Pricewatch: What does it cost to run your household?
While mortgage or rent are huge expenses, insurance, food, energy and treats all add up

The fictional household could easily spend a total of €50,330 over the next 12 months
Just over eight years ago, the AA published the first of a continuing series of surveys looking in forensic detail at the annual cost of owning and maintaining a family home.
It was a tale of two timings.