July 2015 housing costs:
Natural Gas - $31.92
Electricity - $112.84
Water - $125.92
Other expenses:
Telephone - $49.33
Wifi - $35.75 (caved in and bought my own - 6 month promotional pricing)
Netflix - 8.99
Insurance - $143.43
Water Heater Rental - $9.63
Property Tax - $310.17
Mortgage P+I - $1,083.08
Total July '15 Housing Costs: $1,911.06
Rent collection from housemates:
$1,200.00
Monthly Deficit:
$711.06
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Cut my water usage by 3500 litres (936 gallons) and the bill only dropped by $6.59
. Still waiting for the city to respond to my basement development application as of this writing.