single folks how much does it cost you to live

[phonemonkey]

Rent: £375 for 1 bed flat
Council tax with single occupant discount £86
Utilities: £100
Broadband: £30
Food: £150 (includes food for dogs)
Phone: £25
TV licence: £12

Think that's it. I don't have a car and don't use public transport to commute.

 

[grudas]

not single but don't live with GF so same same but different but still the same.

Rent - £500 - shared house with my bro
Council tax - £65(half paid by brother)
utilities £100(half)
BB £39 - full
food £120 home/£150 at work
phone £37
gym - £22
other stuff(netflix/hosting etc) - £40
travel - currently free(cycle to work)
content insurance - £12

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Amazon Prime 6.58
Broadband 21.35
Car Insurance 23.41
Car Service 25.00
Car Tax 0.00
Council tax 103.00
Tesco Credit Card 49.00
CSA 200.00
Food & Drink 160.00
Fuel 216.67
Gas & Electricity 67.00
Gym
Home Insurance 22.55
iCloud Storage (20GB) 0.79
Line rental 17.99
Mobile 15.00
Mortgage 548.79
Netflix 6.99
Personal Loan (Car) 244.66
SCS 24.62
TV Licence 0.00
Water 31.42

Total 1784.82 pcm

 

[McBain]

Food: £25-£30 a week shopping (I work away 2 nights)
Take out Saturday: £15 a week
Utilities: Dirt cheap, £100 a quarter for electric and gas. Water, not sure yet they've only just set me up in a new build, took them 9 months.
Mortgage: £560 p/m
Insurance: £16 p/m
Phone: £15 p/m
Sky: £75 p/m
Council tax: £100 p/m
Petrol: One full tank, £55 p/m

Car insurance, TV licence paid yearly.

 

[Captain]

£50 a week rent to the parents, the rest is mine.

I'm going to have such a shock when I move out!

 

[GreatAuk]

Assuming the folk paying £40 ish for water aren't on a meter and the people paying £20 ish are? Interesting read as once my house is finished I'll be in this boat!

I'm not on a meter and I only pay £20/month. Looking at estimated usage and pricing I think I'd actually be paying more if I got a meter installed... The way I understand it if you're not on a meter then your water bill is a function of the value of the house you live in in 1990 or something stupid like that.


My monthly expenditure looks something like this:

Rent: £650 (I rent a terraced house on my own)
Gas & Electricity: ~ £50
Water: £20
Internet: £28.50
Council Tax: £71
Household Insurance: £10.50
Food & toiletries etc: £195
Phone contract (sim only): £10
Car Tax: £11.70
Car Insurance: £50
(plus I budget around £35 for petrol (I don't drive very much), and £15 for MOT, service, etc, but not sure what I actually spend)

That puts my basic monthly expenses at around £1150. This doesn't include stuff like new furniture or clothes or car or rental deposit, but I see them as more one-off 'capital' expenses so don't include them with my basic 'monthly' expenses.

Then the rest of my salary goes on fun stuff/savings/pension etc.

 

[Skilid]

£1250 a month not including the car. For everything.

 

[itchy]

Basically a working life 5 days a week, cost's about £100 a day-ish no matter what way you look at it.

If you under £100 a day you in trouble.

TL;Dr £2k+ a month wins anything less you struggling.

 

[Boycey0211]

rent: (subsidised) £79/month. Includes water heat and leccy
Internet: 12.99/month
Phone: 7.50/month
Food: £70/week not including luxuries

 

[Fuzz]

£50 a week rent to the parents, the rest is mine.

I'm going to have such a shock when I move out!

Me too, if I ever do.....

 

[malachi]

Mortgage £519
Virgin £41
TV Licence £12
B&H Insurance £10
Gas £9
Electric £30
Water £24
Council Tax £67
Bus Pass £52
Gym £16
Phone £18
MMPI £14
Food £60

Just under £900 a month

Single, 2 bed house. With no pets etc

 

[jon86]

Rent - $475 (share a three bedroom house with two others)
Bills - $44
Food - maybe $300

I hadn't realized that so many people on this forum still live with their parents.

 

[spoffle]

Rent - $475 (share a three bedroom house with two others)
Bills - $44
Food - maybe $300

I hadn't realized that so many people on this forum still live with their parents.

It entirely depends on age. People in their late teens or early to mid 20s are more likely to be living with their parents based on the difficult in being able to afford to move out.

 

[Boycey0211]

It entirely depends on age. People in their late teens or early to mid 20s are more likely to be living with their parents based on the difficult in being able to afford to move out.

Looking at the rest of this thread makes it look easily within my income tbh

(not living with parents btw)

e: and late 20's

 

[scorchisio]

Live up north near Sheffield so prices aren't too bad just as well as my salary is poor. Earn 22k a year. Rent 1 bed tiny flat 300 a month, good price there's nothing cheaper it's in a nice quiet apartment complex up a long private driveway and surrounded by woodland. Has a groundsman no extra cost. Water 20, contents insurance 5. Child maintenance 150. Car loan 95. Virgin media 65. Car insurance 50. Electric 50 no gas. Council tax 65. 2 credit cards minimum payments 100. Vaping supplies 40. Food 200. I'm skint and close to going into debt management it's impossible to have any quality of life single and on a very basic salary. Often have to borrow money and the 2 credit cards are maxed coming to 5k.

 

[Clipsey]

After reading some of these I feel I need to knock my monthly expenses down!

Mortgage + taxes + home insurance = $1450
Mortgage over pay = $250
3 Phones $228 (miles more expensive over here)
2 cars $550
Fuel $300
Car Ins: $50
Health Ins: $600 (3 ppl )
Life Ins $55
Tv, Internet, Netflix, Spotify etc $100
College fund (for kiddo) $150

Probably more I'm mentally ignoring.

 

[Shampoo]

£800 outgoing against £4000 incoming. Was £1300 outgoing until I bought the house outright.

 

[regulus]

About 15-20% of my salary, literally dependent on my electrical bill (astronomical at times ). I live in my own place with only a small mortgage. Food is really cheap. Though I'm not sure how much I spent a week. Maybe 150is? Which is NZD so around £80. But not every week.

All and all, I got it pretty good.

 

[thebennyboy]

Still live with my parents who don't charge me anything. Still have outgoings though.

Phone bill: £25
Credit card: £5
Bus pass: £40
Dedicated server: £15
Google Play Music subscription: £7.99

 

[Ceryndrion]

Let me see now..

Rent: £365ish/month (very small 1bed flat)
CTax: £85/month
Electricity: £30/month
Water: £100/Year
Broadband: £40/month
Phone: £29/month
Food: £150-200/month

I think I have it pretty easy at the moment eh?