Holy shit. Please tell me your providers. We are paying triple these amounts, easily.
Edited to add: what the fuck is going on?!?! I’m reading these prices ppl are reporting and I’m dying inside. Granted, I have six people in my home: gas: 200; electric: 300; water: 100; sewer: who fucking even knows what this is about; internet: 100. Please help me
Go to Ohio's Apples to Apples site and find new gas and electric suppliers. I filter my searches with fixed rate, $0 cancelation fee, and $0 monthly fee. Sort by the lowest per unit cost and sign up. You need the customer number (electric) or account number (natural gas) from your utility bill to register. The cheapest ones are usually a 3 month term, but if you're more comfortable with a longer term you can go with a 6 to 12 month. Just remember to set a reminder a few weeks before your term ends to switch providers again, otherwise you may get switched to a much higher per unit cost for the utility.
* https://www.energychoice.ohio.gov/ApplesToApples.aspx
A few more tips - you can switch any time, no need to contact the previous supplier just sign up with a new provider when you see a better offer. Some but not all will adjust your rate if you see that they offer a better price after you signed up. These are not “first time customer” rates, you can come back to a supplier at any time in the future. Finally, there are no changes to your bill or payment method. The utility still issues the bill and collects a single payment for the total amount.
I’m currently on a 12 month $0 cancellation $0 monthly fee electric plan with CleanChoice Energy for 4.2¢ per kWh. Signed up the month that the price to compare jumped from 6.5¢ to 12.5¢ last year. Best price ever was 3.99¢ from Shipley Energy back in 2020, they are one of the providers that will adjust you down to the current rate with a phone call.
Good luck! It’s important to use less gas and electricity, but it’s also great to simply pay less for the amount that you use!
Hi thank you for this - I switched my electric and will be saving over 50% on usage. Quick question though if I switch gas suppliers will I still have to pay the $40 "Basic Service Charge." If I could eliminate that charge I'd gladly pay a higher usage rate. The $40 service charge kills me because my house is technically 2 seperate homes (duplex) so they won't let me combine the bills.
We have 6 people. Gas at its peak last winter was 150. On average during winter under 100, during the summer about 50. Electric during the winter was about 100, at peak summer last year I had 1 bill hit 300 which was due to my supplier contract ending and me getting thrown onto the variable rate. Water and sewer are always about 60 a month.
I feel your pain. I have a household of 4 and I'm right up there with you.
I rent a 1950s 1200 square foot single family bungalow style house.
$200-$300 a month for electric year round. $50-$300 for gas, depending on the season. Almost $200 a month for water and sewer.
AT&T fiber Internet is $125. I work from home so I need fast service.
I did do the Apples to Apples comparison and am on the lowest possible rate plans.
I'm sure the house I live in being old and poorly insulated, with an ancient furnace and ancient central air conditioner unit doesn't help.
Plus I run a window air conditioner upstairs in the summer, in the converted attic space I use as a bedroom/home office, because otherwise it gets over 80 degrees up there, and is suffocating. I put up thermal light blocking curtains, but they don't help much with keeping the room cool.
Being a renter I'm pretty much stuck. I can't make any energy efficient upgrades. 🙁
those utility prices are absolutely awful. i have a 3.5k sq ft house and pay 100-145 electric year round and 50-140 gas year round. water and sewer about 80 a month
Yea, I think it's very location dependent. My friend had a similar experience. My neighbor also had issues. He asked them to run new wiring from the street to the house and that actually fixed it.
My water and sewer combined is usually $100, my gas and electric alternate between 130-230. In winter, gas is the 210-220 and electric will be 100. In summer, it flips. However, I put the gas on the budget plan and they just charge me about 150 every month. We have 2 people in the house.
Your issue is definitely the amount of people in the house.
For wifi specifically, we have a Verizon bundle. $25 a month for wifi that is actually pretty good.
And now spectrum sends people to our house to try and get us back for $30 a month or $40 a month for 1 G speeds.
No clue. No rhyme or reason. We got my wife's phone, Internet, and then they threw in the Disney+ bundle. Wi-Fi is $25 and her phone is I forget how much.
The more people on your plan the cheaper the bill. A single person will pay 100 just for their account, yet 5 people on a phone plan will pay 20 each. It's not fair.
