Flat buying Advice!!!

[Sam87]

Hey all,

Struggling to find a guide to work out roughly how much it will cost to run a flat... Can anyone offer a rough guide??

Cheers all!!

Sam

[neilo]

council tax
electricity
gas/oil
water
cable/sky
food
main housebills-approx/allow for £400/month-assuming just the above.

HTH

[Carrot (Mapped)]

+depreciation

[littlegreenfairy]

neilo said:

council tax
electricity
gas/oil
water
cable/sky
food
main housebills-approx/allow for £400/month-assuming just the above.

HTH

+management charges and ground rent.

[Neil_H]

neilo said:

council tax
electricity
gas/oil
water
cable/sky
food
main housebills-approx/allow for £400/month-assuming just the above.

HTH

contents insurance

[ridds]

£1k a month, simple as that.

[pies]

ridds said:

£1k a month, simple as that.

yep

[texasjohn]

[quote=Carrot (Mapped)]+depreciation
[/quote]

Darn, beaten to it

I would be very careful in regard to buying a flat right at the moment.

It's not a 'new build', is it?

[ALawson]

Check on http://www.zoopla.co.uk/ to see what the house prices are doing in the area. May also we worth checking out some of the local property auction sites to see whats happening at the repo end of the market.

[Carrot (Mapped)]

texasjohn said:

Darn, beaten to it

I would be very careful in regard to buying a flat right at the moment.

It's not a 'new build', is it?

Like mine

Edited by Carrot (Mapped) on Monday 18th August 22:05

[Olf]

Sam87 said:

Hey all,

Struggling to find a guide to work out roughly how much it will cost to run a flat... Can anyone offer a rough guide??

Cheers all!!

Sam

running on a flat costs more in fuel and may also result in damage to the tyre which can also damage the wheel and even the bodywork. Suggest you invest in a compressor, it'll be cheaper in the long run.

[amir_j]

Sam87 said:

Hey all,

Struggling to find a guide to work out roughly how much it will cost to run a flat... Can anyone offer a rough guide??

Cheers all!!

Sam

we need more info - how many rooms, what area, modern or old ie how efficient

[matc]

Olf said:

Sam87 said:

Hey all,

Struggling to find a guide to work out roughly how much it will cost to run a flat... Can anyone offer a rough guide??

Cheers all!!

Sam

running on a flat costs more in fuel and may also result in damage to the tyre which can also damage the wheel and even the bodywork. Suggest you invest in a compressor, it'll be cheaper in the long run.

[benzo]

Maybe wait a few years for prices to come down?

[texasjohn]

[quote=Carrot (Mapped)]

texasjohn said:

Darn, beaten to it

I would be very careful in regard to buying a flat right at the moment.

It's not a 'new build', is it?

Like mine

Edited by Carrot (Mapped) on Monday 18th August 22:05

It's not all bad, if its in the right area.

Can't be worse than my (now sold) shoebox-block 1973 flat in PR1 (horrible postcode).

[Carrot (Mapped)]

I suppose my place is in a decent area. I'm not planning to move for a while in any case...

[TIS]

My two bed house with just me in costs 250 a month. Thats with the following:
Gas
Electric
Water
Council Tax
Insurance
Sky+
Broadband
Phone
Food

[greggy50]

Would imagine it varies a lot depending on the area I know the rental alone on my cousins flat is 600 pounds a week and it is only 2 bedrooms however it is in St Catharines Dock so would be expected. Would say on a typical 2 bed flat looking around 350 pounds a month in other costs apart from rent if in a decent area and with sky+, broadband etc...

[Ordinary Bloke]

Don't. Depreciation will be 1K/month+, so why not wait until they bottom out, 12-18 months from now?

[hornetrider]

TIS said:

My two bed house with just me in costs 250 a month. Thats with the following:
Gas
Electric
Water
Council Tax
Insurance
Sky+
Broadband
Phone
Food

You are cold, you smell, live on bread and water and have dial-up.

Oh, and ICMFP.