Help with cost of living

[lewisdmz]

Will work it out properly later but £50 on the key meter (electric) lasts us about 6 weeks.

Last quarter on the gas bill (over winter) was £112 but the quarter before that was only £62.

No idea what the water was

Broadband with BT is £37 a month but that's only because we can't get Virgin (would be half that if we could).

Food is about £35 each a week.

You can save a hell of a lot on bills by being stingy, if I lived on my own i'd MTFU and just wear loads of layers around the house etc but girls generally aren't so keen on that and what it to be 'warm' inside.

I'd guess your bills will be quite high if there's going to be someone at home all day every day using electricity and gas etc.

I would skip letting agents and go straight to the landlord for our next flat. OK you should get better service if stuff breaks as most of them will have on-call plumbers/handy men etc but imo it's not worth the fee's you have to pay.