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AKD
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Utilities in Owning A Home
Hi All -
What are the typical utilities that come with home ownership? We live in an apartment now, so the only things we have to pay for is cable/internet, the rest is covered in our maintenance.
Once we buy a house - what is normally part of the utilities (not considering cable/internet/etc) -- thinking more about water, gas, etc?
Also on average, how much do these come out to be?
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Posted 6/21/12 9:11 AM  |
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Kayla
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
ours are:
cable/phone/internet: 97 a month
water: 30-50 every 2 months (we have a private water company)
gas: about 60/month (we have a gas washer/dryer)
electric: about 100/month (electric stove)
other than that we maintain everything ourselves, so no cleaning lady/lawn care/snow removal/etc.
our home is 1200 sf
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| Posted 6/21/12 9:16 AM |
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CouponKT
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K
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
thank you for posting, I need this info too!
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| Posted 6/21/12 9:25 AM |
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AKD
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for.
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| Posted 6/21/12 9:27 AM |
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tara73
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Buttercup
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Utilities in Owning A Home
1234 sqft Cape, I'm in So CT but bills are actually similar to what we pd on LI
Oil $300/month budget - forced hot air and hot water
Electric: 100/month level billing - electric stove/dryer
Water 150 quarterly (private water co)
Cable/phone/internet 185/mo (Cablevision, post triple play deal)
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| Posted 6/21/12 1:00 PM |
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alli3131
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Allison
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
The ones above plus sewer
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| Posted 6/21/12 1:28 PM |
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tomcat
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
electric: 80
gas: cooking & dryer 114 balanced billing (140 last year balance billing)
water: 25-30
tel/cable/internet: 140
electric was 160 a month avg, but something happened, and for the last few months, it just dropped. i think it may have been a short in an appliance or something because we barely have 1100 sf - always thought thaw was a lot.
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| Posted 6/23/12 5:17 PM |
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mlny
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
Where I live I also pay $34 every three months to the Suffolk County Sewer Districts. It's not much but still another bill that has to be paid!
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| Posted 6/23/12 9:31 PM |
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BeachGal
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J
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
Gas/electric - $250 a month balanced billing (CAC and pool)
Alarm system - $35/month?? (not sure)
Landscaping - $25/week
Water - Pay 2x per year and its not too much
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| Posted 6/23/12 10:27 PM |
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Mrs213
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
We pay $142 a month electric with balanced billing
We have oil not gas, so we just buy oil when we need it, mostly in the winter.
Water is roughly $15 every 3 months, but it's very cheap where I live...
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| Posted 6/24/12 9:10 AM |
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05mommy09
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Re: Utilities in Owning A Home
2200 sq ft house:
tel/internet/cable (we have a DVR & 3 boxes) $125/month
Water- about $45 every 3 months (I belive)
Electric- about $125/month
Alarm- $30/month
Oil- I wanna say we spent between $1800-$2000 this year in oil....filled up 3 times.
We have a gas stove and we spent like $100 on gas for the entire year... (although we only cook about 4 times/week- never home for breakfast/lunch)
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| Posted 6/27/12 7:25 AM |
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