Bello

I'm thinking of NSW around the Sydney area ish and am just trying to work out what kind of bills i'd expect for day to day living.

Been looking on realestate.com.au and found plenty of places i like for around the $200 per week mark, will be living on my own till i find someone out there.

So, weekly bills....

Rent $200
council tax ??
phone ??
water ??
electricty ??
food ??
and so on......

Thanks in advance btw

Bello

or links to threads where this has already been covered would be ace, i did do a search but i guess i wasn't using the right keywords.

ianandhelena

Most people here who may be able to help you are asleep right now, a little patience may be a good thing...

Bello

lol, good point, thanks for the heads up

sassie

you don't pay Council tax (rates), when you're renting and no water bills either, thats included in the rates which your landlord would be responsible for.

007

No council tax.
Phone - depends on your usage and whether you get a home line or use mobile. Allow $20 p/w for now.
Water - Covered by landlord, unless you use excess.
Elec - Wouldn't think it would be more than $15 per week for a single person. Obviously also depends on usage (whether you have air con or not)
Food - For one person, I would budget for $80-100 p/w. Could be more depending if you eat out, buy lunch etc..

Geordie George

The water bill depends on your lease agreement. Mr GG and I pay the water bill.

Just out of interest, which area are you looking at that the rent is so low?

joho

not quite true, water usage is paid by tennant usuall.

Also how many of you will there be or is it just you, I can only say based on family of 5

gedge

from my experience this isn't always the case
in rental units the water usage is paid by the landlord, house rentals paid by the tenant.... as i said this has been my experience

Bello

Thanks for the advice all

Great news that there's no equivlent to council tax = more fun money

Katherined0

We havent been here long and for a family of 4 our weekly budget is as follows:

Internet:$8
Phones: $24
Electricity: $25
No gas
Water: $20 (landlord pays standing charges we pay usage)
We budget for about $200 a week on food

joho

Sigh I think I have 0s on the end of mine, can I live with you.

Jo

joho

Hey you picking on me, just cause you've agreed with with someone twice

Ok maybe its not always the case.

Jo

arkon

Me too. I've just paid a $800 electric bill and $580 water bill. My only advice, is after you've worked out what you think it might be, double it and that should cover all the other bills you aparently don't get charged for out here.

I wish I'd rented!! I've got 2 council tax bills to pay. One for the house and one for the land!

joho

Family of 5 living in a 5 bed, 2 lounge 3 bath, 4 toilet house, 2 air cons, 1 pool.

We had 2 aircons running in the summer, pool pump on 8-9 hours a day.

monthly

$120 council tax
$125 elec (just had a letter reducing our monthlypayements as in credit)
$20 water (we have tanks connected to all toilets and washing machine)
$200-250 but this includes our foxtell (sky)fee
$2500 morg approx on 380k
$60 x 2 for car ins
$80 house ins
$230 health ins
$70 broad band

Jo