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TimBlaze · 01-13-2007, 05:24 PM

i was watching something on my local news about this it was interesting.... how much $ do you spend each month on bills?

bizarrejan · 01-13-2007, 05:25 PM

Too Much

Chris · 01-13-2007, 05:28 PM

i used to only have like 500-1000 a month in bills
than had a baby
had to get a house
new car
so im up to 2-3000 a month in bills

DaddyHalbucks · 01-13-2007, 05:31 PM

Alot! RI is getting to be costly. Crooked government is expensive.

TimBlaze · 01-13-2007, 05:33 PM

im thinkinh im gonna gonna be at least $2000 a month when i move out

im 18 and im hoping to get a house rather than an aprtment.

o0o_Lizard_o0o · 01-13-2007, 05:41 PM

400$ up!

pornguy · 01-13-2007, 05:42 PM

420 a month in rent. ( Building a house )
100 a moonth in electricity
10 in water
30 in cable
75 internetconnection
100 food
200 gas

Its not bad, and the office here at this house, is upstairs and has an ocean view.

Jace · 01-13-2007, 05:43 PM

including everything? about $4700

After Shock Media · 01-13-2007, 05:49 PM

Cost of living, no business expenses: 1200.00
Thats food, gas, utilities, insurance, so forth.

starpimps · 01-13-2007, 05:54 PM

an arm and a leg
thank god i have alotta spares

Sly · 01-13-2007, 05:57 PM

Hmm...

Rent: $665
Food: $500
Cable: $50
Water: $30
Electricity: $50

About $1300 to get by.

Silly Guy · 01-13-2007, 06:01 PM

definitely too much

gotta get more money coming in

PSSuperstars · 01-13-2007, 06:01 PM

What's with all the small electric bills?

My electric bill here in Houston TX is $700/mon

$450/mon on a slow month..

TimBlaze · 01-13-2007, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silly Guy

definitely too much

gotta get more money coming in

i hear that

After Shock Media · 01-13-2007, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSSuperstars

What's with all the small electric bills?

My electric bill here in Houston TX is $700/mon

$450/mon on a slow month..

mine runs around 120 winter and 160 in summer.

teg0 · 01-13-2007, 06:03 PM

$1500 or so. I probably pay more on student loans than anything else.

Sly · 01-13-2007, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSSuperstars

What's with all the small electric bills?

My electric bill here in Houston TX is $700/mon

$450/mon on a slow month..

How big is your house? And are you heating a pool?

My total electric bill is around $200, but I only pay a third.

PSSuperstars · 01-13-2007, 06:11 PM

It's only 2,000 sq ft. SMALL for a house...

But it's 30 years old. Hubby inherited it....

So I guess it means we need to redo windows, eh? The airhandler is new. but I bet it's our insulation and house layout that blows.

God you guys are so cheap to get by...

No one has even mentioned their hair, clothes, nails accounts for the month, heehee...

After Shock Media · 01-13-2007, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSSuperstars

It's only 2,000 sq ft. SMALL for a house...

But it's 30 years old. Hubby inherited it....

So I guess it means we need to redo windows, eh? The airhandler is new. but I bet it's our insulation and house layout that blows.

God you guys are so cheap to get by...

No one has even mentioned their hair, clothes, nails accounts for the month, heehee...

My monthly quote includes my womans nails, and massages. Neither of us buy clothing every month.

Sly · 01-13-2007, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSSuperstars

It's only 2,000 sq ft. SMALL for a house...

But it's 30 years old. Hubby inherited it....

So I guess it means we need to redo windows, eh? The airhandler is new. but I bet it's our insulation and house layout that blows.

God you guys are so cheap to get by...

No one has even mentioned their hair, clothes, nails accounts for the month, heehee...

Strange, 30 years really isn't that old. My house is about the same size, a little over 50 years old, horrible insulation and bad windows... $700 electricity bills would have me screaming, lol.

I don't have central air though, I'm sure you do in Houston and take full advantage of it.

TimBlaze · 01-13-2007, 06:15 PM

i like to be cold

it builds character

Miguel T · 01-13-2007, 06:16 PM

Just seems to getting higher and higher each month...

splooge · 01-13-2007, 06:17 PM

probly $2k a month

rent is $1000
utilities (internet heat water electricity) $200
Car insurance + food + fun = the other $700 haha

polish_aristocrat · 01-13-2007, 06:33 PM

huh where are all the people who spend $500 every night?

Legendary_Samir · 01-13-2007, 06:41 PM

$175 with out Internet connection.

mrthumbs · 01-13-2007, 06:43 PM

wow.. i need to move to the 3rd world country called the USA..

