thegsi
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OK so at the moment, I live with two mates in a real nice place. The house belongs to the one mate and we 'lodge' there. Me and the other lad are thinking of moving out due to various reasons and have been looking around at 2 bedroom flats in the area. Obviously its all based on different things and figures vary a lot but what kind of average do people see for monthly bills? We will obviously use electric, water, gas, TV licence and broadband. We both have 9-5 jobs and are very careful with usage.
What kind of rates do you guys see for your bills on 2 bed flats/ apartments? (excluding rent)
Just getting some rough figures ATM 
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Tom
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As you say, depends on loads of things. I live in a very big victorian 2 bed and it costs:
Water (not on a meter) = £30 p/m
Gas = £30 p/m, not sure how this is going to stack up though (was in credit loads over summer but probably owe them now)
Electricity - £100 a quarter
Council Tax - luckily on the lowest ban in our borough which is £95 p/m
TV license - £145 a year
Broadband/Phoneline - £24 p/m
Sky - £52 p/m
Contents Insurance - £7 p/m
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Robbo
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Think I paid exactly £250 a month for Sky (tv, broadband and phone), electric (no gas), water and council tax and then contents ins and tv licence was same as Toms above, but i think i got those outright
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Tom
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As a guide, our household bills for everything from rent and stuff listed above plus shopping (for me and the missus) is around £1100.
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
As a guide, our household bills for everything from rent and stuff listed above plus shopping (for me and the missus) is around £1100.
Nice. I was budgeting on £1k a month with just me, so good to know it's achievable.
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Robbo
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Nath, in my old 2 bed flat (which was pointlessly huge), I paid £1k exactly a month (of which rent was £750), before food shopping (generally about £150 a month max.) so provided rent isnt too high, should be easily achieveable 
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Nath
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Cool, I was only thinking of about £650 rent as well.
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AndyKent
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£1k a month for a single person is about right. Most stuff doesn't double when you add a second person (rent/phone/internet/gas etc.) water might go up a bit, food add 50% of single persons spending.
I've been easily spending £1k month and my mortgage is *only* £500.
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Robbo
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birds use more electricity just simply for their hair  
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AndyKent
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Electric is cheap, add on £10 a month for hairdrying
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Dave
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If mine is anything to go by they also run the heating none stop and don't realise lights also turn off 
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
Electric is cheap, add on £10 a month for hairdrying
and straightening. and curling.
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Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
quote:
Originally posted by Tom
As a guide, our household bills for everything from rent and stuff listed above plus shopping (for me and the missus) is around £1100.
Nice. I was budgeting on £1k a month with just me, so good to know it's achievable.
quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Cool, I was only thinking of about £650 rent as well.
Our rent is £600, you should be fine with £1k budget (depending on council tax, sky packages etc)
We budget about £200 a month on shopping but it's probably more like £250 if I'm honest.
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John
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Plan to go over your budget every month 
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Sam
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£109 - gas and electric
£40 - water
£50 - Sky TV, phone line rental and unlimited broadband
£30 - contents insurance (might be less, can't remember)
£90 - council tax
£350 - food (2x humans and 2x greyhounds)
£12 - TV licence
So that's just under £600/month, or £300 per person with one greyhound each
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