British Expats - Monthly Outgoings

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Originally Posted by moving2NZ2013 (Post 11743745)

We live hour from Chch

We rent a huge 4 bed house with an apartment upstairs we can rent out. 350 pw. The house is to a good standard and on. Great section. This is rare!

Electric. We use log burner so don't use any other form of heating. The house is insulated well(again v rare) so we don't spend anymore than 120pm in summer and maybe 160 in te winter.

Car insurance for old car. $90 per year

Food. I'm thrifty and still comes to near 250 sometimes 300.pw
Water is heated through log burner when it's on.

Gas hob; $30 every 6 weeks.

Medical insurance free with husbands job.
$35 for drs visit $5 for script

We don't pay for recycling bin. Black bin bags $2 each.

Sim contract: $59 for unlimited mins and texts plus 2.5 gb a months

Sky: $70 that's for basic package and sky plus(TVs crap lol)
Broadband with spark $75 a month
That's just an example of what I pay :)

WOW - where on earth are you all of that for $350pw - here in Ashburton (1hr from chch) you'd be lucky to get a damp weather board for that.

If you are looking in Mid Canterbury for a decent house you need to budget 450 ish.