How much per month do you need to live?



Council tax 140
Water 50
Gas/elec 120
Car ins (etc) 35
Bike ins(etc) 20
insurances etc 20
Phone 10
Food 200
Petrol 120
Beer / social twice per week (let’s say 300)
House paid
Car paid
(Earn 34k) could manage on 1000 per month no bother if I needed to
 
Rent 1,700 kroner.
Council tax is sorted automatically through the normal tax system (for Varde kommune it is currently 25.1% of income a figure that hasn't changed since 2009, church tax is 0.96%).
Water and heating is about 700 kroner.
Electricity about 600 kroner.
Mobile 200 kroner.
Internet and telly + streaming packages currently about 2,500 kroner.
Insurance 150 kroner.
Daily newspaper 650 kroner.
Magazines about 300 kroner.
Food I don't know but probably around 5,000 kroner including the odd takeaway.
Pipey baccy and weed probably 1,200 kroner.
Allotment before any new spends 200 kroner.
Meds about 300 kroner.

No wifey or hubby, no kids, no car, no pets, no telly licence as that has been scrapped here and will be paid through the normal taxes from January. Just me happily single and doing what I want when I want. Too set in my ways to change now which is a good thing as I like the way things are.
 
£1200 a month each to cover all bills , mortgage and food , once mortgage finishes that would drop to £600 a month each then anything else is savings / fun money
 
525 rent
150 gas and leccy
300 car and fuel
75 council tax
30 water
15 tv licence
65 phones
80 broadband and TV
20 insurance
15 prescriptions
30 contact lenses
300 food
250 kids

There’s 1850 without any spending money. Welcome to the world of single income, joint custody parenthood.
 
525 rent
150 gas and leccy
300 car and fuel
75 council tax
30 water
15 tv licence
65 phones
80 broadband and TV
20 insurance
15 prescriptions
30 contact lenses
300 food
250 kids

There’s 1850 without any spending money. Welcome to the world of single income, joint custody parenthood.

Fuck me herbs - using your categories and this is for 4 of us

400 mortgage
90 gas and leccy
90 car and fuel (ATM)
0 council tax
15 water
0 tv licence
20 phones
9 broadband and TV
150 insurance (all ins)
0 prescriptions
0 contact lenses
400 food
350 kids nursery/school fees

I'm coming in at 300quid plus less than you and that's a family of 4
 

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