monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
#61
Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
North America has more loopholes for taxation and renters can get a good deal on utilities and property taxes etc and there is the obviously cheaper petrol if you run a car but those are pretty much it.
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
I think that you could be paying a premium in the States for the inconvenience and additional costs to the utility companies of pipelining properties outside the metropolitan areas though since it is common there for next door neighbours to often have a mile between them on either side.
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
My neighbours are telling me that their total energy bills are around 650 pounds a year living in new, well insulated homes with double glazing, etc. so I believe that my figures are close.
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
Are there any institutions left in England.. or has everything been sensitively converted into luxury residential developments, with the approval of the Prince of Wales? We are looking at a couple of different gorgeous places to buy a flat in the west country, both old mental hospitals. Just looking forward to the conversational gambit, "oh.. we've moved into the Lunatic Asylum."
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
I think that you could be paying a premium in the States for the inconvenience and additional costs to the utility companies of pipelining properties outside the metropolitan areas though since it is common there for next door neighbours to often have a mile between them on either side.
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
My figures are only based on 1 year with a mild winter, the gas was 400 and the electric 200 (for 2 of us). The worst quarter was 200 and the other 200 spread over the other 3 quarters.
My neighbours are telling me that their total energy bills are around 650 pounds a year living in new, well insulated homes with double glazing, etc. so I believe that my figures are close.
My neighbours are telling me that their total energy bills are around 650 pounds a year living in new, well insulated homes with double glazing, etc. so I believe that my figures are close.
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
Are there any institutions left in England.. or has everything been sensitively converted into luxury residential developments, with the approval of the Prince of Wales? We are looking at a couple of different gorgeous places to buy a flat in the west country, both old mental hospitals. Just looking forward to the conversational gambit, "oh.. we've moved into the Lunatic Asylum."
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
I think that you could be paying a premium in the States for the inconvenience and additional costs to the utility companies of pipelining properties outside the metropolitan areas though since it is common there for next door neighbours to often have a mile between them on either side.
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
I've said that pretty much since I moved to Canada to be honest, the UK economy is designed to support the population and isn't as open to shameless profiteering as the North American economies appear to be, also it is very cheap for consumer goods now thanks for the competition from the supermarkets etc although I personally think that cannot be sustained forever.
North America has more loopholes for taxation and renters can get a good deal on utilities and property taxes etc and there is the obviously cheaper petrol if you run a car but those are pretty much it.
North America has more loopholes for taxation and renters can get a good deal on utilities and property taxes etc and there is the obviously cheaper petrol if you run a car but those are pretty much it.
Generally, I found when I lived in Canada, petrol and energy were cheaper but you needed more of it.
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Re: monthly rental homes in Manchester -- rents seem low
Some truth in that in my case, we don't have gas because we're out in the sticks. So we have an electric water heater and oil for the furnace, whereas most British homes seem to have modern, efficient integrated gas for central heating & hot water. One of the reasons I'm looking forward to moving from the US to England is to be able to move from the 19th century to the 21st in one fell swoop. I'm about fed up with cutting and hauling firewood and writing checks to mom & pop oil delivery company every couple of weeks..
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NJ has the most expensive utilities/property taxes/auto insurance/healthcare insurance in the US...not to mention property prices as it's in the NYC met area. That's why most retirees get out of the state as soon as they can.