Living at Home Expense Sheet — Monthly Costs
Staying at home is an option. To find out how much it costs, fill out this form. Include the costs for all the services really needed to stay healthy and safe. Then, you may want to compare this with another living option that includes all the necessary services and amenities you require.
| 1. Utilities | ||
| Water | $_____ | |
| Electricity | $_____ | |
| (Including air conditioning) | ||
| Gas / fuel oil | $_____ | |
| Trash collection | $_____ | |
| Food and groceries | $_____ | |
| 2. Property taxes | $_____ | |
| Mortgage or rent | $_____ | |
| 3. Insurance | $_____ | |
| 4.Domestic services | ||
|
Housekeeping |
$_____ | |
| Lawn/garden/leaves | $_____ | |
| Snow removal | $_____ | |
| Maintenance, repairs | $_____ | |
| (roof, furnace, appliances, painting inside and out, carpet cleaning) | ||
| Water softener | $_____ | |
| Association fee | $_____ | |
| Home security | $_____ | |
| Transportation | $_____ | |
| 5. Home care | ||
| Life Line | $_____ | |
| Home care medical costs | $_____ | |
| (do not include prescriptions) | ||
| Meal preparation | $_____ | |
| (or eating out) | ||
| 6. Entertainment | ||
| movies, classes, cable TV | $_____ | |
| 7. Invisible mortgage | $_____ | |
| The "invisible mortgage" or "lost interest" is 5% of the selling price of your house $__________ divided by 12 months. If you stay at home you are losing $____________of investment income, per month. | ||
| MONTHLY TOTAL | $_____ | |