How much does a decent apartment cost in Hyderabad?

What would utilities cost for an apartment in Los Angeles?

• I am planning to move out on my own and I'm trying to get my budget figured out.I am either moving into a studio apartment or a two bedroom apartment with a roommate. I don't know if it matters what specific area I'm in or not, but I'm in the San Fernando Valley area. With apartments water is usually included with rent, so as for the utilities, I'm wondering what the basic things would cost, like electric and gas. So for a two bedroom apartment what would electric and gas cost? And for a studio apartment what would electric and gas cost?

• Answer:

  Most apartments in the SF Valley only have electricity. If you're fortunate enough to find a place with Gas too, then you'll be saving a lot of money in the winter months for the furnace, and all year long for the water heater. The bill will not be the same two months in a row. It's entirely based on usage. If it's just you, and you only turn on the light in the room you're in, and you turn down the thermostat when you leave for work (and all the lights), then you'll be as economical as one can be. In this case, you may only burn a couple hundred kilowatts a month. At about a dime a kilowatt, that's only $20. But, it's also very hard to achieve that kind of conservation. Especially, if you have a family and/or run a lot of electronics (like computers and TV's). It is not hard, in a 1200 sq ft place, to run a bill between $50 and $70 a month... or with a family, even top $100 a month. Those prices are cheap in comparison to cold weather states. For the same apartment size in a WA State, all electric, you could be paying $200 a month in the winter.