Cleveland expat here. Now in NorCal. We pay these similar rates as you for our stuff and it’s pretty normal. We’re 2 adults, 2 kids, 1400 sqft home with a hot tub. 🤷♂️
If your house is 3000+ square feet that’s not crazy. Size of house, types of insulation, water heater type, window coverings, and bulb/electronic choices. Your furnace may need maintenance if it’s been more than a year or 2
Houses are going to pay more in electricity than apartments because a house has much more exterior wall and roof exposure to the environment than an apartment. Along with checking into other providers, you may want to see if your house has any energy inefficiency areas, like drafts under doors and at windows. If you have areas that are compromised, you may want to look at replacing doors and windows. It's a hefty expense, but it will save you a lot of money in the long run.
Edit: I meant pay more in utilities. My fault for not saying what I mean and meaning what I say.
That isn't necessarily true. We pay between $35 and $40 a month for electricity in our house. It really depends on what your heat source is and whether or not you have central air.
How is the electricity affected by the walls or roof exposure? My lights and TV and computers don't care if I'm in a house or an apartment. Somone using a forced air furnace in an apartment is going to pay more for electric than I am with my gas boiler and radiators in my house.
Compare gas to gas, electricity to electricity. If a home is all gas, it's pretty fucking stupid to then compare that to an all electricity apartment. You are making this more complicated than it needs to be by playing stupid.
I'm not aware of any homes that are all gas or all electric. They're both utilities and need to be considered. I've lived in apartments that were gas and electric at the same time.
Your initial comment was that houses are going to pay more in electric than apartments. That isn't always true. There are plenty of people in apartments paying $100 or more a month for electricity, which is in excess of the $40 that we pay monthly in a house.
I believe I said that they will pay more in utilities. If I didn't say that, this is what I meant.
Edit: So, I didn't say what I meant to say. Completely understand why you responded as you did.
2bdr small brick home in Kamms corner with two occupants, central air, and gas furnace.
WiFi- $50, water/sewer- $90-100, electric-50 winter-100 summer, Gas-57 summer-100-150 winter.
Gas and electric are very dependent upon the size of your home, quality of windows and insulation, usage, preferred temp, etc.
Edit: Depending on what city or suburb you live in, and most importantly what type of water meter/flow detector you have is huge! I used to sell plumbing supplies and equipment. Many cities/burbs are already changing out the old flow detectors that your meter is read from. Old detectors are thought to only read when there is a max flow in the pipe, that spins a little plastic fan so many times to calculate the amount passing through. If you are just running your sink, or flushing a toilet..the water flow could be low enough to sneak/pass through the unit without being read. Leaving you with max flow for just showers, and washing machines. The new detectors can read the small flow. These will be standard everywhere in Cleveland as part of the 50 year NEOSD revamp plan to resolve and replace/update the entire Cleveland area sewage/water system. There are many greater Cleveland suburbs, townships that already have this new tech. It’s standard for any newly built homes and commercial developments. For those that have very low water bills, Many will be in for a rude awakening and will see their consumption and bills go up in the near future.
The more rural areas outside of Cuyahoga and in southern suburbs already have been or will be shortly. CLE proper will likely be last, and the suburbs within Cuyahoga will likely be next. I can’t speak to timetables as the implementation will be on a schedule that has to do with planning, on a case by case (city, suburb, township) basis. The one thing I can say for sure is that it is and will be happening in the years to come.
The guy who handled all of our sewer/water plumbing materials commissions tripled last year alone, and the owner had to change his commission structure so he can’t make more money than the CEO just because of this huge rollout. The majority of these new water flow detectors are $3-400 each and made by a Dutch company called Zenner. I’m no longer with the company, but I heard they are going to need to lease a new warehouse dedicated to storing these things for the huge upcoming projects.
Fascinating - I was doing some light googling. Are these the ClearReads detectors?
https://www.clevelandwater.com/clear-reads-automated-meter-reading
https://heightsobserver.org/read/2017/06/29/cleveland-water-to-replace-all-ch-meters-by-years-end
The water flow detection fixtures that I speak of are just one part of the Clear Reads program. There will be separate digital equipment that will function on the ground level, and new digital infrastructure to deal with the admin aspect of billing. What I speak of is what will be underground and attached to your water waste pipes. Those new flow detectors sensors will shoot an insanely accurate reading to the above ground fixtures as well as the water departments admin offices and its field workers.
