To think £300 a month is a lot?

[Goldenyellowhibiscus]

DP has moved in. They have offered to contribute £300 a month to house and bills.

That seems a lot to me especially considering they often buy the food shopping/pay for treats.

They are adamant it's not enough!

Who is right me me

There was a point to the thread for me which is enough, surely? :)

Obviously some parts of the country are much more expensive than others . I live in South Wales , my DP transfers £340 pounds a month into my account, this covers half of the mortgage, TV licence , gas, electric, water & council tax. We each pay for the food shopping on alternate weeks. Works for us!

Golden Apologies for my initial snippy response. I was in a bit of a bad mood and thought you were being either deliberately vague or hopeless at explaining. Mea culpa.

Thanks :)

Wow to some people's bills here. My mortgage is about 800 p/m so some of the sums you guys pay for half of everything wouldnt even cover half of that. Its not a big house either - tiny even - just expensive part of the country lol

:O I wish my rent was that low (£800pm for a tiny one bed cave flat here! No bills as it's a granny flat so bills included)

I think you'd be better getting a joint account and doing all bills/grocery shopping from it tbh, I remember when DP and I moved in together and it was the grocery shopping that tended to misbalance our financial contributions. It wasn't really an issue in our case but I know it can be a pain for some. We budget scrupulously though and it made things much easier for it all to be coming out of one account and our "personal" spending to come out of our own accounts in the budget plan.

I did post and there was a gateway error

I would get a joint account and use that for all bills and groceries, it makes things a lot easier to work out, especially if you are a budgeting mad person like me

Ah, there we go, X-posted with myself