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[elliot79]

utlity bills
cable tv
internet

and i read somewhere that the bills are paid every 2 months.

in England we pay for our gas and electricity every 3 months and cable tv, internet and telephone every month.

[blackjack]

Pay every month.

The price really depends if you get a villa, apartment or an officetel.

utilities bills anywhere between 10,000 to a couple of hundred depending on how much you use them, if you have gas or electric ondol and if you are in a villa, apart, officetel.

cable tv (normally with internet)
internet coupled with cable between 20-40,000

also if you will probably have management fees ranging from 20,000 to 150,000 a month.

For me I pay 117,000 in management and 30,000 in utilities and my internet is free (a long story) but would cost 22,000 and is unbelievably fast, I don't have cable and just download anything I want to watch.

[Slowmotion]

Depends on the area you live in too

[naturegirl321]

my gas, electricity, and internet never totals more than 50,000 a month. I have a one room.

[Globutron]

My bills this month were... oh, last month were... yeah about 35k, not including internet because I'm getting ripped off there at 35k again for internet that still doesn't stream youtube fluidly.

[naturegirl321]

Glad to know that I'm not the only one. And my internet connection fails a couple times a month.

[elliot79]

i have to pay management fees even though the school is providing the single apartment free of cost?

i'm very frugal by the way

[naturegirl321]

depends. My 25.000 fee is included with the rent. I live in a villa though, not a officetel.

[tokkibunni8]

Management: 45,000
Electricity: at most during the summer when a.c is on, 25,000.
Gas: at most during the winter, 30,000 (5,000 during the summer).
Internet: 36,000

[Missihippi]

my bills last month in an officetell right outside of seoul city limits:

116,000 power
6,700 gas
27,000 internet (no cable, but it's only 8,000 more per month)

[blackjack]

[naturegirl321]

[nomad-ish]

all per month:

maintenance fee - ~W100,000 to ~W150,000 (depending on the time of year)
gas - ~W6,000 to ~W50,000 (depending on the time of year)
internet - ~W18,000

my maintenance fee (which includes electricity) is usually low in the winter, but high in the summer (AC), while my gas bill is high in the winter (ondol heating) and low in the summer.