Utilities

Does anyone care to share the TOTAL they pay or a close range for all utilities?
This includes a total of all bills paid for 1 year for: Electricity, propane, gas, cable, internet, garb water sewer, landline phone (not cell phone)
Example: $9,000.00
I am just wondering if we are like 10 miles off of where anyone else is, we are supposed to have lower utilities here. But I am not so sure... I asked this last year I may have to try to find that thread.

I think that will vary a lot based on the size of the inn, whether they have septic/well, solar, provide wifi/cable, do not live at their B&B, if they are basically closed part of the year, etc. Especially the size of the inn. Would be useful if folks also provided # rooms available as well.

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I think that will vary a lot based on the size of the inn, whether they have septic/well, solar, provide wifi/cable, do not live at their B&B, if they are basically closed part of the year, etc. Especially the size of the inn. Would be useful if folks also provided # rooms available as well..

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undersea said:

I think that will vary a lot based on the size of the inn, whether they have septic/well, solar, provide wifi/cable, do not live at their B&B, if they are basically closed part of the year, etc. Especially the size of the inn. Would be useful if folks also provided # rooms available as well.

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just give the dollar figure per room. Innkeepers quarters should count as a room. General average is a helpful figure.

Approx $15000 (I did a quick run thru the checkbook so not exact) and that sounds low to me. Just last month our gas bill was $800 and that's with no guests but very cold and windy.
5000 sq ft house. That does not include our electric on our side. Does include our heat and hot water.
That was last year. One year we paid $10,000 just for fuel oil so it varies wildly.

I track the "raw" costs of my water, sewer, gas, and electric - without taxes.
As close as I can figure water/sewer/gas/electric/land line/cable/Internet came to about $3600. I have 3 rooms that have an occupancy most of you would laugh at (off the beaten path and as for tourist destination, only what I made it to be) - but it keeps me going and pays the expenses of the house. Add in the taxes and it would probably be around $4000 and this includes the owners quarters. We keep the thermostat between 62 and 67 in winter and about 75 in summer. We only run the central air one or two cycles a day to clear humidity in summer and put on extra sweaters in winter.
Forgot to add - the house total is 2350 sq ft

Yes, seems a good idea to divide grand total by number of rooms, including owners quarters as a room.
My utilities totaled $2250 per room.
That's gas, electric, water, cable TV, internet, and phone.

Rough check:
Electric: $3,600 per year--no gas, propane or water/sewer bill. Two electric furnaces, ( 2 freezers, 2 fridges, 2 heated watering bowls in winter and no air conditioning-----frozen Canadian north).
Phone, Internet and cable: $2100 per year.
2400 square feet plus full basement. Four bedrooms upstairs for guests. Main floor bedroom for hosts.
Total about: $5,700 equals, if the math is right, average room is $1,180 per room. Like Gillhumhouse, we keep it 62 - 67 in winter unless there are guests, which is not too often, or family. Doesn't get hot enough for an AC.

A quick estimate: $9500
~6000 sq ft - 5 guest rooms, 3 family bedrooms
9500 / 8 = $1188 per room
All electric. We usually go straight from heat to AC.
(We have a well & sewage treatment plant. While we do not pay a water/sewage bill, there are monthly costs for each. Wells & sewage plants use electricity to run, chemicals to purify the water going in, chemicals to sanitize water going out. Also the routine testings required.)

$10,600 total for entire property ($6572 deductible for B+B): Cable TV/land line/internet, well and septic system on property but provide bottled water to guests and for coffee, expensive electric and propane because of location(heating and cooking), oil heat.
So $2190/accommodation (about 2880 sq ft)

My estimate does include taxes and delivery fees. Our delivery fees for electricity are very high.

I think I need to go to old webster's and share the definition of TOTAL that I have in all caps and bold. You cats are sure hard to herd.

Joey Bloggs said:

I think I need to go to old webster's and share the definition of TOTAL that I have in all caps and bold. You cats are sure hard to herd.

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Joey Bloggs said:

I think I need to go to old webster's and share the definition of TOTAL that I have in all caps and bold. You cats are sure hard to herd.

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Didn't everyone give a total? And a breakdown in some cases? But the total is there.
You must be like Gomez. He asks a question, all he wants is the answer he wants. No extra info. No supporting documents. ;-)

Mort: $15,000
Gillum: $3600
Arks (being difficult): $6750
Charlie: $5700
Copperhead: $9500
Silver: $10,600

Correction: Gillum cannot add. Went back and looked at 2013 and realized 2014 was wrong.
2013 = $5400
2014 = $6000

14,862.09

About 6100

Morticia wrote:
Arks (being difficult): $6750
$945,857.94

You'd hate to see my property tax bill... it has 5 digits!

Rough average is $6000 for 3000 sq ft plus 5th wheel. Electric, water, cable (dang, cable is high!), garbage, and small amount propane (for 5th wheel heating). Four suites (including ours) plus 5th wheel (as sometime rental). Great room plus game room. Septic system. No land line. Have own tower which we lease to Internet co. so Internet/Wifi free. Have well for landscape watering. Run AC all summer. Heat most of winter.

Jon Sable said:

You'd hate to see my property tax bill... it has 5 digits!.

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ayuh, right there with ya...