I have a spreadsheet listing all our outgoings so I know how much our lifestyle costs, it also helps remind us of when things need doing.
Pump out (emptying the poo tank) £20 about every 5-6 weeks. Tank treatment, £20 per bottle and a bottle lasts 6 to 8 months.
Gas bottles £23, we have two and each one lasts about 3 months, they are used only for cooking and when possible I cook on the Morso stove. The kettle sits on the stove as this cuts down on the boiling time.
Electricity, 14p per unit, but we use solar where possible. We can run everything apart from the washing machine on the solar.
Coal varies in price, on the marina it's £13 a bag, if we buy from the fuel boat it's a lot cheaper.
Diesel, we spend about £37 every three months, this is for boat propulsion and the central heating.
Mifi, £40 a month and we seem to manage on that, we did go over our usage limit to start with but now we keep an eye on it more closely.
Mooring fees are £3000 a year, then there are licensing fees too but they vary depending on what you want. We may get a full year Thames license this year, last year we paid piecemeal as and when we went on the Thames.
All our other outgoing costs are the same as when we lived on dry land, apart from petrol as I'm currently doing a lot more miles.
7 comments:
Good to see you have costed carefully Hester.
I keep on top of the money more now than ever..Possibly as we actually have some.
It's the only way to keep check of things, write it down every now and again and reassess your needs/wants.
What size are your coal bags for the £13
They are 25 kilo bags.
Sue, that's very expensive. In my stove the coal costs £7 per 25kgs.
The cheapest I can find is £10 a bag buy the marina work t let them deliver here.
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