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[purdey]

My Monthly living costs.
No mortgage...
Council Tax: £260.00
Water rates: £40.00
Electric:£140.00
Heating oil:£130
Food and essentials:£580.00
Eating out:£400.
Petrol:£100
Train travel:£280.00
School bus:£60.00
School Fees:£680.00
These are basic living costs for my family.2 adults one 12 year old.

[paul1978]

so whats the comparison, whats the point of just showing uk costs

[LENA]

My Monthly living costs.
No mortgage...
Council Tax: £260.00
Water rates: £40.00
Electric:£140.00
Heating oil:£130
Food and essentials:£580.00
Eating out:£400.
Petrol:£100
Train travel:£280.00
School bus:£60.00
School Fees:£680.00
These are basic living costs for my family.2 adults one 12 year old.

Thank god you dont have loans, rent and too many kids.

[Hazza]

Monthly costs for this month.


mortgage - 427.82
Electricity Bill - 226.34
Water bill - 34
Food shopping - 150
cleaning materials - 50
Internet - 82.02
Mobile phone - 54.56
Going out - 200

Alot of money there for somebody that lives alone on a fairly low income

[Bucksboy]

My Monthly living costs.
No mortgage...
Council Tax: £260.00
Water rates: £40.00
Electric:£140.00
Heating oil:£130
Food and essentials:£580.00
Eating out:£400.
Petrol:£100
Train travel:£280.00
School bus:£60.00
School Fees:£680.00
These are basic living costs for my family.2 adults one 12 year old.

Purdey,

You must be postioned high up on the list of the UK wealthy.
Glad I'm not over there now. I live here on what you spend on "eating out"!

[umit07]

What exactly is "council tax" ? I thought you paid council tax only once a year

[Bucksboy]

What exactly is "council tax" ? I thought you paid council tax only once a year

Council Tax is the annual community charge that is levied to every house and can be paid on a monthly basis.
It is divided into about 5 bands I think and even the cheapest can work out at a very expensive sum. There are discounts available for single households and people receiving benefit and the elderly etc. but the charge is a constant thorn in the flesh of every Brit resident and usually increases every year beyond the rate of inflation.

[umit07]

Thanks for the reply bucks, but 3000 squid CT a year seems very steep. CT in the north was very silly in the past you paid something like 8 squid a year and it was charged on the basis of how big your house was. Last year they increased it to over 200 squid for a 200 square meter house.

[Oracle]

What exactly is "council tax" ? I thought you paid council tax only once a year

Council Tax is the annual community charge that is levied to every house and can be paid on a monthly basis.
It is divided into about 5 bands I think and even the cheapest can work out at a very expensive sum. There are discounts available for single households and people receiving benefit and the elderly etc. but the charge is a constant thorn in the flesh of every Brit resident and usually increases every year beyond the rate of inflation.

.... where you some kind of civil servant, accountant or something exciting along those lines, perhaps?

[LENA]

Monthly costs for this month.


mortgage - 427.82
Electricity Bill - 226.34 :shock:
Water bill - 34
Food shopping - 150
cleaning materials - 50
Internet - 82.02
Mobile phone - 54.56
Going out - 200

Alot of money there for somebody that lives alone on a fairly low income

Light all these candles you have over there...will save you money and is more romantic too