Tom
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Can anyone give me a rough idea of how much this costs per month or quater or whatever? Will be to service a 1/2 bed flat.....
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richardworrall
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leccy costs me about £80 qtr and £30 qtr for water in 1 bed.
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stuyw
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depends on how much u use of each 
by the length of time that u are on here, id say you would need to get your overtime in to cover the cost 
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p4uls corsa
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leccy cost me 15 week water is about 20 month 3 bed house
[Edited on 18-01-2006 by p4uls corsa]
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Tom
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STuyw don;'t really use cs at home and won't be having broadband 
I'd put down £20 a month for a each even if I say £50 for a both a month that should be ok yeah 
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p4uls corsa
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what about gas ?
if everything is electric cooker ect ur going to use more than a fiver a week
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Cosmo
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my latest bill for my 2bd apartment in Manc with just me here (although gf is here some weekends) was £120 from 8th July to 9th Jan, so £60 a 1/4.
edit- thats water by the way!
[Edited on 18-01-2006 by Cosmo]
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Tom
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How much is gas then 
£20 a month seems right.
£20 for electricity
£20 for gas 
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stuyw
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cant u get them leccy and gas cards that u top up for meters
or does your gaff not have them???
[Edited on 18-01-2006 by stuyw]
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Tom
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I aint got a gaff yet
Regardless of whether I get on with those in or not I need to get an idea of how much it's gonna cost.
I've worked out i'm gonna be left with about £300 a month when I move out migth have to get a 2nd job that pays cash in had
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corb
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Water is £15 a month and electric is £16 a month for just me in a 2 bed terrace.
Gas is £23.50 a month.
p4uls corsa, you running some kind of electricity eating machine in that house?!
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corb
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oh, my rent is £200 a month by the way   good ol' dad 
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Tom
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So it works out about £50-£60ish a months that's cool.
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Cosmo
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cant find an eleccy bill to see how much that is, I dont have gas though so mine is a little higher as central heating is all electric.
Dont forget you'll have council tax and possibly a service charge if your getting an apartment. My service charge has just gone up to £1091 for 2006
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corb
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service charge, whats that cosmo?
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by corb
service charge, whats that cosmo?
its cleaning of all the communial areas, maintenance of the lifts, etc. etc.
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corb
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ah, gay.
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Tom
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I haven't forgotten about council tax, and the places i'll be looking at won't be appartment new types yet (unfortunately), so no service charge. Imagine how much that works out tho  they're making some money onthat
Have just checked local council site and I reckon i'll be paying £101 ish a month (based on the value of the ones i'm looking at)
[Edited on 18-01-2006 by Tom]
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--Dave--
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budget for around £80 (maximum usage ie. heating on best part of the day and not just twice, 1 bath a day, computer always on).  that way when your bills come in you'll have money to spare.
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p4uls corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by corb
Water is £15 a month and electric is £16 a month for just me in a 2 bed terrace.
Gas is £23.50 a month.
p4uls corsa, you running some kind of electricity eating machine in that house?!
lol i was just thinking that maybe time i got them in to check whats going on seems im paying about 3 times too much
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Tom
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Dave won't have a computer mate, but yeah will budget for a bit more incase
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--Dave--
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it's all about over compensating for things (not by too much though).
Work out what your average food costs will be and add say £20. You're bound to be buying extra things now and then like beer and stuff. That's what we've done and it's worked out well and we haven't had any shocks.... yet.
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Ojc
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Thats cheap
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jaffa
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£17 per month water
£25 per month Gas
£25 per month Elec
Gas and elec are direct debit, in credit on both
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Ally
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Perhaps have 2 bank accounts, one where all your bills/mortgage gets take from
One where your wages gets paid into, if ur bills are £600 u put £650 into the bills account, then u know what u have left for the month
That way money should roll over just in case u have a higher bill than expected...
Im working my shit out @ £25 a month each so £75 goes into the bills account for that stuff, but u wont actually know what ur paying till uve been there a while
lectric could be £15 in the summer and £40 in the winter remember....
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