$1500 all-in? That will last me a week in a European middle-class neighbourhood..

GooSearch · 01-13-2007, 06:44 PM

home and bills ..2600 a month

polish_aristocrat · 01-13-2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

huh where are all the people who spend $500 every night?

ok I will admit it, I misread the topic.

The title said "how much $ does it cost for you to live each month? " without mentioning that it's only about bills...

mrthumbs · 01-13-2007, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

ok I will admit it, I misread the topic.

The title said "how much $ does it cost for you to live each month? " without mentioning that it's only about bills...

i doubt anyone spending $500 a day on luxeries lives in a $400 per month house ;)

Peaches · 01-13-2007, 06:57 PM

I had to figure this out a few months ago: $6K is my average, but I can bump that down to about $3-3.5 if I needed too. For instance, if I was dead broke, I think I could do w/o the satellite package with everything for $100 a month and the extra phone line I fax on maybe once a month ;) I could also get rid of a car, get higher deductibles on insurance, cut down on eating out, don't go to ATL 1-2 times a week, etc. Lots of ways to lower it. I'm a big overspender

Peaches · 01-13-2007, 07:00 PM

Also if you own a home, you have to include maintenance in there that might not happen but once every few years. For instance I had the house restained - $7K. But it was the first time in 10 years and I won't have to do it again for another 6-7. BUT when you average it out, that's almost another $100 a month.

Replacing things like hot water heaters, furnaces, w/d, fridges, etc. also comes into play that you have to average in there.

sarettah · 01-13-2007, 07:03 PM

Damn you all live cheap.

PersianKitty · 01-13-2007, 07:05 PM

I haven't added it up in over 10 years. Not sure I want to. No house payment or car payments though. That's all paid for. Everything else is just maintenance, existing, and having fun.

PK

mrthumbs · 01-13-2007, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarettah

Damn you all live cheap.

no shit.. im thinking of all the money i could save!!

Klen · 01-13-2007, 07:07 PM

130 HRK gym and 189 HRK internet connection.Plus booze and bitches which i dont track expense

Peaches · 01-13-2007, 07:09 PM

Highest electric bill I've had in almost 6 years is $160 and that's electric EVERYTHING - hot water, cooking, heat and AC.....I have propane for my backup generator, auxillary heater and gas logs. about 2300 sq with a vaulted ceiling for the top two floors. Log homes are GREAT insulators and I have a ton of hardwood trees that shade during the summer

I have double paned windows too.

I fill the propane tank about once a year - $1.49 per gal last fill, 330 gallons (300 gallons really because they don't fill over 90%). I could cut that down a lot by not starting the fireplace everytime it drops below 50 degrees

Water is included in our HOA fees - $300ish a year for water for everyone who has a house - works out great for the 1/2 of us who live here full time, sucks for those who have vacation homes. Septic tank so no sewer fees. Garbage collection also included in HOA fees but we have to take our trash to the dumpsters.

When I lived in the burbs I had to pay something like $3 a month for street lights

Quotealex · 01-13-2007, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSSuperstars

It's only 2,000 sq ft. SMALL for a house...

2,000 sq.ft. is far from being a small house. It's actually quite big IMO.

nekrom · 01-13-2007, 07:13 PM

Roughly around $2k per month. Which includes home morguage, utilities bills (gas,water,elec), food, net conection/cable/phone, health insurance.

Some months it fluctuats if bills are more than avg or if say car/house rego is due or things like that. A bonus to not living in the central CBD areas, are things are cheaper.

-N

Furious_Female · 01-13-2007, 07:21 PM

Not including cars, insurance or business expenses:

$1600/month rent
$300-$400/month electric
$40/month gas but somehow up too $500/month in the winter and its always freezing in here
$30/month water
$200 or more a week for food and household supplies

So, around $3k a month on average not including luxury items and business expenses. All in all, betwen $6 and $10k a month. Sigh

TimBlaze · 01-13-2007, 08:55 PM

i have no idea how much my mortgage payments are gonna be

hopefully not too much, i have expensive taste when it comes to cars and clothes

Martin3 · 01-13-2007, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSSuperstars

It's only 2,000 sq ft. SMALL for a house...

But it's 30 years old. Hubby inherited it....

So I guess it means we need to redo windows, eh? The airhandler is new. but I bet it's our insulation and house layout that blows.

God you guys are so cheap to get by...

No one has even mentioned their hair, clothes, nails accounts for the month, heehee...

You're still paying insane amounts for a house that size in Houston. I know many people with much bigger houses and they're bill is never even close to half of that even with a pool.

