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antnee

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16th Nov 10 at 15:34

For the people that have lived in student houses where bills aren't included,

what are/were you paying for bills (gas/leccy/BB/water) roughly?

[Edited on 16-11-2010 by antnee]

[Edited on 25-11-2010 by antnee]

GF-91

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16th Nov 10 at 15:38

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
For the people that have lived in student houses where bills aren't included, what were you paying roughly?

cash

FAZ

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16th Nov 10 at 15:41

£60 a week

£100 circa for 1 terms bills
(tht includes gas water elec tv inbternet etc)

rent changes on size of rooms sometimes

btw get to knw the landlord, mine is a cunt

rent etc payed into a single landlord account

bills (iirc - i just ve the mney to my flatmate n she sorts it), but presuemably it goes in like a nrmal bill would to the service provider

[Edited on 16-11-2010 by FAZ]

Dom

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16th Nov 10 at 15:44

It depends on the landlord and how they set about it. In second year nothing was included and we had to sign everything (leccy, gas and water) to our names for direct debits, which was a complete ballache. In third year, water was included but gas and leccy wasn't. Although the leccy was on a PAYG meter.

In second year i was paying £70 a week for the room + bills (leccy, water, gas and BB) which were roughly £20-40 ontop (our leccy bills were horrendous). Third year i was paying £55 a week + bills (leccy, gas and BB) which came to about £20.

Obviously you don't pay council tax.

I would recommend that you keep tabs of all the bills in a spreadsheet ie: date in (when the bill came in), bill name, total cost, split cost (cost each individual pays), date paid etc and then mark off the ones you've paid, not paid.

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16th Nov 10 at 15:45

quote:
Originally posted by GF-91

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
For the people that have lived in student houses where bills aren't included, what were you paying roughly?

cash

FAZ

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16th Nov 10 at 15:45

aye keeping tabs on payments, of any kind is a good idea

rent depends on area to

Dom

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16th Nov 10 at 15:50

quote:
Originally posted by Sam

quote:
Originally posted by GF-91

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
For the people that have lived in student houses where bills aren't included, what were you paying roughly?

cash

Saying cash doesn't even make sense

As Faz make sure you know your landlord, meet them face to face before signing, have their address and contact numbers (preferable mobile and house number). And keep numbers to hand (in mobile etc) in case of an emergency.
Also if you have PAYG leccy, keep an eye on the meter as it's not good if you have a leccy shower and the money runs out half way through

antnee

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16th Nov 10 at 15:53

We are looking at houses at the moment, looking at 10bed ones though

Found a nice one for £86 a week inc water, but no gas/elec/BB

GF-91

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16th Nov 10 at 15:55

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Sam

quote:
Originally posted by GF-91

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
For the people that have lived in student houses where bills aren't included, what were you paying roughly?

cash

Saying cash doesn't even make sense

As Faz make sure you know your landlord, meet them face to face before signing, have their address and contact numbers (preferable mobile and house number). And keep numbers to hand (in mobile etc) in case of an emergency.
Also if you have PAYG leccy, keep an eye on the meter as it's not good if you have a leccy shower and the money runs out half way through

yes it does.

E.g.

These kids see what doms got under the bonnet and they come here and they pay cash. *

See?

* Not a direct fast and furious quote.

Dom

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16th Nov 10 at 15:56

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
We are looking at houses at the moment, looking at 10bed ones though

Found a nice one for £86 a week inc water, but no gas/elec/BB

Is it one big house? I'd split the bills up and get a few people put on each one (usually you can do this), that way someone is always looking after something. And i'd be looking what broadband is available, as 10 students is a fair wack on any line (potentially you could ge ADSL and Cable if it's available).

antnee

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16th Nov 10 at 16:00

Yup one big house! Im not sure what the house we are going to look at on Thursday has, one of those 'super duper' Virgin lines would probably be best though

Dom

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16th Nov 10 at 16:02

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
Yup one big house! Im not sure what the house we are going to look at on Thursday has, one of those 'super duper' Virgin lines would probably be best though

Problem is VM have traffic management and shaping on their lines now, although i'd keep an eye on VM's 100mb lines and see if they become available in your area.