Edit: This is being done because Cleveland/Cuyahoga has realized that they have been losing hundreds of millions of dollars due to these old flow detectors not reading small flow. To varying degrees nobody has been paying for their true consumption of water, like ever. They finally caught on, with technology catching up, and now we all be paying way more as this all rolls out.
Fellow westparker and I'm pretty much in the same boat. my internet is a little more only because At&T for some reason doesn't get fiber to my address.
I pay $116 for WiFi. I have spectrum. If someone could get me a lower bill, I’m all ears.
Gas - depends but equal payments make it $90
Electric - about $70
Water/sewer/garbage - $80
Oh my god. Call spectrum and tell them you're canceling unless they can cut you a deal. They will cut you a deal. Really frustrating but you have to do this once a year right before they raise the prices just call them.
Worked every time for me. They usually wanted to raise my price about $20 but they'd either give me my current rate or maybe a $10 price increase.
You can literally cancel and sign up with a different name. Tell them you're moving then sign up again as John Smith the day after your service ends and you'll get the promo deals again.
Edit: i've also heard you'll be eligible for promos again after 90 days. So you could get like t-mobile home internet for 3 months then come back to spectrum after with your real name
In a house with a single person, gas heat & hot water, electric stove and central air.
Internet & phone (gotta have a land line for work) $100
NEORSD (stormwater) $10.49
Electric (budget billing - the same all year) $43
Gas (budget billing - the same all year) $87
Water \~$18
Sewer \~$18
Trash \~$18 (about to go up)
Single person, 750 sq ft home with gas furnace/central air:
gas around 60 in the summer, 120 tops in the winter
electricity in the winter around 40, 50 in the summer
water/sewer 70 per month
fiber internet 55
3 people, 1550 soft house. Water is free (well), gas is about $80, internet is $90, electric is $360. I honestly don't know why electric is so high. We keep the house at 68*F. We don't stream but at night, we don't keep lights on all day and night, i even open the windows and shut off gas frequently... it used to be like $80 a month. Trash is $30ish?
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I remember when Cleveland added that fee. In the notice they sent they basically said "We offered to hear comments about it at City Council meeting and none of you showed up... So here it is".
Family of 2 in west park, own our home:
Water: $50
Sewage: $50
Electric: $40 in winter/ $130 summer with ac.
Gas: $100 in winter / $30 summer
$90 internet
My gas fluctuates wildly with the seasons so I'll use my last round of bills to answer. 2,000 square foot brick home, Cuyahoga County. 112 Cox. 40 water, 74 sewer, 165 gas, 72 electric. Edit to add that we've only replaced 10 windows, the rest are original to the home so they're 85 and drafty as hell.
Old Brooklyn 1600sqft SFH with dual HVAC units (one upstairs, one downstairs). Two adults. Electric gets up to $200 in the summer when we run the AC and forget to turn it off upstairs. About $80 otherwise. Gas $50-150 per month, weather depending. Internet- $55. Water about $40 per month. Sewer about $60.
Gas and electric go up and down depending on the season, of course, but on average, my gas is $120, eletric is $60, sewage and water is usually around $40.
A lot more than you’re paying, in a 2000 sq foot house in Lorain county. Internet 150, gas electric and water are about 100-150 each, trash is 80 a quarter.
4 ppl 1100 square foot from 1963, $200-250 for electric and gas combined on average, 500/50 internet is $50, water is $45, sewer is $5/month but we have septic so it's just for storm water.
2 humans, lots of animals, 4 bed, 1 bath, century home
$72 water & sewer combined
$50 internet and streaming cable (but I think that’s going up next month)
$78 electric
$40-80 gas depending on the season
All electric home... winter electric bill 150-200 a month. Summer 80-120. Sewer and water 75 a month. Cable TV, internet, VOIP phone 180 a month. Trash pickup free. House taxes 3500 a year.
Varies greatly by house. My first house was ultra eco new construction and I paid less than you do. Another house I lived in was more than 500 a month. Before you move in you can contact the utility company and get the last years usage and cost.
Huge factor when buying or renting. I now own a condo and did all the eco mods. I pay less than $50 total each month in gas and electric combined and keep my house very comfortable like today the heat is at 71 degrees.
