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Prepaying for gas or electricity is usually for rented properties. It means the tenant doesn't build up an unmanageable debt. It works out more expensive than monthly payments. Also if there's no money on the card then no electric or gas can be used - fuel poverty as we call it.

@@paulinewhatmore6957 Do you think it's a good system? Sounds like it has its pros & cons.

@@denniscostabile4264 For people in short-term rentals then yes - it stops them getting into debt. Also, people on very low incomes will have more control over their usage. If they haven't got the money they can't use anything. But that means being cold and only eating cold food. However by paying by direct debit (the same amount over 12 months) people can spread the cost of winter usage to the summer months - when they don't use as much. You'll know how much the utilities have increased in price these past months. Like everything in life - pros and cons.

@@paulinewhatmore6957 Thanks for that and yes our energy prices have gone up considerably this winter in the U.S also. Our "very low income" people are put on a "payment plan" spread over 12 months. The monthly amount is the same in winter as summer. Same concept, only the U.K. wants the money up front. If the "very low income" does not pay their bills, they simply shut off the gas and let them freeze.

if you are paying 200 bucks for internet a month, you must have insane speeds, like more than 1 gbps or are getting ripped off, cause for 200 mbps costs like 30-40 a month. 200 bucks a month is not what the avg person pays in the US

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Electricity and gas cost us a little more because they are prepaid. We don't have air conditioning

@@fatmandan I am so sorry to hear it, but I am glad to know that you have a roof over your heads and are safe. We are in the midst of a severe affordable housing crisis here in the U.S., and I understand Canada is experiencing the same. I know two senior citizens who were forced out of their long time rental apartments because the landlord wanted to turn the property into a short term rental for out of town visitors, aka an Airbnb. These short term rentals are illegal in my city, but the city does not enforce the law. One of the seniors found a room at a business. He is 80 years old and lived in his apartment for 30 years before. he was forced out. There is no loo and no kitchen in the room where he is now. He had to give his pet cat away because he could not take her with him. The other senior is a disabled woman in her 60s and had lived in her apartment for 9 years. She has not been able to find another apartment and is about to lose all of her furniture, clothing, etc., and become homeless. She has not found anyone to foster her service dog, so it looks like she will have to surrender him to the animal shelter. The situation here is dire, but the government here is doing nothing to help these people. There are no temporary or transitional units for them. Is your home a "council flat" that is government subsidised? What would you do if you could not live in your flat? Will you be able to transition into a larger home where you will not have to pay for electricity, gas, etc., in future? Will the government help you? Do you have a lot of homelessness people there?

Shopping center is near, park no. 30-35 min depending on the traffic.

Btw now is around 900 GBP

electricity and gas are prepaid. One room is around 350 everything included

the reason you see so many doors in British homes is to retain heat. a lot of new build british homes are now being made more open plan (less doors) but that tends to be more private builders, where as big corporation companies that build homes, they will build them with a lot of doors for retaining heat during the winter months which is strange because as you know, some states in the US are so much colder than the UK in winter.. but i guess it is just a difference in design.

People in the US are all about size and aesthetics rather than function and practicality. Just look at how many unnecessary oversized SUVs and pickups we have on the road, and how the amount of food we get when we eat out. Then we complain about how expensive our bills are. We are spoiled brats lol.

@@robotbro7187 I agree we’re pretty spoiled but we’ve kind of always had larger vehicles and large roads for more use and power, as well as larger people 😆

The apartment is rented. When we rented it, we paid a deposit of 550 pounds plus the first month's rent

in north west of England, more precisely in Crewe

around 95,000 pounds

Per month

@@fatmandan I guess you live a lot farther out of London. 500€ per month is really rare. If you don’t mind me asking, in which area do you live, please? Thank you.

Northwest England

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