Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:35:16 +0100
Newsgroups: uk.finance
From: J L Williams 
Subject: Re: £1800_a_months,_all_utilities_+_food_bill

The message <1153875785.684588.115040@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>
from "Gonads"  contains these words:

> Hello, I have just been working out how much it actually costs to run
> our house, it's a 4 bedroom gas centrally heated property, we have an
> electric oven and gas hob. There a re three permanent people living her
> & 2 others who come home in the holidays.

Ours is a 4/5 bedroomed gas centrally heated property with electric oven
and gas hob. We have two of us living here permanently and our children
only call for day visits now and again with their own children.

> I worked it out it costs £1800 a month this includes everything,
> gas,electric,phone, food & insurance, thats £450 a week.

Sheeeeeesh!
Ours costs £650.00'sh/ calendar month, gas, electric, phone food and
insurance.........that's only £149.00'sh per week. Methinks you have
included mortgage repayments or summat haven't you? As a BTW we are at
home all the time (extra costs in heating and cooking)  except for holls
etc as we are early retirees.

> Just wanted to get others opinions, and maybe compare with other 4
> bedroom house holders with similar setup as ours I'm personally really
> shocked at how high it is and have gone into panic mode. kind of wish
> I'd never done it now, ignorance is bliss :)

Nope, we did our sums before we moved when we had two of my teenage boys
at home. It was a lot cheaper when they left to go to uni, on gas (no
half hour showers everyday- gas and water meter), on phone bills, and on
food. Heating worked out cheaper because we don't leave the doors and
windows open in winter etc....

Breakdown? House bills £300.00 per calendar month, consumeables (food
etc- weekly shop in other words) £74.00'sh (variable) a week.

The costs of running a house with kids (and careless parents) has been
documented recently in the SE on the TV showing where today's parents
just shell out for their kids lavish life styles. We are economical with
all forms of energy and utilities and review all bills  annually to keep
costs down.
jim