Utilities Included?

Hello everyone,
I've been reading many threads and general advice about housing (as well as looking at listings). I see that rentals with utilities included in rent are not the norm. However, I wanted to know if I was missing something? Are there any types of rentals that DO include utilities in the monthly rent? I realize that for houses you pay your own, but is this true in apartment buildings as well?

We live in a flat, we pay electric (no gas in the flat), water, phone & internet services.

Garbage service is included in the council tax. The landlord pays the freeholder a monthly service fee to maintain the building & grounds.

We live in a flat in an apartment building and hot water and trash collection (we have a guy who picks up the trash at our flat door) are included in the rent, but we pay everything else although unlike lots of other residences, our water is not metered but billed at a flat rate.

Traditionally, it used to be quite common for water & sewer charges to be included in the rent when supplies were exclusively flat-rate.  I imagine this has become much less the norm since metered supplies started to become more commonplace a few years ago.

Some landlords do rent out flats with gas and/or eletricity included but you'll most likely find in those cases they have the hot water & heating on a timer that you can't control.

Thanks everyone. Sounds like the all-inclusive deals I'm used to don't really exist in the UK. And, I don't like the idea of anyone controlling my hot water and heat! I'll start budgeting for rent PLUS electric and/gas, internet, phone, council tax etc.

Z.A.

If you get a flat share [renting a room] you'll most likely find an all inclusive deal.

Not necessarily.  When I have been in flat shares the utilities have been split each month when the bill comes in.

Vicky

If you get a flat share [renting a room] you'll most likely find an all inclusive deal.

I have lived in 3 UK flat/house shares over the past 7 years and only one of them included utilities - and that was because it was university-owned accommodation that charged a standard weekly rate for all 275 student tenants. I currently share a flat with two friends and we each put in £100 a month for utilities on top of our rent (whatever's left over at the end of the year will be split between us). Apart from my university accommodation, the only apartments I've rented that included utilities have been in the US. I haven't come across a regular UK house or flat share that includes utilities as of yet.

I guess I need to be more specific. I have been flat hunting for two wks now and almost all the flatshares Ive seen include the cost of utilities with rent so its just one flat price. Usually the owner or someone else in the flat will pay the bill (Which comes separate). For example, I might move into  a studio flat on the top floor of the owners home and the rent is all inclusive, but his bills for tax, tv license, broadband, gas, etc etc come separately to him. Its hassle free for a newbie like me that doesnt want to worry about all that.

I guess I need to be more specific. I have been flat hunting for two wks now and almost all the flatshares Ive seen include the cost of utilities with rent so its just one flat price. Usually the owner or someone else in the flat will pay the bill (Which comes separate). For example, I might move into  a studio flat on the top floor of the owners home and the rent is all inclusive, but his bills for tax, tv license, broadband, gas, etc etc come separately to him. Its hassle free for a newbie like me that doesnt want to worry about all that.

might be hassle free, but also would make it really difficult to get proof of address, which is usually needed for a bank account and the like. I'd only move into one of the all-inclusive places if I already had a UK bank account set up (and thus could use my bank statements as proof of address when needed.)

We rent a self contained studio and all our bills are included, even TV license
You can always get bills for other stuff like internet, or mobile phone if you need bills for proof of address

I already have a UK bank account. My hiring agency handled all that for us. I was able to use my temporary housing address to set it up and all I have to do is change the address once I move. The lease agreement will show proof of address for any future issus that might come up.

We rent a self contained studio and all our bills are included, even TV license
You can always get bills for other stuff like internet, or mobile phone if you need bills for proof of address

wow your landlord pays your tv licence?? how does that work? does he give you a copy of it?

wow your landlord pays your tv licence?? how does that work? does he give you a copy of it?

Yup, there's a big folder of bills with all the details in, except for water which he pays for the whole building (the flats are all self contained but in a big building)