Monthly bills - it costs a lot to live in the UK

[basshead]

Ah, cheers basshead. Nice not to be the only one!

Yep, £201 for a four bed semi. Damn you Castle Morpeth!!!

[Iron Condor]

My cost of living is well over 3000 a month and i lead a pretty basic family existence, nothing flash like a big house or German cars.

I support 2 Kids, 2 cars, 1 wife, 1 house and myself.

Bills: 500 a month.
Mortgage: 1000 a month.
Groceries: 400 a month.
2 Cars: 400 a month.
Wifey's allowance: 500 a month (Mostly spent on clothes and girly things)
Clothes (for me and kids): 100 a month
House maintenance + appliance/furniture replacement: 200 a month (maybe alot more than this over the total period of home ownership).
Holidays: 200 a month.
Eating out and takeaways: 200 a month.

[Xenophon]

My cost of living is well over 3000 a month and i lead a pretty basic family existence, nothing flash like a big house or German cars.

I support 2 Kids, 2 cars, 1 wife, 1 house and myself.

Bills: 500 a month.
Mortgage: 1000 a month.
Groceries: 400 a month.
2 Cars: 400 a month.
Wifey's allowance: 500 a month (Mostly spent on clothes and girly things)
Clothes (for me and kids): 100 a month
House maintenance + appliance/furniture replacement: 200 a month (maybe alot more than this over the total period of home ownership).
Holidays: 200 a month.
Eating out and takeaways: 200 a month.

You're just like me. Except I don't have the wife. Or the children.

Oh dear, I really ought to curtail my spending...

[BoredBloke]

You should feel ashamed of yourself with all that cash being spent on you and your family when there are a lot of hard working families stuck at home having to watch Jeremy Kyle of a plasma telly which is now approaching the end of its warranty period. I think the govt should increase taxes so that those who choose not to work can enjoy a lifestyle which is at least as good as those who choose to work. It's only fair!

[Mailman]

Many are border-line illegal, or dodgy in some way...

Just add the word "contractors" right after "Many" and before "are" and I think you have hit the nail on the head!

Mailman

[EternalOptimist]

Just add the word "contractors" right after "Many" and before "are" and I think you have hit the nail on the head!

Mailman

Aye it's true.
I was on the dole for ten years bringing up my daughter on my own.
so if anyone wants help in fiddling the lecky, let me know
I fitted into contracting like a hand in a glove