[lil sister]

I can get a 1 bed flat for £720/month with bills or £545/month without bills. This is in Manchester. So basically they're charing £175/month for bills. Surely that is very high? There will be two of us in the flat.

Which would be cheaper?

Thank you

[F1 fanatic]

(Original post by lil sister)
I can get a 1 bed flat for £720/month with bills or £545/month without bills. This is in Manchester. So basically they're charing £175/month for bills. Surely that is very high? There will be two of us in the flat.

Which would be cheaper?

Thank you

It's high I would say, unless they are including council tax which if you're both students you would be exempt from. Bills I would say for the flat are probably something of the order of £50-£75 for electricity + gas and £10-20 for water. Internet is probably about £20-30, then if it had a tv license that's probably £15 a month and then contents insurance would be £15. Now, you don't need all of that, but even with all of that it only comes to £155 a month between you.

[lil sister]

(Original post by F1 fanatic)
It's high I would say, unless they are including council tax which if you're both students you would be exempt from. Bills I would say for the flat are probably something of the order of £50-£75 for electricity + gas and £10-20 for water. Internet is probably about £20-30, then if it had a tv license that's probably £15 a month and then contents insurance would be £15. Now, you don't need all of that, but even with all of that it only comes to £155 a month between you.

Ok thank you for the help. I doubt we will do insurance/TV licence so it'll probably work out around £50 less a month. Do you think that's worth having to do your bills separately? I mean it's £25 each less a month but we'll have to do meter readings, set up direct debits, always have to think about electricity/gas usage. Whereas for £25 more each we can just use as much as we want and leave it to them to sort it all out.

Not sure what to do... what would you do?

[F1 fanatic]

(Original post by lil sister)
Ok thank you for the help. I doubt we will do insurance/TV licence so it'll probably work out around £50 less a month. Do you think that's worth having to do your bills separately? I mean it's £25 each less a month but we'll have to do meter readings, set up direct debits, always have to think about electricity/gas usage. Whereas for £25 more each we can just use as much as we want and leave it to them to sort it all out.

Not sure what to do... what would you do?

I would first check what the £175 a month they're offering covers. If it includes council tax then it's not good value for money, and if it's only covering electricity, gas and water then I really think you're better off doing it yourself. Part of being a student is saving wherever possible and on the face of it £175 a month not to have to set up your own direct debits etc. seems a bit of an extravagence unless finance isn't a concern to you.

[lil sister]

(Original post by F1 fanatic)
I would first check what the £175 a month they're offering covers. If it includes council tax then it's not good value for money, and if it's only covering electricity, gas and water then I really think you're better off doing it yourself. Part of being a student is saving wherever possible and on the face of it £175 a month not to have to set up your own direct debits etc. seems a bit of an extravagence unless finance isn't a concern to you.

I rang and it includes council tax, bills and tv licence.

Went for the one without bills. Thank you for the help!