Largish house in San Jose- gas & electric = about $100/mo, water is $15/mo.
3-story townhouse outside DC with crap windows (it’s not good if you can see between the frame and the wall-right?).
Electric from $30 in winter to $130 in summer.
Gas from $30 in summer to $200 in winter.
Both probably average about $150 a month together.
Water/sewer just went up from about $50 a quarter to $80 a quarter.
Electric ranges from $230 in the Summer to $650 in the Winter (small surcharge for 100% wind and solar and other renewable sources)
Water is about $60 per month, a bit lower in the winter
$62 every two months for garbage pick-up
$220 per month for bundled DirecTV, CenturyLink phone, and internet.
2 BR townhouse style condo, about 1900 sq ft over 3 levels, myself and my wife -
Gas (heat, hot water): $80/month in the winter, $20/month in the summer
Electric (basically everything else): $100-$120/month in the winter, $130-150/month in the AC months (June-Sept)
Water and Sewer: My last quarterly bill was about $180, this one always seems high to me but it seems that it’s just that expensive in my city
FIOS (TV/internet/phone): $120/month
Cell (voice/text/data): $63/month total for the two of us
Our insulation isn’t great or the heat and AC adjustments would be lower, as we don’t really use that much of either (65 in the winter, windows & fans unless it’s over 85 indoors in the summer). Trash is included in the association fees, along with a bunch of other stuff for $300/month, which is downright reasonable around here.
4,700 sq. ft. home. Last month electric bill $300. Last month gas bill $80. Last month water $215.
1,700 square foot bungalow. I am on a well, so no water bill. I heat primarily with electricity, although I supplement with a wood stove occasionally.
My electricity costs $465 a month on equal billing year round. In the winter I can easily use $1,300 a month.
Single man living in a single story 2 bedroom house w/full basement in the upper Great Plains of the US. For my May bills it was:
City bill (Water, sewer, electric, garbage) = $122.78
Gas (Boiler and water heater) = $64.37
2 people and 2 dogs in 120 sq.m 3 bedroom house in Hamilton NZ.
Electric bill $157.84 for 33 days includes $11 lines fee (33c/day service charge)
Gas bill $236.43 for 31 days includes $34 service charge ($1.10/day)
Telephone/internet $81
Pay TV $86
No separate water/sewerage/rubbish collection fees as they are in property rates (local govt. taxes)
Before I changed power company two months ago, I paid an equal amount each month year round for electricity and gas. $172 /month for elect., $130 /month for gas. This month’s gas bill is higher because we have heating on 18 hours a day and the insulation is not very good in our 80 year old house. Also, gaps around doors and some windows.
520 sq foot apartment right in the city of Chicago.
$65 monthly assessment for gas, water, trash, cable tv, internet, TiVo. Gas stove and oven.
$30 a month for electric during non extreme weather months, going up to around $60 a month if I use AC or heat in the cold of the winter or during a long hot spell in the summer.
Jesus christ. I’ve lived in apartments, they almost always cover water and sewer (sometimes gas). Paying $100/month for water and sewer services seems insane to me.
For me it is $20 water/sewer in my current place (they added that charge last year), about $100 incombined gas and electric. It depends on the month, my AC is electric and my heating is gas. So in winter my gas bill is high but the electric is low (maybe $20-30 for electric). In summer those numbers are reversed. Even last winter when the temps dropped to -20F, my gas bill didn’t go up ‘that’ much compared to previous times. Lucky me I guess.
Plus internet, cell phone, cable tv, etc. That adds another $110 or so.
West central Indiana.
Three adults (Along with two dogs, ten cats, three birds, and a goldfish) living in a 100 year old house,with 8 rooms, and full basement.
Electric (Water heater, a/c, lights, appliances, etc.) in the summer, runs around $250/month. In the winter, it’s around $150/month.
Gas (Furnace, and stove/oven) in the summer is $15/month, and in the winter, it’s never been over $100/month.
Water bill runs around $30/month.
Cable Internet is $110.
Trash Service is $25/month.
We also have DISH TV, which is $140/month.
My husband and I have cellphones, and they are $100/month, combined, unlimited talk, text, data.