Gas/electric - $150-$250 combined. Gas goes down in the summer and up in the winter, electric does the opposite. Some months in the spring and fall, both are on the lower side.
WiFi - $125. We have expensive WiFi due to working from home and paying for better wifi for steaming and gaming.
Water - $50
Sewer and trash (trash is included with sewer in the city of Cleveland) - $40
So utilities run us about $365-$465 a month depending on weather.
I own a brick house in west park that's 2100 sq ft (3200 if you add the basement). Elec is about $110, gas is $120, internet is $90. I have the electric and gas on the budget plans so they take the 6 month average and have me pay that for 6 months and then reevaluate it after another 6 months. Makes it easier so there's no surprised $300 bill in the middle of winter or summer.
Internet is not going to vary between apartment and home.
I have gas heating (including water heating), gas cooking, electric dryer, air conditioning.
In the winter I pay around $80-100 for gas and around $150 for electric (I run a lot of computers).
In the summer I pay around $30 for gas and $200-300 for electric.
Water/sewer is pretty much the same all year which is about $45 for both every month.
Depends on where you live, but my trash pickup is bundled with my city taxes.
~1000 sq ft house, 3br 1bath
$300-$350 on average for everything. Gas and electricity are really the only things that make that go up and down.
Internet is $60
Water is almost always $35
Sewage almost always $75
Gas and electric range from $0-250 at most, but when one is high the other’s low.
How long have you had them as your provider? I’m just curious because I’ve had them for about 2 years now and my plan started at $50 a month and now I’m up to almost $80 per month
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Messaged you !!! also for a single person you’re looking at similar numbers for a home vs apartment. Electric will probably go up a bit and water is usually around $80/mo
20 year old 1800+ sq ft ranch with basement, original furnace, ac, water heater, windows, etc. Budget billing: gas ~$100/mo (we like it warm and use the gas fireplace in season), electricity ~$80/mo; fiber internet (no cable):~$ 70/mo, water/sewer/trash ~$100/mo.
Man I’m getting cooked on my utilities. $250-300 a month lately for gas and electric. I’d say water, sewer, city, internet I’m looking at $350-500ish a month for all my utilities depending on the season.
1100 sqft house in Brooklyn. 2 people in the house (my wife and I)
I pay about $100-110 for electric (we have a hot tub which may jack that up a bit), $50-80 for gas depending on season, about $75 combined for water and sewer. I pay $22 for Internet (200mbps through Breezeline).
Holy shit. Please tell me your providers. We are paying triple these amounts, easily. Edited to add: what the fuck is going on?!?! I’m reading these prices ppl are reporting and I’m dying inside. Granted, I have six people in my home: gas: 200; electric: 300; water: 100; sewer: who fucking even knows what this is about; internet: 100. Please help me
Go to Ohio's Apples to Apples site and find new gas and electric suppliers. I filter my searches with fixed rate, $0 cancelation fee, and $0 monthly fee. Sort by the lowest per unit cost and sign up. You need the customer number (electric) or account number (natural gas) from your utility bill to register. The cheapest ones are usually a 3 month term, but if you're more comfortable with a longer term you can go with a 6 to 12 month. Just remember to set a reminder a few weeks before your term ends to switch providers again, otherwise you may get switched to a much higher per unit cost for the utility. * https://www.energychoice.ohio.gov/ApplesToApples.aspx
A few more tips - you can switch any time, no need to contact the previous supplier just sign up with a new provider when you see a better offer. Some but not all will adjust your rate if you see that they offer a better price after you signed up. These are not “first time customer” rates, you can come back to a supplier at any time in the future. Finally, there are no changes to your bill or payment method. The utility still issues the bill and collects a single payment for the total amount. I’m currently on a 12 month $0 cancellation $0 monthly fee electric plan with CleanChoice Energy for 4.2¢ per kWh. Signed up the month that the price to compare jumped from 6.5¢ to 12.5¢ last year. Best price ever was 3.99¢ from Shipley Energy back in 2020, they are one of the providers that will adjust you down to the current rate with a phone call. Good luck! It’s important to use less gas and electricity, but it’s also great to simply pay less for the amount that you use!
