What is cheaper in Aus then in the UK !!!!!

**thebacons** · 22-12-2011, 02:59 AM

Probably been done a 1000 times but what have you found to be cheaper since being in Aus then back in the UK.

Going from my recce and research i remember -

Rates
Fuel
Wine
Rentals (depending on areas leaving and moving to)
Public transport

anyone got anymore !!!!!!

**stringfellows** · 22-12-2011, 03:15 AM

Well you have got me thinking now and it's driving me mad!!!I can't remember the cost of things in the UK.I guess it's not so much of a bad thing because when you first get here you are constantly comparing things.Something will pop in my head though and when it does I will let you know.

**ian mc** · 22-12-2011, 03:50 AM

Petrol is cheaper but I seem to travel a lot more than I did back in the UK so it works out about the same things are more spread out here so further to travel,there are no local shop that I can walk to so its a trip in the car. Used to be able to walk to the shops everywhere I lived in the UK.Not sure about the rates we pay about $1600 a year then you get a diffrent bill for your water rates which is on top of your rates was it not all in one in the UK? I dont drink wine but I would say there is not much in it 3 for 10 quid in asda when i was back a couple of months ago lucky if you could get that here.A bottle of vodka will cost you about $30 and about $40 for a carton of beer depends on make Public transport in my area is bad so dont use it .

**thebacons** · 22-12-2011, 04:02 AM

Hi Ian,

My rates from my last house (just sold) were -

Council tax £1200 (approx $1800) per year.

and utilities were -

Gas £50 (approx $75) per month..
Electric £75 (approx $110) per month.
Water £22 (approx $33) per month.

This was for a small 3 bed semi quite new build.

How do your utilities compare ?

**jimmyskinner** · 22-12-2011, 04:11 AM

I find parking cheaper. When we go to the beach if we drive you can usually park for free and only $1 to park by the river in the city for 4 hours on a saturday, it would cost us about £8 to park all day at the coast in UK and about £15 all day in Leeds City centre. Don't know if a lot of things are cheaper but we seem to get better value. We can manage on one wage here and we definitely couldn't in the UK.

**Tamara (Homes Down Under)** · 22-12-2011, 04:18 AM

It's actually quite expensive to live here and most things are not cheaper...

The sun and the surf and the blue blue skies balance out the cost though!

Tamara

**Diane** · 22-12-2011, 04:33 AM

Petrol is the main one I think, and yes, public transport - if you're going to be using it, then bear that in mind when choosing a suburb. We buy our wine very cheaply by taking advantage of offer on the Get Wines Direct website (http://www.getwinesdirect.com/) or buying cleanskins. Parking in the city at weekends is something ridiculous like 20cents. Private school fees are generally cheaper than private would be in the UK - but we'd have never even considered it in the UK. I think university might be cheaper here once you're a citizen?

It does depend what rate you convert at, but meat seems generally good value here, whereas stuff like bread and fruit/veg seems quite expensive. Fish seems quite pricey. I would say going out to eat is cheaper, but that's because I'm a daily deal/voucher queen and that hadn't taken off in the UK when we came out here. For us it's not really a matter of what's cheaper and more expensive - once you're earning the aussie dollar, you just cut your cloth according to your means - probably petrol is the one thing you don't have a choice about, so it helps that that is cheaper, although longer distances as have been said cancel that out. But you tend to cook more from scratch here as the ready meals are awful, and you buy ingredients in season to get the best prices, or from markets etc, plus shop at small shops for stuff rather than get everything in one place to save money.

There was a thread I started a few months ago about money saving tips for newbies... I'll see if I can find it! There was some great posts which I have made good use of in it!

Here it is http://www.pomsinadelaide.com/forum/...-arrivals.html

**thebacons** · 22-12-2011, 04:40 AM

Originally Posted by Tamara (Homes Down Under)

It's actually quite expensive to live here and most things are not cheaper...

The sun and the surf and the blue blue skies balance out the cost though!

Tamara

Deffenetly not the cheap place it once was but im a hopefull person and apart from the sun, surf, and skies somethings must be cheaper.

**thebacons** · 22-12-2011, 04:58 AM

Not seen any proof yet that Aus is more expensive on the below so they are staying in the list for now. So far we have -

Rates
Fuel
Wine
Rentals (depending on areas leaving and moving to)
Public transport
Parking
Private schools

Any more ?

**ian mc** · 22-12-2011, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by thebacons

Hi Ian,

My rates from my last house (just sold) were -

Council tax £1200 (approx $1800) per year.

and utilities were -

Gas £50 (approx $75) per month.. $65 a month
Electric £75 (approx $110) per month. $125 a month
Water £22 (approx $33) per month. $94 a month Thats a winter bill with no water used for pool so expect it to go up in summer.

This was for a small 3 bed semi quite new build.

How do your utilities compare ?

As you can see much the same apart from water its a 4 bedroom house and heated by wood burner and there is only 2 of us living in the house so it not like we are over the top on anything.