[21twelve]

My niece lived in London last year. She went in on a large flat with a bunch of other kids (20’s). I think it was 8 people in a 3-4 bedroom apartment. They all chipped in some money to buy a pre-paid credit card that plugs into the meter in the flat. (Or something like that). That pays for the electric and heat, etc.

I forget exactly, but I think they started off with over $400 on the card and they figured that would last them the month. It lasted less than a week! Unbelievable how expensive it is over there!

[wally_bert]

[ansel12]

My niece lived in London last year. She went in on a large flat with a bunch of other kids (20’s). I think it was 8 people in a 3-4 bedroom apartment. They all chipped in some money to buy a pre-paid credit card that plugs into the meter in the flat. (Or something like that). That pays for the electric and heat, etc.

I saw one of those in the 1931 film, Waterloo Bridge, when Mae Clark tries to heat some water for tea, she is out of credit and the male guest needs to cough up the coins, for the meter on the kitchen wall.

[ColdWater]

I forget exactly, but I think they started off with over $400 on the card and they figured that would last them the month. It lasted less than a week! Unbelievable how expensive it is over there!

I see lots of testimony of two-br flats with energy (gas plus electric) running less than $150 per month. That would be about $300 a month for a 3/4 br. Me thinks that there is more to the story.