What do you pay for utilities in your house?

[project15]

How much would you say you pay in utilities per month for your house?

We currently only pay about $30-40 a month for electricity in a 1 bedroom apartment and nothing else. I estimate that when we move to a small 3 bedroom house (1200 sq ft) it'll be about $200 for everything. Am I completely off?

Utilities I count as real utilities:
Electric
Gas
Water (probably includes garbage pickup)

Please do not include your cable bill in your estimate!

[maat55]

Gas: 70.00
Elec: 100.00
Water: 80.00

Our home is 1683 sf. We do monthly cost averaging. In Oklahoma.

[Troyrb]

Gas heat: $30 summer - $200 winter
Elec.: $70 with electric range/oven
Water: $60

House is about 1700 sf. located in north western Pennsylvania

It would be hard for you to estimate anything by other peoples bills because the prices are different all over the country.

[momof1in150]

In Rhode Island - 2700 sq ft

Electric - $120 per month
Oil (heat & hot water) - $1800 per year
Water - $140 (it is the least expensive thing about our town and the only thing that is inexpensive
Trash - $100 annual fee for transfer station

[Ima saver]

My electric bill is usually under $100 for 3200 sq. feet.
I pay $20 a month for garbage pick up and $18 a month for water.

[JanH]

We do averaging on gas and electric....

water/garbage 45 per month
gas averaged 45 per month
electric averaged about 125 per month

not sure about the total footage off the top of my head but less than 2000

[PrincessPerky]

We pay about 100 between gas and electric each month...more for electric in summer, more for Gas in winter, but total for the year is about 1200.

water is high right now, but we are in the middle of a drought, around 20 or so a month. We also pay sewage at 35 a month. (we don't have garbage pickup)

total utility budget is 160 (though for sake of 'just in case' I make sure there is 175, availible) 1100 sq ft, anti consumption house (open the window before you turn on a fan, need only the light in the room you are in, ect)

[myrdale]

Power: $45
Water: $12
Gas: $70 (They are theives)

I am single, no wife, no girl friend, no kids.

[MonkeyMama]

IT depends on the newness of the building, and where you live. Our utilities were far higher in a 1300 sf apartment in a milder climate than they are now with 2600 sf and people home all day/every day. But the energy efficiency makes THAT much of a difference. Though we moved to a new city and the water is WAY expensive.

Electric - $50
Gas - $20
Water/Garbage/Sewer - $90

Water was the flat rate. We just switched to metered (city is switching over) and so our water is going down by $15/month.

We switched to balanced billing a few months back, but our gas bill is usually like $5-$10 except a couple of months in winter. GAs HEater. Our gas water heater is apparently quite efficient. We have a gas stove we use almost daily. But I figure most of the savings is in the water heater. Likewise, the house self regulates in the spring or fall so we don't turn on the heat but a couple of months a year.

[kork13]

I've also been trying to get a good estimate for utilities, for when I move to an apartment near Panama City, FL this summer.... does anyone know of a place I might be able to get even a fair estimate like this?

[JanH]

Our electric is high often because of humidity more than heat. For instance, now is perfect temperatures from 70 plus to 80. But, the humidity is high and we have to run the air a bit to dry it out or everything will mold.

[Snave]

I will take all of your gas bills and exchange it for ours. Heck, I'll even pay your electric as well - if you just take our gas. We pay about $350-375 a month for gas. We had one month this winter where they do the estimate every other month and the estimate was $435. We keep the thermostat around 66-67 degrees. We can't go much lower because we have a 2 year old and we don't want him to freeze. We budget $550 for electric/gas/water each month. Our water/sewer are outrageous where we live. Everyone complains.

[sweeps]

Gas was $380 last month (ouch). $230 this month. I used less gas this month than I did the same month a year ago but paid $25 more.

During summer months gas is about $20/month. Or at least it was last summer.

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by project15

How much would you say you pay in utilities per month for your house?

We currently only pay about $30-40 a month for electricity in a 1 bedroom apartment and nothing else. I estimate that when we move to a small 3 bedroom house (1200 sq ft) it'll be about $200 for everything. Am I completely off?

Utilities I count as real utilities:
Electric
Gas
Water (probably includes garbage pickup)

Please do not include your cable bill in your estimate!

Project, going from a small 1-bedroom apartment to a 3-bedroom house, I would suggest that you plan for 3 times your current costs.

Utilities are so much location oriented and differs so widely by a whole bunch of factors both internal and external -- (insulation, age of furnace, water heater, oven, clothes washer/dryer, and external temperatures, whatever the local utility services charge people based on use, etc) that you're not really going to get a true picture from this posting.

If three times current costs, ends up being too high, then you have a bit of a savings at the end of the time. If it's too low, then you'll need to adjust.

But the variables are just to variable for us to know what things are like in your part of the US.

[Seeker]

Oh, and the fact that you don't pay anything for gas and water currently and wouldn't know how to estimate for your new place....

I'd probably get an idea from your workplace. Ask the people there about how much they pay per month so that you can get some idea on how to estimate based on your general location.

[Marcymox]

gas- 35.00 summer, 100.00 winter ( gas heat and water)

Electric- 90.00 winter, 400.00 summer ( electric stove and A/C, 2 story house faces west. elec. pool pump)

Water 35.00 winter 100.00 summer ( summer and winter lawn in back, desert landscaping in front, pool)

trash 40.00 all year, one trash pick up per week, one recycle pick up per week.

this is near Phoenix, az. 2100 square feet,

[LuxLiving]

For March - midsouth, weather's been mild & a bit rainy.

97.00 gas
14.00 trash
62.00 electric
49.40 water/ambulance service
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222.40

1680ish sq. foot house upstairs
1000 sq. foot walkout basement -1/2 lived in 1/2 unheated/uncooled storage

Natural gas heated/natural gas dryer/natural gas cooking

edited to add:
septic system so no sewer payments
and someone is home all day

[Hot dog]

I have an adjustable thermostat keep it at 70 when home and 62 when not and during the night and it was like 375 this month down about 100 from last month. I will definitely trade.

[PauletteGoddard]

Natural Gas: average $83/month (high: $149, low: $17)
Electricity: $25/month (plus $6 for Green Power Up credits, optional)
Water/Sewer/Recycling: $87/month
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$195/month, for elderly 1120 sq. ft. Seattle, Washington house.

[msnln]

I was pay a lot for heating because I have oil heat which cost about $1600 this winter season but I am paying a lot less for other utilities.

Electricity: $5-$10/ month (I have solar panels)

Gas : $25/month for hot water & cooking - according to energy usage sticker on water heater, it costs about $20 for hot water/month with model I have. I have water saving shower head (which brought my water bill from $10 a month) and I keep water temperature at low enough so I only turn on hot water for shower. I figure why keep water higher temperature than needed and mix with cold water for use.
So cooking is about $5/month but I use a lot of electric cooking appliances due to panels generating free electricity.

Water : $6 a month, or $18 a quarter.

I live in metro NY area in 1800 sq ft house. We do not utilize first floor (living room, dining room) much during winter seasons and do not heat first floor. Thermostat is set at 60 degrees at night and 68 during day and during summer, it's set at 80 degrees.