In Bangkok, we have a washer, which tends to boost the water bill, many people here just send their laundry out, although that costs more than the extra water bill would if they had a washer. But we pay the equivalent of maybe US12 or $13 a month.
Electricity is where we get socked. We have four air conditioners and a clothes dryer, and that really bumps up the electricity bill. We consider ourselves lucky if we pay less than $150 a month. Particularly in the hot season, it can get close to $200.
I haven’t checked my June bills for this year, but last year my basic utilities were (in JPY):
For quick-and-dirty conversion, just think of yen as US pennies.
6666 for combined gas/water/sewage
6282 for electric
So about 130 USD total. Both were for one month of service. I try to be frugal with my utilities when I can, but I cannot stand heat or humidity so in summer my electricity bill starts to skyrocket.
For other utilities I roughly pay monthly:
7000 for phone line/fiber optic internet
9000 for mobile phone
1100 for TV license
For comparison, I live in rural Japan in a two room apartment.
I live in Georgia, where A/C is essential at least half of the year. During warm (A/C) weather, my electric bill runs $140-$160/month and in cool weather it rarely tops $100. I also have a natural gas bill that runs $80-$100 in warm weather and no more than $150/month in cold weather.
I live in a semi-rural area and have well water, so I don’t have a water bill per se. But maintenance (filters, etc.) for the well costs roughly $400/year.
I pay $76/month for DirecTV and $36/month for DSL.
BTW, my house is just 1700 square feet with a finished basement that adds another 1700.
South Texas, one-BR apartment. Electric about $35 a month without heat or AC, up to about $110 a month in summer when heat index is 105-110 everyday. Water and sewer about $35 a month. I figure about $100 a month combined averaged out over the year.
My electric bills (for a 1700 square foot house in hot Austin, Texas) are around $300 a month in the summer, and about $150 in the winter.
My gas bills are about $120 in the winter and about $25 a month the rest of the year.
In Austin, the city government controls the electricity, and a private company supplies the gas.
Two story house in Boulder, Colorado with small, unfinished basement. Three adults during the school year, 4 in summer (daughter is away at college during the school year). Approximately 2500 square feet (230 square meters). Gas heat and hot water, gas dryer and cooktop, electric oven. Whole house fan for night time cooling in summer (no air conditioning).
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[li] Electric - ~$75/month, year round[/li][li] Gas - varies from about $50/month in summer to $150/month in winter. Probably averages to about $90/month[/li][li] Water - $50/month averaged over the year (higher in summer when we water the garden)[/li][li] Trash - $117/quarter (includes recycling and compost pickup)[/li][/ul]
Only the water is a city utility. Everything else is provided by the private sector, though heavily regulated. There is no competition for anything but trash pickup, but the dominant provider of the service probably has more than 90% of the market. Boulder is currently considering municipalizing electricity.
Three bedroom house on beach in Grand Cayman. House depends on sea breeze and does not have an A/C system. Similar homes running A/C can easily have electric bills of $500/month or more.
Electric: US$ 140 per month - lights and hot water
Water: US$90 per month - Water is from desalinization $$$
Gas: Use about two 100lb cylinders per year for cooking only. ~US$250/year total
Trash: provided by government
Three bedroom 1150 sq. foot bungalow in Calgary, Alberta. We added up and averaged our utility bill a couple of years ago to pay the average rate each month (the bill decreases in the warmer months) and pay $330 a month. This is for gas, electric, water, sewer and garbage. Our internet and cable bill is $155 a month, though we cancel cable in the summer and that bill decreases to $80. My husband pays about $130 a month for his cell phone, while I just have a work cell that Is company paid.
Small house in San Francisco: electricity about $100 month, gas (includes hot water, hydronic floor heating, dryer, stove) about $150 month; cable (includes data) about $125 month I think; telephone is ridiculous at $75 per month, I’ve gotta switch to Vonage or something. Garbage is about $35 month, and water and sewer is about $28 month. All together, ye gods, over $500 per month just for utilities.
Oh, yeah, I also have a work cell, but I’m retiring soon so I’ll have to get one of my own. That will be $35 month from Virgin.