EPTDo you have cable/heating?
Spacious?
Eat out all the time / eat ramen everyday.
These are the types of questions I'd like to address. Thanks
Housing cost per month?:
Food cost per month?
[Q] College Expenses
| Blogs > kdog3683 |
|
kdog3683
United States916 Posts
Do you have cable/heating? Spacious? Eat out all the time / eat ramen everyday. These are the types of questions I'd like to address. Thanks Housing cost per month?: Food cost per month? | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
Single room apartment w/ bathroom Food cost..I have no idea...maybe 170$ or a bit more and I never eat out | ||
|
Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
 | ||
|
Thegilaboy
United States2018 Posts
| ||
|
SiZ.FaNtAsY
Korea (South)1497 Posts
On January 04 2010 08:30 Pokebunny wrote: wow xxio that's fairly cheap rent... or else i'm too used to nyc I'm in NYC :[ 900 for Rent - Single 180 for Utilily 300 for food. (I usually go out twice a week to eat/drink) Yeah my bank account isn't looking good :[ | ||
|
illu
Canada2531 Posts
On January 04 2010 08:17 Xxio wrote: My rent is 510 a month, everything included (heating, hydro, electric) Single room apartment w/ bathroom Food cost..I have no idea...maybe 170$ or a bit more and I never eat out 510 dollars rent... I assume the bathroom is shared? | ||
|
SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
On January 04 2010 08:44 illu wrote: 510 dollars rent... I assume the bathroom is shared? 510 dollars for a single in my city ( vancouver ) is pretty average | ||
Chill
Calgary25986 Posts
~$400-$450 per person for rent in a shithole with three housemates. This is from city to city, but in Kingston it's not possible to get nice student housing. ~$25 for phone, cable and internet <$5 for water Power fluctuated between $5 and $100 as we had electric heating. We split food between three housemates. You will eat better if you share food but of course it introduces more problems, but I would advise you to try if you can. I almost never ate out in university actually now that I think about it. | ||
|
illu
Canada2531 Posts
On January 04 2010 08:49 SanguineToss wrote: 510 dollars for a single in my city ( vancouver ) is pretty average 510 in Toronto is extremely cheap. | ||
|
aeroH
United States1034 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + eh getting kinda old now.. | ||
|
vnlegend
United States1389 Posts
Anyway, you're not gonna know unless you do it yourself. I suggest the newspaper for local housing. | ||
|
Chromyne
Canada561 Posts
| ||
|
infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On January 04 2010 09:00 Chromyne wrote: Of the places I've lived, rent varies between $350 to $470 (Canadian) + utilities, with $100 to $150 for food (per month). Geez, I guess you don't eat much. Right now I'm paying $540 with everything included and historically I've spent approx. $200-250 per month on food. | ||
|
BajaBlood
United States205 Posts
10 of us in a really nice 8 bedroom house pay $4400 a month (I pay $367 because I'm one of the ones sharing), electric not included which runs us another $100 a month or so. It's a better value than some places that are closer to campus - we're about 10 minutes by bike - but the distance isn't generally a problem. We got a small business internet plan from Comcast which costs us $10 each a month but lets us draw 3-4 Mb/s when we're not all downloading something. I don't keep track of my food expenses as well. I generally spend ~$150 at the grocery store each month and probably another $60 eating out / month. I don't buy myself alcohol other than for parties so I save money there. I est fairly well though; the occasional mac&cheese or McDouble, but I don't skimp when it comes to the food budget. I agree with Chill about community meals, especially if multiple people can cook. Cooking generally results in cheaper, tastier meals, but can be a hassle when you've just gotten home from a long day of classes. If you and your roommates/housemates can take turns cooking, that's probably ideal. | ||
|
BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
$250 a month + $50ish for utilities Prefer cooking to eating out, usually cook for 2-3 days so I don't have to cook everyday. No cable. Heating is available, but also have electric heating unit. (split gas 2 ways and electricity 5 ways so have to pay less if I use the electric heater) Love my walk in closet, room is spacious, kitchen have a hatred of it. Food $150ish per month usually absolute max depending on what I eat. $9 for internet split 4 ways (decent speed run torrents for time to time lol) | ||
|
BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
Oh and $25 for internet split 4 ways landlord was Jewish.  Current landlord Chinese man who speaks little English and hasn't learn to take advantage of desperate college students.  | ||
|
TheCabDriver
Canada159 Posts
On January 04 2010 09:23 BajaBlood wrote: I est fairly well though; the occasional mac&cheese or McDouble, but I don't McDoubles are incredible. | ||
CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11584 Posts
I spend easily $50 a week on food and I live on campus in a dorm. Late night pizza/sandwich deliveries, Sheetz food, McDonalds, iHop, etc... shit gets expensive. | ||
|
Thegilaboy
United States2018 Posts
On January 04 2010 10:45 CaucasianAsian wrote: how do you not eat out? like ever? I spend easily $50 a week on food and I live on campus in a dorm. Late night pizza/sandwich deliveries, Sheetz food, McDonalds, iHop, etc... shit gets expensive. Will power....but the real reason is because your money should be going towards drinking rather than food | ||
|
TheosEx
United States894 Posts
In TN, rent is usually around $500-800/month for 2/3 Bedroom place. If you split it with roomates, that's about $200-300/month each. In NY, you'd be pretty lucky to get a single bedroom for under $1000, unless it was roach/rat infested and asbestos-filled. Utilities, is highly dependent on where you are from. In NY, my dad pays about $500/month on water/electricity. In TN, I pay about $80 total. Split between roomates, this is actually not bad, so long as you're somewhat conservative. In TN, can get away with $100 on groceries per month. This is, of course, the most basic of groceries, but the good thing is it's pretty healthy. I still eat out whenever I want, so I usually spend another $300+ on food. But I'm just saying, if you're pretty frugal, you can get away with $100/month for groceries in TN. In NY, that wouldn't last a week. In most places in the US, cable companies offer a $99 triple-play package including phone, internet, and tv. You can get away with less if you look around and willing to negotiate. I subscribed to Comcast $99 triple-play for a couple of months, and then called to "cancel" because I didn't use the phone service and Comcast doesn't have cheap prices for internet alone. The lady offered tv and internet for only $40/month. You also need to look into traveling to and from school. For example, if you have to drive 10 miles to school, and another 10 miles back, that's about 1 gallon of gas per day. This can add up to significant costs. It gets even worse, depending on your schedule. If you have an 8am class and 2pm class, do you want to sit around waiting for hours for your next class or go home? I drive a Honda Accord, which obviously sips gas, but I used to still drive in excess of 2000 miles per month, just because of my crazy class and work schedule. | ||
| ||