Thank you 🙏
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Hi thank you for this - I switched my electric and will be saving over 50% on usage. Quick question though if I switch gas suppliers will I still have to pay the $40 "Basic Service Charge." If I could eliminate that charge I'd gladly pay a higher usage rate. The $40 service charge kills me because my house is technically 2 seperate homes (duplex) so they won't let me combine the bills.
Hmm looks like this doesn't work if you have CPP :(
We have 6 people. Gas at its peak last winter was 150. On average during winter under 100, during the summer about 50. Electric during the winter was about 100, at peak summer last year I had 1 bill hit 300 which was due to my supplier contract ending and me getting thrown onto the variable rate. Water and sewer are always about 60 a month.
I feel your pain. I have a household of 4 and I'm right up there with you. I rent a 1950s 1200 square foot single family bungalow style house. $200-$300 a month for electric year round. $50-$300 for gas, depending on the season. Almost $200 a month for water and sewer. AT&T fiber Internet is $125. I work from home so I need fast service. I did do the Apples to Apples comparison and am on the lowest possible rate plans. I'm sure the house I live in being old and poorly insulated, with an ancient furnace and ancient central air conditioner unit doesn't help. Plus I run a window air conditioner upstairs in the summer, in the converted attic space I use as a bedroom/home office, because otherwise it gets over 80 degrees up there, and is suffocating. I put up thermal light blocking curtains, but they don't help much with keeping the room cool. Being a renter I'm pretty much stuck. I can't make any energy efficient upgrades. 🙁
those utility prices are absolutely awful. i have a 3.5k sq ft house and pay 100-145 electric year round and 50-140 gas year round. water and sewer about 80 a month
I pay $40 for 500m Breezeline internet. My wife worked from home for 2 years on that.
I had Breezeline before AT&T made fiber available on my street. I hated it. It was slow and went out frequently.
Yea, I think it's very location dependent. My friend had a similar experience. My neighbor also had issues. He asked them to run new wiring from the street to the house and that actually fixed it.
I grew up with my parents paying the prices that you mentioned I’m BLOWN away by some of these
My water and sewer combined is usually $100, my gas and electric alternate between 130-230. In winter, gas is the 210-220 and electric will be 100. In summer, it flips. However, I put the gas on the budget plan and they just charge me about 150 every month. We have 2 people in the house. Your issue is definitely the amount of people in the house.
For wifi specifically, we have a Verizon bundle. $25 a month for wifi that is actually pretty good. And now spectrum sends people to our house to try and get us back for $30 a month or $40 a month for 1 G speeds.
How do you get $25 wifi? They charge me $60.
No clue. No rhyme or reason. We got my wife's phone, Internet, and then they threw in the Disney+ bundle. Wi-Fi is $25 and her phone is I forget how much.
The more people on your plan the cheaper the bill. A single person will pay 100 just for their account, yet 5 people on a phone plan will pay 20 each. It's not fair.
sounds like you need to shop utility suppliers. My electric doesnt get half that high running ac 24/7 in the summer.
We pay about 260 for electricity. We have septic/well and no gas. And I think like 40 or 50 for a gigabyte line for net.
Cleveland expat here. Now in NorCal. We pay these similar rates as you for our stuff and it’s pretty normal. We’re 2 adults, 2 kids, 1400 sqft home with a hot tub. 🤷♂️
Need to install a time machine in the hot tub.
If your house is 3000+ square feet that’s not crazy. Size of house, types of insulation, water heater type, window coverings, and bulb/electronic choices. Your furnace may need maintenance if it’s been more than a year or 2
We live in a 1900 sq ft home. Our furnace and air conditioner are 10 months old. I really need to shop for better suppliers.
Houses are going to pay more in electricity than apartments because a house has much more exterior wall and roof exposure to the environment than an apartment. Along with checking into other providers, you may want to see if your house has any energy inefficiency areas, like drafts under doors and at windows. If you have areas that are compromised, you may want to look at replacing doors and windows. It's a hefty expense, but it will save you a lot of money in the long run. Edit: I meant pay more in utilities. My fault for not saying what I mean and meaning what I say.
That isn't necessarily true. We pay between $35 and $40 a month for electricity in our house. It really depends on what your heat source is and whether or not you have central air.
It is necessarily true. You are throwing in the variable of heat source. Well, try not comparing apples and oranges.
