SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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just trying to budget figures as moving out within next couple of weeks, going to rent a brand new apartment for 6 months then look to buy.
just wondering what monthly bills will be roughly? seeing as its kinda cutting edge i guess insulation will be good so not difficult to keep warm.
Just trying to hazard a guess at what utilities will be per month?
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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Size of apartment? would be helpful..
Gas
Electricity
Council tax
Phone
rent
internet connection
Sky Tv or cable
Loads more to take into consideration...
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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does have gas and electric?
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SetH
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Exceptionally well proportioned first floor apartment located on the highly sought after Riverside development. Very well finished throughout with 23ft sitting/dining room, fitted kitchen with appliances, 20ft bedroom, bathroom with shower. Secure entry, secure parking, gas central heating.
mav have taken into account everything you listed, just not sure what gas, electric & water are going to be for an apartment.
will just be me living there.
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BlueCorsa
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Registered: 14th Jan 04
Location: Midlands Drives: MB SLK250 CDI
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Probably around £80/month for gas/electric/water - exact breakdown will depend on what appliances are gas (e.g. if cooker is gas or electric). Council tax and maintenance/ground rent (if applicable) will be the biggies.
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Simon L
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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Roughly what i pay per month...
£20 electrics
£20 gas
£40 phone/broadband
£130 council tax
£10 mobile phone
then on top of that you have
-mortgage
-life assurance
-pension
-income protection
-food
-petrol
-factor fees
[Edited on 07-01-2007 by Simon L]
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
Location: Pontypool Drives: a Skoda
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Council tax - £52
Gas - £40 (metered, i spend £10 a month in summer, £40 a month in winter)
Leccy - £35
Home insurance - £19
Life Assusrance - £28.12
Water - £32
TV - £12
BB - £23
Car Insurance - £30
Home phone - £18
Sky - £30
Mobile - £30
Food - £120 a month (me, rich, 3 cats)
Fuel - £120 a month (30 a week)
Mortgage - £300
Depends what you have on gas/leccy, eg shower, oven etc will all add up plus your leasehold payment
Over over estimate untill you've lived there for a few months, but for a flat i cant see you having high bills
EG - leccy £20
Gas - £20
Water £20
Sounds about right, as for gas you wont know how much you use untill you've been there for a year and calculated your average useage to get your monthly payment, unless its metered
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Ally
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Mark -
http://img.thisismoney.co.uk/calculators/calcHouseBudget.html
Might help as well
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SetH
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fank joo ally, and my other lovelies 
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Ian
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Don't forget the service charge.
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Brett
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My service charge is £157 per quarter 
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TNM
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
My service charge is £157 per quarter
My friend pays £1400 a year at his apartment.
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SetH
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wtf is a service charge? never heard of it, went to view another right slap in city centre apartment today and asked about "any" other charges and it wasnt mentioned.
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
wtf is a service charge? never heard of it, went to view another right slap in city centre apartment today and asked about "any" other charges and it wasnt mentioned.
basicly maintenace work.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Buildings insurance which you will pay to the land owner, window and communal cleaning, gardening, that type of stuff.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
wtf is a service charge? never heard of it, went to view another right slap in city centre apartment today and asked about "any" other charges and it wasnt mentioned.
Mine is for gardening. To be fair, it's kept quite nice 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Mine's for basically what Ian said. We have a lift too so the money goes towards the maintenance of that too.
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SetH
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hehheh found out today landlord covers it
mind you for the rent im paying i could have had a 3 bed house in suburbs. But so close to work, gym and all bars/clubs etc
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Do it, Seth! Be a pimp like me  Shame you've not got the scoob now 
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SetH
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put the application in today fella
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Only pisser is the 2 week wait for Broadband to get setup. It could take even longer if the line's not cleared from the previous owner.
It took my mate 6 weeks of phone calls to Tiscali to get his up and running
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SetH
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its a brand new apartment, never been lived in yet.
hope it doesnt take to long to get broadband set up, i better download plenty of heffer porn over the next week.
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Brett
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In that case it's something like 2 weeks for the BT phone line, then 2weeks for BB after that. Well, that's what it was like for me and I was the first occupant too 
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SetH
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hmm in that case ill try and get the ball rolling now then.
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