 5monkey
    5monkey Posts: 57 Forumite
    Thank you for your help!!!

    Im planning to buy 2-3 bedroom house in Kent and just looking for ideas how much are the bills
    :j
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