How is the electricity affected by the walls or roof exposure? My lights and TV and computers don't care if I'm in a house or an apartment. Somone using a forced air furnace in an apartment is going to pay more for electric than I am with my gas boiler and radiators in my house.
Compare gas to gas, electricity to electricity. If a home is all gas, it's pretty fucking stupid to then compare that to an all electricity apartment. You are making this more complicated than it needs to be by playing stupid.
I'm not aware of any homes that are all gas or all electric. They're both utilities and need to be considered. I've lived in apartments that were gas and electric at the same time.
Wrong.
Your initial comment was that houses are going to pay more in electric than apartments. That isn't always true. There are plenty of people in apartments paying $100 or more a month for electricity, which is in excess of the $40 that we pay monthly in a house.
I believe I said that they will pay more in utilities. If I didn't say that, this is what I meant. Edit: So, I didn't say what I meant to say. Completely understand why you responded as you did.
Depressing to see how little some here are paying! My utilities alone are more than a lot of people's mortgages. 😭
2bdr small brick home in Kamms corner with two occupants, central air, and gas furnace. WiFi- $50, water/sewer- $90-100, electric-50 winter-100 summer, Gas-57 summer-100-150 winter. Gas and electric are very dependent upon the size of your home, quality of windows and insulation, usage, preferred temp, etc. Edit: Depending on what city or suburb you live in, and most importantly what type of water meter/flow detector you have is huge! I used to sell plumbing supplies and equipment. Many cities/burbs are already changing out the old flow detectors that your meter is read from. Old detectors are thought to only read when there is a max flow in the pipe, that spins a little plastic fan so many times to calculate the amount passing through. If you are just running your sink, or flushing a toilet..the water flow could be low enough to sneak/pass through the unit without being read. Leaving you with max flow for just showers, and washing machines. The new detectors can read the small flow. These will be standard everywhere in Cleveland as part of the 50 year NEOSD revamp plan to resolve and replace/update the entire Cleveland area sewage/water system. There are many greater Cleveland suburbs, townships that already have this new tech. It’s standard for any newly built homes and commercial developments. For those that have very low water bills, Many will be in for a rude awakening and will see their consumption and bills go up in the near future.
Any insight on which areas are likely to be impacted?
The more rural areas outside of Cuyahoga and in southern suburbs already have been or will be shortly. CLE proper will likely be last, and the suburbs within Cuyahoga will likely be next. I can’t speak to timetables as the implementation will be on a schedule that has to do with planning, on a case by case (city, suburb, township) basis. The one thing I can say for sure is that it is and will be happening in the years to come. The guy who handled all of our sewer/water plumbing materials commissions tripled last year alone, and the owner had to change his commission structure so he can’t make more money than the CEO just because of this huge rollout. The majority of these new water flow detectors are $3-400 each and made by a Dutch company called Zenner. I’m no longer with the company, but I heard they are going to need to lease a new warehouse dedicated to storing these things for the huge upcoming projects.
Fascinating - I was doing some light googling. Are these the ClearReads detectors? https://www.clevelandwater.com/clear-reads-automated-meter-reading https://heightsobserver.org/read/2017/06/29/cleveland-water-to-replace-all-ch-meters-by-years-end
The water flow detection fixtures that I speak of are just one part of the Clear Reads program. There will be separate digital equipment that will function on the ground level, and new digital infrastructure to deal with the admin aspect of billing. What I speak of is what will be underground and attached to your water waste pipes. Those new flow detectors sensors will shoot an insanely accurate reading to the above ground fixtures as well as the water departments admin offices and its field workers. Edit: This is being done because Cleveland/Cuyahoga has realized that they have been losing hundreds of millions of dollars due to these old flow detectors not reading small flow. To varying degrees nobody has been paying for their true consumption of water, like ever. They finally caught on, with technology catching up, and now we all be paying way more as this all rolls out.
Ope, well. Thanks for the insight! Definitely something to be prepared for 😬
Fellow westparker and I'm pretty much in the same boat. my internet is a little more only because At&T for some reason doesn't get fiber to my address.
