Huntersmummy Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 G'Day My British/Aussie Sweet Treats! More of a question today instead of my usual "I wanna go homeeeeeeeee, whinge whinge whinge moan moan moan" Thread... So the idea with the cherry being popped is not a sexual one I'm afraid. My cherry is well and truly decomposed on my first loves dusty shelf! The cherry in question is we got our 1st electric bill through. We paid the initial instalment fee of $111 something something 2 weeks after moving in. We moved in ......12th? November and we got our bill today so *counts* 4 months.... $565 Now not having a electric bill yet, it said we're below the average Darwin resident in consumption which is good but if we're below average, does that mean there are higher bills out there!!!??? Being paid by some other poor bugger???!!! I'm dreading the water bill in that case. Sweating more = more showers. Does anyone want to help a frighten old fart out by disclosing bill amounts out??? <3 <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) My electricity bills haven't been too bad - the most I paid while renting was about $750 one quarter. We put the air conditioning on much less after that bill. Generally in the rental winter and summer were about $700 and spring and autumn about $450. I have however known people on the Poms in Adelaide forum complain of quarterly bills of over $1000. Now we are in our own house our bills tend to be our $450 a quarter. We don't have a summer or winter bill as the readings are taken half way through each. Edited March 4, 2016 by NicF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Up until a few years ago my electric bill (family of 4 with a pool) were always around $450, since the price raises they are now between $600 and $700.. We have no gas or water bills though, so our next biggest bill is rates which comes in at around $450. Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntersmummy Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Would you mind me asking how you don't have a water bill to pay???? I kinda get here certain bills to what we're used to in the UK don't exist here (TV license, council tax etc) Don't things work out different to a rented and bought property??? Thanks for the replies thou! Up until a few years ago my electric bill (family of 4 with a pool) were always around $450, since the price raises they are now between $600 and $700.. We have no gas or water bills though, so our next biggest bill is rates which comes in at around $450. Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Not sure about other areas but our electric last qtr was $390, our water $180 and our gas $120 Edited March 4, 2016 by Que Sera Sera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm so jealous of all of you, up in FNQ we are stuck with Ergon who charge us what they want. In Cairns we had a 5 bed house and pool and it was $1200 a quarter with solar. Here in Townsville we pay $950 quarter and that's a tiny one storey 3 bed house without a pool, although with all the rain at the moment it feels like we have a pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Would you mind me asking how you don't have a water bill to pay???? I kinda get here certain bills to what we're used to in the UK don't exist here (TV license, council tax etc) Don't things work out different to a rented and bought property??? Thanks for the replies thou! we don't have gas mains in FNQ in Cairns we had bottles and that was $180 a quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Would you mind me asking how you don't have a water bill to pay???? I kinda get here certain bills to what we're used to in the UK don't exist here (TV license, council tax etc) Don't things work out different to a rented and bought property??? Thanks for the replies thou! We have Tank water and trickle feed town water so no water bills. The waste is on a septic tank so no council charges for any of it. The only cost is a $200 fee payable to the tank people who come out every 2 months to check the waste tank is operating and sprinkling correctly. ETA, If your in a rental you don't pay rates, this is paid by the owner. Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Up until a few years ago my electric bill (family of 4 with a pool) were always around $450, since the price raises they are now between $600 and $700.. We have no gas or water bills though, so our next biggest bill is rates which comes in at around $450. Cal x Cal your rates is that a quarter? We pay around $1600 per 6 months up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I think whatever State you are in, Electricity is by far the dearest bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Cal your rates is that a quarter? We pay around $1600 per 6 months up here. Yes , its $455 but reduces to $437.22 if paid on time. My friend on the other side of the estate in a newer bigger house but on a smaller plot (less than half the land size of ours) pays more too, i think its because she has town water and drainage . Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith and Linda Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 $700 a quarter for our electric and that's only the two of us with next to nothing left on stand by overnight and we have bottled gas for cooking. The pool pump is the culprit for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 $700 a quarter for our electric and that's only the two of us with next to nothing left on stand by overnight and we have bottled gas for cooking. The pool pump is the culprit for us. I have a pool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I think we just had the biggest electricity bill we've ever had about $450. I was on holiday for a month over Christmas though and then my wife's Sister came to stay for a month so she had time off then. The aircon was on a lot more than usual as we are both usually out at work during the day. It's cooled down a lot now so probably won't be used till next summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntersmummy Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 See upon reading the Power & Water website, can't understand much of the electric side of it but with the water bill zooming its way to us, we on our housing contract get 125,000KL of water before we have to pay (Ive never heard of that before, pity it wasn't "Free beer"!!) So calculating, you should pay roughly $2 per 1000 litre of water. In the NT anyways. So ours should be if we used all of it and more, is $250....My maths wasn't brilliant but somewhere around that amount. I did phone the water company and they said to take readings down after every bill to make sure your not getting ripped off. (We've had a leak on our outside tap since we moved in thats just been fixed a week ago and that was filling up an 8 litre tub PER DAY) Adds up! Give me a tent in someones garden with a topless bloke holding a leaf fan and a hole in the ground for "daily deposits" anyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Cal your rates is that a quarter? We pay around $1600 per 6 months up here. Makes me Appreciate Brisbane City Council. Less than $300 a quarter for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest241083 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 ...........650 To 700 a quarter.....electric ...........no aircon but a pool...... ...........recently put more solar panals......and ducted aircon.... ...........200 a quarter estimate with everything running.......including granny flat.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I just paid our leccy bill the other day. $296 which is average for our summer bill. No air-con, don't need it here and out and about nearly every day so not running many electrical items. Always dearer in winter though. I'd say yours is about average Huntersmum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Redd Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 we are in Darwin too, $900 for a quarter! Nearly fell off my chair when i opened it! Do have a pool though but we are very tight with running things!:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Huntersmummy, you shouldn't have to pay council rates or water rates if you are renting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I think whatever State you are in, Electricity is by far the dearest bill. Ours is house insurance, some want $10,000 - $15,000 a year. To get ours down we have to have a $5,000 excess and even then we still pay a few thousand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambethlad Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Got a water bill the other day for $660! Turns out we had a leaking pipe - we didn't know about it because it was down the paddock 200 metres from our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickyplum Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Can't remember what our most recent gas and electric bills were... a couple of hundred each perhaps; certainly nothing that made me fall off my chair! (Not like in the UK when I had those damned storage heaters that were supposed to be 'efficient'!). We live in a two-bed unit, so only the air-con to gobble things up really and we try not to go overboard with that (although some days I crack it up to max. for 5-10 mins before the OH gets in...). Edited March 4, 2016 by vickyplum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest226914 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Some of these figures are crazy. My electricity is about $280, water $250 and gas $200 per quarter. For a 4 bedroom house in sydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith and Linda Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Ours is house insurance, some want $10,000 - $15,000 a year. To get ours down we have to have a $5,000 excess and even then we still pay a few thousand Guessing your house is not built to cyclone standards or you are in a flood area? that or your tin roof is not really tin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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