Home Life, Relationships & Finance

Linzi · Jun 23rd, 2008, 23:09 PM

We live in a small 3 bed semi detatched house.

£625 rent
£140 council tax
£60 gas & elec
£50 water
£11 Tv license
£160 food etc
£120 bus passes
£40 phone bills
£20 Virgin media (TV & broadband)

And when I go back to work £660 (I think) childcare,

xxx

lorrilou · Jun 23rd, 2008, 23:11 PM

i would defo kick up a fuss if i was u. When i was preggers with nicole i was living with my parents in a 3 bed house and there were 7 of us!! it was a friggin nightmare, i got a house 2 wks before baby was due, so there's hope for you yet. x

moomin_troll · Jun 23rd, 2008, 23:16 PM

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Originally Posted by lorrilou

i would defo kick up a fuss if i was u. When i was preggers with nicole i was living with my parents in a 3 bed house and there were 7 of us!! it was a friggin nightmare, i got a house 2 wks before baby was due, so there's hope for you yet. x

They like to say that we earn too much!! Thats there answer for everything lol My OH is in the army and this is the thanks he gets lol and what with him going to afghan i need somewhere to live without him because i cant afford all the bills by myself!

I can feel a rant coming on so ile calm down haha

brewanneanan · Jun 24th, 2008, 00:37 AM

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Originally Posted by moomin_troll

Brewanneanan do you and your partner work?

haha well, not yet - both getting jobs soo, not planning yet, just for near future

brewanneanan · Jun 24th, 2008, 00:41 AM

so, basicily, if me and my partner were to both have jobs, say earning £1,000 a month each then it would be ok, that should pay bill and the alike, i wanna get a mortgage in future but obviously gotta start somewhere!!

trickysgurl · Jun 24th, 2008, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by rae05

Okay I have no idea what the conversions are for the UK but I'll tell you what I was paying. I just moved out of a two bedroom above ground apartment. Here were my expenses (combined) with myself and my ex-boyfriend.

Rent: $750 a month(over here you simply cannot get an apartment under $600 a month that isn't rat infested)
H/L: $120-150 a month
Internet: $80 a month
Groceries: $250 a month(for 2 people)

But I am in Canada, so prices may be different

its about the same price here except food only bout half that.

rae05 · Jun 24th, 2008, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by trickysgurl

its about the same price here except food only bout half that.

Apparently food here is outrageous compared to even the rest of Canada. I don't know why, probably because so much gas needs to be used to get it here.

nikky0907 · Jun 24th, 2008, 10:42 AM

Yeah,I'm in US so this is going to be in dollars:

I'm an owner of the house so I don't pay the rent.It's a two and a half,two floor bedroom apartment in a semi building-semi house.

But I pay:

The mortgage: 600 $
Car insurance: 130 $
Life insurance: 18 $
Electricity :110 $
Gas: 130 $
Phone bill/internet: 90$
And other things,like income taxes,water,groceries(for only myself) :wrap it up to around 600 $.

Not to mention other necessities,I go to college,I need books,I need to pay my fund there...

It's a lot of money...

Lisa1984 · Jun 24th, 2008, 11:42 AM

Mortgate - £470
Council Tax - £80 (water & sewage included)
Gas - £30
Electricity - £40
TV Licence - £12
Sky TV - £21
Phone - £20
Mobile phone - £20
Broadband - £15
Life Insurance - £30
Home Insurance - £20
Car Insurance - £22 (OH's is double cos he has 2 cars)
Pet Insurance - £8
Food - £250
Fuel for cars - £300

I'm sure there is more but I cant think just now!

Ema · Jun 24th, 2008, 12:07 PM

Mortgage- £ 978
Council tax - £143
Water - £48
Gas - £55
Elec - £45
Tv - £11
Phone line- £12
Sky and Internet - £36
Car insurance - mine - £26 OH - £31
Health Insurance - £25
Mobile phones - £46
Then theres food which at the moment is £75-100 weekly

But the mortgage and council tax is high because chester is really expensive. XXX

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