As you can see costs vary depending on what you hire, what you do, weather home is all electric or gas and electric, bond balance, and what size home.
The actual amenities fee is about $140 a month. For planning purposes if you decide what type home and size mortgage you will have and add $1000 a month to the mortgage amount you will be very safe. That should cover everything that is associated with home cost. All utilities, amenities fee, taxes, cable, water, garbage, phone, gas, electric, lawn care, shrub care, termite, pest control, and any other monthly expense. Some of the costs are controllable and some are not. Some people like the AC at 65 degrees and others at 78 degrees. However if you plan on mortgage plus a $1000 a month for home expense, you should be fine. Only other costs are food, entertainment and transportation.
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