The Bottom Line......

    In addition to the mortgage, you also have to pay those monthly bills, here is a monthly average of our utilities for 2011.  Obviously, in the summer the gas bill is almost nothing, but it goes up in the winter.

Water/Sewer:

    Clean Water:  $124.54 every two months        Total Year Cost: $737.03            Monthly Average:  $61.42

Electric:

    Portland General Electric:  charged monthly    Total Year Cost:  $1,063.95        Monthly Average:  $88.66
        (the highest bill was in January for $116.05, and the lowest bill was in June for $71.81)

Gas:

    NW Natural Gas:  charged monthly                Total Year Cost:    $432.40        Monthly Average:  $36.03
        (the highest bill being 80.61 in January and the lowest bill being $16.06 in June)

Garbage:

    Pride Disposal Service:  charged monthly        Totaly Year Cost:   $828.00        Monthly Charge:  $69.00
        (this is for the largest can they offer, plus a HUGE recycling can and a yard debris can)

Cable/Internet:

    FIOS/Frontier  - this is the service we currently use and the house is ready for action!

    Comcast - this is the service we used to have but FIOS was offering faster internet :)

In Short

Monthly Utility Costs:
$255.83