Charlottesquare wrote:No idea how he survives on that. My Council tax is circa £3,000 (appreciate he gets single person discount) my TV/Internet is circa £1,500, house insurance £600, Heat & Light now £3,000, gas checks/boiler etc maint £600. If I add costs re repairs (roof repair next month £960) and food/dishwasher tablets etc I would really be toiling and if cars added then £11k far too light.
I thought the two of us could live on £25,000 per year (12,500 each so no tax) but that would be no frills, few if any holidays, no Christmas gifts to grown up kids etc, and I decided we should be nearer £50k gross to not be nervous when the car needed replaced or we wanted to visit son in USA.
Maybe I am a spendthrift.
Your numbers are pretty high.
£1500 for TV/internet for example. 70mbps fibre broadband + freeview TV is £300 / year for me.
Boiler maintenance, just paid £85 for an annual boiler service, is £600 some kind of service contract ?