utilites tend to be much higher in a house then a rental I'd throw that in the costs
I was comparing renting a similar house, so it'd be about the same I think.
Also I think costs get so much higher as well because we renovated here, would not have done that in a rental. Yes, the renos should make our purchase price go up and hope gets us overall better value, but that's to be determined.
Our next house we plan to live in long term - 20 plus years. I want to take me time to find the perfect house, especially as they are forecasting housing declines in Alberta with the decrease in oil prices, I'd kind of like to wait it out and see if they do the 10% drop they are forecasting!