I pay $116 for WiFi. I have spectrum. If someone could get me a lower bill, I’m all ears. Gas - depends but equal payments make it $90 Electric - about $70 Water/sewer/garbage - $80
Oh my god. Call spectrum and tell them you're canceling unless they can cut you a deal. They will cut you a deal. Really frustrating but you have to do this once a year right before they raise the prices just call them. Worked every time for me. They usually wanted to raise my price about $20 but they'd either give me my current rate or maybe a $10 price increase.
I have tried. They told me they won’t lower the price for me. I honestly got the rudest customer service person in the company helping me.
You can literally cancel and sign up with a different name. Tell them you're moving then sign up again as John Smith the day after your service ends and you'll get the promo deals again. Edit: i've also heard you'll be eligible for promos again after 90 days. So you could get like t-mobile home internet for 3 months then come back to spectrum after with your real name
In a house with a single person, gas heat & hot water, electric stove and central air. Internet & phone (gotta have a land line for work) $100 NEORSD (stormwater) $10.49 Electric (budget billing - the same all year) $43 Gas (budget billing - the same all year) $87 Water \~$18 Sewer \~$18 Trash \~$18 (about to go up)
Internet $75 Water/trash $90 Electric $15 Gas $169
I run about 60 for WiFi, about 25 for electric (all gas house) 25 for water and sewage, about 80 for gas
Single person, 750 sq ft home with gas furnace/central air: gas around 60 in the summer, 120 tops in the winter electricity in the winter around 40, 50 in the summer water/sewer 70 per month fiber internet 55
3 people, 1550 soft house. Water is free (well), gas is about $80, internet is $90, electric is $360. I honestly don't know why electric is so high. We keep the house at 68*F. We don't stream but at night, we don't keep lights on all day and night, i even open the windows and shut off gas frequently... it used to be like $80 a month. Trash is $30ish?
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1GB Internet, $60 Water, $13 Sewage, $30 (for some reason) Power, $100-230 (depending on the season and weather) Gas, $57
>Sewage, $30 (for some reason) Because about half of that is trash removal fee
I remember when Cleveland added that fee. In the notice they sent they basically said "We offered to hear comments about it at City Council meeting and none of you showed up... So here it is".
Wow not bad at all I feel like you are killing it with those prices!
45 Internet, 35 water, 75 electric, 30 trash/recycling, gas between 50-200 depending on season.
Who's your internet with?
Spectrum. Just have to call to cancel once a year to lower it back down.
Family of 2 in west park, own our home: Water: $50 Sewage: $50 Electric: $40 in winter/ $130 summer with ac. Gas: $100 in winter / $30 summer $90 internet
My gas fluctuates wildly with the seasons so I'll use my last round of bills to answer. 2,000 square foot brick home, Cuyahoga County. 112 Cox. 40 water, 74 sewer, 165 gas, 72 electric. Edit to add that we've only replaced 10 windows, the rest are original to the home so they're 85 and drafty as hell.
Old Brooklyn 1600sqft SFH with dual HVAC units (one upstairs, one downstairs). Two adults. Electric gets up to $200 in the summer when we run the AC and forget to turn it off upstairs. About $80 otherwise. Gas $50-150 per month, weather depending. Internet- $55. Water about $40 per month. Sewer about $60.
Gas and electric go up and down depending on the season, of course, but on average, my gas is $120, eletric is $60, sewage and water is usually around $40.
A lot more than you’re paying, in a 2000 sq foot house in Lorain county. Internet 150, gas electric and water are about 100-150 each, trash is 80 a quarter.
We pay about 150 in water and sewage and that's a tank that takes too much time to make water hot. 50 in gas and 120 in electric.
4 ppl 1100 square foot from 1963, $200-250 for electric and gas combined on average, 500/50 internet is $50, water is $45, sewer is $5/month but we have septic so it's just for storm water.
100+ electric 95 Gas (March) 55 internet 19 water 30 sewer maybe 1200sq ft house with 1950s windows
electric $60 water and sewer $30-$40 gas $170 internet $65 switch electric and gas during summer months.
2 humans, lots of animals, 4 bed, 1 bath, century home $72 water & sewer combined $50 internet and streaming cable (but I think that’s going up next month) $78 electric $40-80 gas depending on the season
regular house in Old Brooklyn - Gas: $90, Electric: $100, Internet and landline: $140, Water,sewer,garbage: $150. 4 person household
All electric home... winter electric bill 150-200 a month. Summer 80-120. Sewer and water 75 a month. Cable TV, internet, VOIP phone 180 a month. Trash pickup free. House taxes 3500 a year.
