Cost of living

[Devils Advocate]

If you total up all your basic living expenses on a weekly basis...what amount do you need just for your day to day survival..?If you share the expenses with your partner just work out what YOUR contribution is.

Basics would mean a roof over your head+bills,essentials+food,and other necessaties.Doesnt mean petrol for hooning or weekend drink and drugs.

*Students and those still living with mammy and pappy...need not reply*

ta very much [/b]

[Devils Advocate]

P.S ..if it`s easier for you to work it out as a monthly figure instead of weekly one....you can do that.
i`m sure i`ll be able to divide it by 4 to get the answer i need.

[SlimRick]

Per month:
Rent £550
Food £400
Bills £180
Commuting £200
Council tax £101

All "-ish". Only my income in the house.

[Sparks!]

£400 a month in food how many of you live there?
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[SlimRick]

Me, the missus and our little lad. I am a fat bastard though

[Robby]

You might not be such a fat cunt if you spent less than £400 a month on food.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

The wife's only home every other month, we average £416 :-

Food - £220
Council tax - £108
Water, Gas & Electric - £88

Currently, my contribution is nil.
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[panrider_uk]

About £1500/month + frivolities such as insurance, sky, pet food etc.

Mark
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[The Original Muzza]

Shaggy's wife is only home every other month, I spend more than him though as his wife likes to go out to restaurants once a week.
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[Dom_]

Per month, live on my own.

Rent £240
Council Tax £90
Bills £120
Food £300
Fuel £100

On top of that you've got insurance (I pay 2.4k on my car, but paid it off in one), going out, luxuries, clothes.

It's not cheap living in england.

[Phoenix]

[amnesia]

Monthly...

Mortgage - £350
Council Tax - £75
Gas + Electricity - £70
Water - £40
Life Insurance - £40 (for both of us)
Shopping - £400 (inculdes food, alcohol, household stuff)
TV licence - £12
Virgin TV/Phone/BB - £32
Gym mebership - £19
DFS - £50
Car + Bike Insurance - £40
Fuel - £60

Total - £1200 approx
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[The View Askew]

Rent - £160
Food - £150-200
Beer - £20-30
Council Tax - £25
Income Tax - Disgusting
VAT - Disgusting
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[Ariel Badger]

Mortgage £300
Power £60
Water £10
Poll Tax £80
Food £140
Badger racing......God knows but it is a lot.
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[Dom_]

[Annabella]

£1100 a month on mortgage and bills (includes council tax, gas and electricity, BT telephone line, tv licence and house & contents insurance + a little bit for emergencies)

£150-£200 food shopping (not including wine and beer - this includes cooking dinner for lots of friends fairly regularly too)

£120 petrol to commute (easily spend this again on hooning petrol)

£30 mobile phone

Other costs which I pay off in one go include car tax - £215, car insurance £600, bike tax £66 (for two) and bike insurance £120 (for both) - call it £1000 in total, split over 12 months say £85 a month.

Basic living costs are approximately £1500 a month, just me and my income.
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[Silver]

Monthly, over £2k.

[neil.]

Let's see... *pulls up budgeting spreadsheet*

There's 5 of us - me, partner and 3 kids. Below are our basic monthly essentials (not including my personal spending (contact lenses, mobile phone, the bike, my clothes, birthday/xmas presents, savings etc). I put £1000 of my wage per month towards it (leaving me with about £150 left over). Partner doesn't work and gets Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit as her income, of which she'll put enough towards it to leave her with a similar amount of money as I have left over for herself. We also get a little housing benefit to help towards the rent.

Monthly outgoings:

Gas/Electricity £101.00
Phone £20.00
Rent £785.00
Shopping £433.34 (£100 per week)
Water £5.00
Sewerage £13.00
Council Tax £149.00
TV License £12.12

Total £1,518.46


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[panrider_uk]

[WildGoose]

Because he separates sewerage from his water bill? You get what you pay for, and Essex water mings.

I pay £22 a month to thames water for both supply and waste, it's the cheapest and most hassle free utility there is.


To the OP...
For me and my partner, split 50/50

Mortgage £900
Life Insurance £30
Water £22
Phone+Broadband £25
TV Licence, In Aug, Nov, Feb + May £36

Gas+Electric are quarterly and the bills vary massively, the most expensive averages per month to date are £82 for electric + £72 for gas.

I pay the council tax in a lump yearly, much as it pains me £1100.

We eat separately, so food bills are probably obscene for both of us and yet to be calculated, as are vehicle expenses. 1 car, 2 bikes, 1 van, 1 7.5t.

Diesel to get me to work and back is a tank per month, 400 miles, around £60.

There is never much left over each month, I save when I can, and I have no pension plan.

Bright future.
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[neil.]

Because we receive housing benefit and child tax credit, we can get water at that flat rate. And sewerage is handled by another company where we live.
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[kitty kat]

Food £200 (max, quite often much less)
loan £300
gas £64
Elec £60
water £20
petrol £25
bus fare £12 (daughter's to get to college)
insurance £52 (car & bike)
road tax £12 (car & bike)
council tax £72

total £817 per month
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[colin1]

My living expenses are ridiculously low.

I actually eat better, when I'm spending £20 a month on food and its cooking from scratch, than spending £120 a month and its convenience food and ready meals.

My commute is 3 miles a day, and its often done by bicycle.

My mortgage is ridiculously low, as I have paid most of it off, with some cash I inherited a while back.

Sometimes, I think I need to live a bit and spend more money, I should certainly spend money on doing up my house.

I'm not sure if I should think of ways to up my standard of living to make use of my income, or just be content being a tight arse, and never really need to worry.

When I see other people spend, I often think that they are just wasting it rather than getting much benefit. It's mostly keeping up with the jones's stuff you dont need.
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[Phoenix]

Take some holidays or get married, they'll eat up any excess you have.

[The Original Muzza]