Peaches · 01-13-2007, 09:12 PM

Poorly insulated houses are a killer. Since the hubby inherited it, take the money you WOULD be paying for a house payment and get it in shape. Most utilty companies (gas, electric) will come out for free and show you where problems are. We had a 3400 sq home before this one with $500-600 electric/gas every month because it was so poorly insulated.

I'm having problems with the AC running in basement even with the vents closed, but I saw some magnetic vent covers I'm going to try. The basement is almost toally subterrain so it's cold there already and with the thermostat on the next floor up, the basement is like ice and I'm sure I'm losing AC there.

Hell, it could be something as simple as turning down the thermostat on the water heater.

Dagwolf · 01-13-2007, 09:19 PM

My cost of living just went way up. :-/

cool1 · 01-13-2007, 09:39 PM

$350 a month for living expenses.
$1400 a month for weed and Hot Wheels diecast cars, I buy quite a few fairly expensive little cars ever month.

he-fox · 01-13-2007, 10:06 PM

500-1000$

bogo · 01-13-2007, 10:09 PM

$3500/ mth covers my house,hydro,cable,car lease,phones and inernet.- Food,clothes,fun,and entertaimnent not included.

selena · 01-13-2007, 10:22 PM

$4k will cover it all. I have 2 boys living at home, so that adds to it.

$5 submissions · 01-13-2007, 10:23 PM

I live in the Philippines. It totally depends WHERE you want to live here and WHAT your lifestyle expectations are.

NORMALLY, $500 to $1K a month is fine for mid to lower level accommodations and lifestyle. If you live LARGE it will be more but that's the same for everywhere in the world. The only difference is its GENERALLY cheaper to live "large" here.

bausch · 01-13-2007, 10:25 PM

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studiocritic · 01-13-2007, 10:30 PM

my electric bill is $1000-1200/mo or so..

www.energypricesarekilling.com is a little site i made about it to send to the media

my total expenses between my gf and i (i support her, she's a student) are about 5k/mo.. we rent an apartment in orange county. if we owned a house, it'd be around 8k/mo

01-13-2007, 05:24 PM	#1
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PSSuperstars Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,477	It's only 2,000 sq ft. SMALL for a house... But it's 30 years old. Hubby inherited it.... So I guess it means we need to redo windows, eh? The airhandler is new. but I bet it's our insulation and house layout that blows. God you guys are so cheap to get by... No one has even mentioned their hair, clothes, nails accounts for the month, heehee...

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Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	I had to figure this out a few months ago: $6K is my average, but I can bump that down to about $3-3.5 if I needed too. For instance, if I was dead broke, I think I could do w/o the satellite package with everything for $100 a month and the extra phone line I fax on maybe once a month ;) I could also get rid of a car, get higher deductibles on insurance, cut down on eating out, don't go to ATL 1-2 times a week, etc. Lots of ways to lower it. I'm a big overspender

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Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	Also if you own a home, you have to include maintenance in there that might not happen but once every few years. For instance I had the house restained - $7K. But it was the first time in 10 years and I won't have to do it again for another 6-7. BUT when you average it out, that's almost another $100 a month. Replacing things like hot water heaters, furnaces, w/d, fridges, etc. also comes into play that you have to average in there.

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Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	Highest electric bill I've had in almost 6 years is $160 and that's electric EVERYTHING - hot water, cooking, heat and AC.....I have propane for my backup generator, auxillary heater and gas logs. about 2300 sq with a vaulted ceiling for the top two floors. Log homes are GREAT insulators and I have a ton of hardwood trees that shade during the summer I have double paned windows too. I fill the propane tank about once a year - $1.49 per gal last fill, 330 gallons (300 gallons really because they don't fill over 90%). I could cut that down a lot by not starting the fireplace everytime it drops below 50 degrees Water is included in our HOA fees - $300ish a year for water for everyone who has a house - works out great for the 1/2 of us who live here full time, sucks for those who have vacation homes. Septic tank so no sewer fees. Garbage collection also included in HOA fees but we have to take our trash to the dumpsters. When I lived in the burbs I had to pay something like $3 a month for street lights Last edited by Peaches; 01-13-2007 at 07:11 PM..

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Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	Poorly insulated houses are a killer. Since the hubby inherited it, take the money you WOULD be paying for a house payment and get it in shape. Most utilty companies (gas, electric) will come out for free and show you where problems are. We had a 3400 sq home before this one with $500-600 electric/gas every month because it was so poorly insulated. I'm having problems with the AC running in basement even with the vents closed, but I saw some magnetic vent covers I'm going to try. The basement is almost toally subterrain so it's cold there already and with the thermostat on the next floor up, the basement is like ice and I'm sure I'm losing AC there. Hell, it could be something as simple as turning down the thermostat on the water heater.

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