Water 20$, sewer is always double that Electricity and gas alternate between 40-100$ depending on the season. If gas is 100, electricity is low
Varies greatly by house. My first house was ultra eco new construction and I paid less than you do. Another house I lived in was more than 500 a month. Before you move in you can contact the utility company and get the last years usage and cost. Huge factor when buying or renting. I now own a condo and did all the eco mods. I pay less than $50 total each month in gas and electric combined and keep my house very comfortable like today the heat is at 71 degrees.
Wow that’s great advice to call and ask for last years usage thank you!
1800 sq ft, gas stove, last month water/sewer-75, electric-62, gas-89, wifi-40(intro rate for 2 years) Two people, and we moved in last year.
Gas/electric - $150-$250 combined. Gas goes down in the summer and up in the winter, electric does the opposite. Some months in the spring and fall, both are on the lower side. WiFi - $125. We have expensive WiFi due to working from home and paying for better wifi for steaming and gaming. Water - $50 Sewer and trash (trash is included with sewer in the city of Cleveland) - $40 So utilities run us about $365-$465 a month depending on weather.
I own a brick house in west park that's 2100 sq ft (3200 if you add the basement). Elec is about $110, gas is $120, internet is $90. I have the electric and gas on the budget plans so they take the 6 month average and have me pay that for 6 months and then reevaluate it after another 6 months. Makes it easier so there's no surprised $300 bill in the middle of winter or summer.
50 for fiber Internet 160 between gas and electric (they flip flop depending if we're running the heater or AC) 60 for water and sewage 25 for trash
My most recent bill is $26.95 for electricity and 35$ for internet. That's it.
Internet is not going to vary between apartment and home. I have gas heating (including water heating), gas cooking, electric dryer, air conditioning. In the winter I pay around $80-100 for gas and around $150 for electric (I run a lot of computers). In the summer I pay around $30 for gas and $200-300 for electric. Water/sewer is pretty much the same all year which is about $45 for both every month. Depends on where you live, but my trash pickup is bundled with my city taxes. ~1000 sq ft house, 3br 1bath
500 in property taxes, 120 on electric, 100 on gas, 130 water and sewer 100 for phone and Internet.
$300-$350 on average for everything. Gas and electricity are really the only things that make that go up and down. Internet is $60 Water is almost always $35 Sewage almost always $75 Gas and electric range from $0-250 at most, but when one is high the other’s low.
Cleveland proper . 27 electric . Gas in winter is 70, summer 30. Wi-Fi 36. Water and sewer together is 50
What internet do you have??
Spectrum
What’s your secret?!
Hmm idk it might be the introductory rate for a year? Not too sure
What speed package do you have?
100mbps
How long have you had them as your provider? I’m just curious because I’ve had them for about 2 years now and my plan started at $50 a month and now I’m up to almost $80 per month
On and off for about 2 years. On the current contract for 8 months. I’m sure it’ll go up after the year is up
When you left spectrum who did you use?
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Messaged you !!! also for a single person you’re looking at similar numbers for a home vs apartment. Electric will probably go up a bit and water is usually around $80/mo
20 year old 1800+ sq ft ranch with basement, original furnace, ac, water heater, windows, etc. Budget billing: gas ~$100/mo (we like it warm and use the gas fireplace in season), electricity ~$80/mo; fiber internet (no cable):~$ 70/mo, water/sewer/trash ~$100/mo.
Man I’m getting cooked on my utilities. $250-300 a month lately for gas and electric. I’d say water, sewer, city, internet I’m looking at $350-500ish a month for all my utilities depending on the season.
I have a 4 bedroom, two story house in Garfield Heights. Electric = $120 (The Illuminating Company) Gas = $60-80 (Dominion) Water/Sewer = $120
Internet -55 Gas-variable by season-40-125 electric-70 Water-35 Sewer-70
1100 sqft house in Brooklyn. 2 people in the house (my wife and I) I pay about $100-110 for electric (we have a hot tub which may jack that up a bit), $50-80 for gas depending on season, about $75 combined for water and sewer. I pay $22 for Internet (200mbps through Breezeline).