FAZ

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16th Nov 10 at 16:24

imo 10 is to many, 4 / 5 is a much mre suitable number for a house, just my opinion and experience though

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16th Nov 10 at 16:28

Girlf is sharing with 5 others in hers, and they have given them the smallest living/lounge area I have ever seen to maximise yield. Huge garden though

They also had to fight for a chest freezer as the landlord gave them a smallish fridge between the 6

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16th Nov 10 at 16:32

quote:
Originally posted by GF-91

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Sam

quote:
Originally posted by GF-91

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
For the people that have lived in student houses where bills aren't included, what were you paying roughly?

cash

Saying cash doesn't even make sense

As Faz make sure you know your landlord, meet them face to face before signing, have their address and contact numbers (preferable mobile and house number). And keep numbers to hand (in mobile etc) in case of an emergency.
Also if you have PAYG leccy, keep an eye on the meter as it's not good if you have a leccy shower and the money runs out half way through

yes it does.

E.g.

These kids see what doms got under the bonnet and they come here and they pay cash. *

See?

* Not a direct fast and furious quote.

All you do is talk shite on here mate. He asked 'how much are people paying ROUGHLY'. As in asking for an amount. 'Cash' is not an amount.

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16th Nov 10 at 16:33

quote:
Originally posted by FAZ
imo 10 is to many, 4 / 5 is a much mre suitable number for a house, just my opinion and experience though

Yep, I agree.

The first flat in halls was a group of 7 - hard work, but managable. Then moved to a house of five, and then a house of three - it got much better as the numbers got smaller, although part of that is probably to do with the people I lived with too....

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16th Nov 10 at 16:54

100 each over 4months for winter (gas and elec 4 people 4 bed house)

antnee

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16th Nov 10 at 17:21

5 of us are living together at the moment, 3 are downstairs and they are up here all the time anyway, the other 2 are mates who a few know anyway. Between the 5 of us in our flat, we haven't had one disagreement so far!

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16th Nov 10 at 18:26

quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w

quote:
Originally posted by GF-91

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Sam

quote:
Originally posted by GF-91

quote:
Originally posted by antnee
For the people that have lived in student houses where bills aren't included, what were you paying roughly?

cash

Saying cash doesn't even make sense

As Faz make sure you know your landlord, meet them face to face before signing, have their address and contact numbers (preferable mobile and house number). And keep numbers to hand (in mobile etc) in case of an emergency.
Also if you have PAYG leccy, keep an eye on the meter as it's not good if you have a leccy shower and the money runs out half way through

yes it does.

E.g.

These kids see what doms got under the bonnet and they come here and they pay cash. *

See?

* Not a direct fast and furious quote.

All you do is talk shite on here mate. He asked 'how much are people paying ROUGHLY'. As in asking for an amount. 'Cash' is not an amount.

No he didn't. He asked what were we paying roughly. I gave him an exact answer rather than a rough one though, cash. cold hard cash.

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16th Nov 10 at 18:34

If you do it by individual rooms you will have to declare it as a house of multiple occupancy and the insurance and regs on that cost a lot. Unless you have other properties to offset this then it can be quite costly as a Land lord. Making the building complient with heath and safety regs is what can cost a bomb.

You potentially could get a better rental yield from two or three 2 bed houses rented to a group of people who take care of their own bills/broadband etc etc. Just pic a location close to a uni and register yourself with a uni as second year students tend to not be allowed back to student halls.

It is also important to point out with a big house heating etc will be communal so if one person wants the heating on 24/7 the landlord gets screwed and it can often cause disputes within the house hold etc.

[Edited on 16-11-2010 by Fad]

Dom

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16th Nov 10 at 18:39

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
If you do it by individual rooms you will have to declare it as a house of multiple occupancy and the insurance and regs on that cost a lot. Unless you have other properties to offset this then it can be quite costly as a Land lord. Making the building complient with heath and safety regs is what can cost a bomb.

You potentially could get a better rental yield from two or three 2 bed houses rented to a group of people who take care of their own bills/broadband etc etc. Just pic a location close to a uni and register yourself with a uni as second year students tend to not be allowed back to student halls.

It is also important to point out with a big house heating etc will be communal so if one person wants the heating on 24/7 the landlord gets screwed and it can often cause disputes within the house hold etc.

[Edited on 16-11-2010 by Fad]

Eh?

Fad

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16th Nov 10 at 18:43

Which part confuses you mate?