Gas snd electric scary

£250 a month year round for both in our quite big roomed, high ceilinged, big bay windows, insulated as much as it can be Victorian Terrace. 4 of us charging things.
2 of us WFH.We have wood burner lit most of the year as the house is freezing and retains no heat.

I think ours is high compared to some of these tbh - yours seems massive. I would Che k you are not paying someone else’s debts off?

Nope - about £120 for both combined and I have a 5 bed house. Two adults, one child.

You are not giving enough information. Firstly , I assume you are on Direct Debit. Have you built up arrears? The energy company will build in any debt and divide it amongst your payments for the year. Have you submitted meter readings regularly? The biggest user of energy is the central heating, since your CH is off now you wont be clocking that up. Analyse what electric appliances you are using. Freezers, stoves, ovens, tumble driers, washers are all thirsty. Decide where you can make economies. Think about insulation, make sure you don't waste heat, get a smart meter or a thermostat control like HIVE or NEST to keep in control of the heating.If you are having issues paying for your energy talk to your energy provider, they are very helpful usually. Also, make sure you get any benefits you are entitled to to offset your bills.

have you gone through your usage with a fine tooth comb?

Ours is around that but it’s a large detached house with high ceilings and suspended floors (so hard to heat) and we’re all here a lot.

£101 a month for couple in detached 3 bed house- thought that was enough!

4 bed detached, always at least one person WFH. 2 adults one child. £250.

Over the course of a year what means we overpay a little bit and are always in credit at the end of the winter. I'd rather have it as an inefficient savings account rather than have chase me for money. I'll never scrimp in a cold house.

That is high, we’re a family of 5 and ours is )120 a month and we run aircon constantly! (We don’t have gas it’s all electric)

What’s your usage?

Op is paying back a debt on her energies....

£177.00. 3 bed semi, 2 adults, 2 teens. That has just come down from £230!

You need to know your usage in Kwh.

Have you got daily / weekly / monthly figures for usage?

People can then see if it's gas or electric driving it

That does seem high OP. We pay £180 a month for gas and electric. 3 adults. 2 work from home, the other games a lot. Dishwasher run most nights, washing machine averages 1 load a day. We use hob/oven most days.

£180 a month is too much in the summer as our gas usage is minimal. But in the winter the electricity usage goes up a bit, but the gas shoots up because of the gas central heating. Then the bills are £250+ for a few months, so £180 balances it out over the year.

That sounds really high. I live alone and my electric is around £55 -£65 per month, and my gas in summer is around £35 - £40 per month,and £70 - £80 per month in winter (gas central heating). So my total in summer is about £90 - £105 in summer and £125 - £145 per month in winter.

3 bed semi here with 3 adults and someone home pretty much all the time. We pay £180 a month. We have the heating on when we need to and use computers, a tumbler and a dishwasher.

I pay 167 a month for gas and electric. 4 bed house. I don't understand why you're paying that much. Do you have arrears?

£240 on a dd
Draughty Victorian house
3 adults 2 of which wfh
Dishwasher and washing machine on too much

£350, but a 5 bed house, family of 5. We have solar panels too, so dread to think what we'd pay without them. Yours sounds incredibly high, but without more details it's difficult to say.

Check for faulty heating and cooling appliances - freezer with a poor seal, immersion heater left on or with a faulty thermostat, etc.

I have a 5 bed house, me and 5 dc, endless washing and drying, and a dishwasher and I probably around the £150 mark atm, in winter it will be between £200 and £250.

Yes. Mine is £340 a month. 2 adults in a draughty Victorian house.

That’s twice the amount that a typical dual fuel customer would use (2/3 people in a 2/3 bedroomed house). You have not supplied enough information to comment any further.

Thank you! 😅

Was wondering why everyone’s so confidently saying it’s too high or offering up their own costs when OP has not included any details re how large her property is, type of boiler (old/new or floor standing like mine so more expensive) as well as a plethora of other details making it impossible to pass opinion really.

Agree, this is quite a serious concern and @TheOpalFox youre better off having a word with your supplier in case there’s any issues with billing or you’re unknowingly overly using an appliance under the misapprehension it’s low cost. Last thing you want is to accrue wrong charges and it’ll be easier to work through the sooner you address it!

More detail needed as £300/m means nothing on its own.
DD or actual readings, are you in arrears, any significant details that have been omitted?

Our bills are based on actual meter readings so there is no guesswork involved.
4-Bed det, home all day, dishwasher etc (but practically no tumble use in this recent weather!😆) and we pay a DD of £80/m, in credit to the tune of about £500 and this month's actual bill for G&E being £62 total.

We pay £250 per month but there are 4 of us and it’s a 5 bed house. Yours does sound high. Is this a recent thing?

No. 4 bed house £90 electric (which actually is winter payments but we're back into the cycle of 'we must have a quarter's bills up front before we let you drop the Direct Debit even though we know every summer you ridiculously overpay', we have solar and last monthly bill was £45 till we have banked £00 with them THEN we might be allowed to pay less), and we have oil for heating cooking hot water but not used since March and won't till late September, spending £5-600/year so £50/month. But is a small house, modest sized rooms not flashy, and I only use dishwasher and tumble dryer when the sun shines, washing machine mostly when the sun shines.