Right all, looking for the wisdom of the STW collective as ever.
My fiance and I currently live in a rented house but are looking to buy our first place together. Asides from the mortgage repayments instead of rent what other cost might be involved on a monthly basis (different to renting) and how much are they looking like? Or is it kind of like how long is a piece of string?
Currently we each stick in £500 to a joint account which pays the rent of £600 then all then bills including utilities, council tax, tv, internet etc.
Im assuming home insurance will be abit more now, contents and buildings rather than just contents but barring the roof falling in, in a like for like house will the rest be pretty similar owning rather then renting?

