Some utility companies have a history available online so if you at least know which apartment complex you'd be moving into you could find an address in there and look up what the tenant has been paying each month. Or, simply ask the landlord when they show you the apartment what the average is. But just for a stab-in-the-dark estimate, I'd put at least $300 in for an unknown estimate. That would normally cover most.
Are you an energy hog or energy conservative? We are aware of these things. You might even have a problem with you and your girlfriend moving in together. Do you know her views on conserving and using energy? It might that she is accustom to a warm and cheery house, while you curl up with blankets.
Different people use energy very different from each other. You would not be able to get an average of usage and cost based on what others use. A couple living in the same unit would not have the same energy usage and cost of another.
You would also need to know how the energy companies convert their services to dollars. In electricity in some communities there would be a great difference as to how a KW is converted to dollars. Los Angeles utility companies might convert KW at the rate of $4.00 dollars while in Valdosta, Ga the KW conversion might be $2.50. There is no average or correlation of the two variances.
Water is the same way a gallon of water in Miami, Fl might be at the rate of $2.25 per gallon and in your city the conversion could be $1.50 per gallon
The best method of doing this is to call your local energy providers and find out how they convert energy to dollars. Normally they would have a pamphlet of some sort that would be of help in doing this. This would be a more accurate means of finding out the potential cost to you.
The answer to your question would require you to do a little leg work and making a few telephone calls to your local energy providers.
I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck.
"FIGHT ON"
$100 per month for a 2 bedroom apartment. Also you can ask some adults you know and others who rent in your area / climate.
first of all you are obviously young and starting out in life together however you face a barrage of people ready to make money out of you renting for instance investigate it deeply look at problems that you may incur there are plenty of rogue elements out there and once you sign the dotted line you are trapped this is also the case for utilities at one time there was one price for all we all knew how we stood now there are hundreds of prices so complicated they baffle experts and it takes a lot of intelligence and work to find a decent deal and once again the devil is in the detail this all sounds depressing but I am fore arming you
you work hard for your bit of money you need best value to get a good start in life you don't want a life of debt like so many today be careful seek lots of advice look at social sights like this at the problems others have in the things that will affect you before you do anything these are difficult times for people like you
sadly it's every man fore himself today in Britain and it's not very British as it were
Hi without knowing how you are likely to use electricity and how many baths or showers or how often she or you sticks the washing machine on or the tumble drier. so that is something you will have to work out for yourselves.
I know these differ with different companies, the time of year and everything but I was just wondering the average. Because I'm trying to budget mine and my girlfriends salaries to see if we can rent a house together.
Thanks :)
