ironporer

Just curious how much you pay as I am sitting here fuming about our most recent water/sewer bill- 1 month; $39.80 for water and $36.95 for sewer...$87.04 total (with $5.50 'sanitation' and $2.00 'stormwater' charges). We don't water the lawn, sometimes the garden (3-4 times for a few hours?). Seems way too high

Our electric is about $180 in summer (all electric house except heat), never seems to drop below $100 ever.

Gas is $15 when we use none (customer service charge...the city charges us for the privilege of being their 'customer'!!) and maybe $150 in winter. All this is for a 1500 sq foot house with just 3 of us.

Garbage costs us $1/bag (sticker system).

Mummy in the foothills

Sewer we have a septic, so about $500 every few years to get it pumped out
Water roughly $90 every other month
Electric goes from a low of $60 in winter to a high of $200 in summer
Gas (Propane) is $55 a month year round on the saver plan thing.
Garbage is the cost of gas to drive to the dump about 20 minutes away.
House is about 1350sqft with 4 people now.

Bluegrass Lass

Water: $20/mo (septic so no sewer)
Electric: $180/mo (all electric air & heat)
Gas: no gas service
Garbage: $55/quarter

We are a 2person household and keep the temp around 75degrees in an ~1750sqft house.

Almost forgot, the stormwater charge is about $42/year..even though we aren't on sewers and rain water just flows downhill to the lake in our subdivision.

S Folinsky

It all depends upon local conditions. At least you acknowledge that there is a basis for the high sewer charge and the relatively low stormwater charge. On garbage, that can vary a lot. Many places do not have government pick up of garbage. I know that the LA DWP combines electric, water, garbage and ancillary fees in one bill.

The gas bill sound weird. The gas here is private which is a regulated private utility. [In Northern California -- gas & electric is often combined -- e.g. Pacific Gas & Electric].

AmerLisa

What's the sticker system?

Electric averages to about $55 monthly (we pay every two months)
Gas is: Lowest (Aug) $25, Highest (Feb) $130ish
Water: $20 monthly, summer it will go up to around $25
Sewer: $30 monthly (average) we pay that every two months as well
Trash: again $30 monthly and we pay every two months

These are the lowest utility bills I've ever paid (aside from living in the UK) when I lived in So California they were a lot higher!

That's for a 2100 sq foot house and three of us as well.

Michael

You don't use gas for heating water? That seems very inefficient.

ironporer

I envy you! You live in Northern CA if I recall correctly?

It is what was here when I bought it...and brand new at that. Next will be an on-demand gas fired h2o heater.

AmerLisa

No, we're up near Tacoma (or Seattle, whichever you know better lol)

Sally Redux

Water - all charges are for 2 months.

Fixed 'sanitation service charge' of $102.00

Fixed 'readiness to serve' charge of $25.34

Actual water used is around $40-$90 depending on time of year. There is a punitive charge if you go over your allocated 'water budget' (based on lot size, not family size, not logical if you want to encourage people to water the yard less )

Ironporer, your water bill does sound on the high side but again watering for 'a few hours' sounds quite a lot.

ChocolateBabz

Monthly averages - yes I have a spreadsheet - I am just that sad...

Property Tax $1,025.57 (that'll teach me to buy a McMansion )
Home Ins $208.33 (includes Hurricane Ins)
Car Ins $145.66 (2 cars)
Utilities $116.69 (Water, Sewer, Trash) inc. sprinkler system
Electric $143.27 (Love my a/c )
Gas $50.55 (Don't need much heating in Texas )
Sat TV $112.67 (We don't get out much )
Phone/Int $97.59 (Must look for better deal)
Home Own Ass $114.16 (I hate these people )

Welcome to Texas - there might not be any state tax but they get ya in the end

AmerLisa

You pay over a $1k a month in property tax????

Bluegrass Lass

Is that property tax value your monthly payment!?!?

lonestargirl

ChocolateBabz, those figures seem high to me and we're in the same city, although I'm within the Houston city limits.

Property Tax + Home Ins + Flood Ins $700 (escrow through mortgage)
Car Ins $128.66 (1 car - no driving history though)
Water + Sewer $15
Trash, city picks it up (+recycling)
Electric $200 for June, July, Aug, as low as $25 in winter
Gas $35-40 (water + hob + oven)
Int $40
2 iPhones $125 - our big indulgence

Jerseygirl

We pay double that.

AmerLisa

Monthly???