How much do you pay each month to heat your home?

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I've finally caved and put the central heating on. I've got washing hanging up and I don't want it going all musty smelling when it's dried.

I usually pay around £70 a month. I live in a 2 bedroom ground floor Victorian flat. Ironically they just reduced my payments to £30 a month but it'll go back up now the heating's on for winter.

I'm curious to what other people pay,, what kind of place they live in and how many people in the home. My place is poorly insulated and a lot escapes outside, which is huge pain in the arse. I have high ceilings too. I was paying more to heat this place than my DB who was in a 4 bed detached with heating on constantly (new baby).

I live alone mostly (apart from when my DH visits from abroad for a few months) and feel like I spend so much on heating compared to others.

2 bed flat - £470 for the year for gas - 11000Kwh

Typical consumption is here

smarterbusiness.co.uk/blogs/average-gas-electricity-usage-uk/

£58 per month dual fuel. 1930s large two bed flat with decorative -shite- crittle windows

£80.00 a month for an end terrace two bed Victorian house. Me plus two teenagers. I pay more than I should do I don’t have to worry about putting the heating on, usually get a bit of money back in May.

I've no idea how much it costs to heat but combined energy bills for the year amount to £110.

Considering its a rambling 400 year old house with solid stone walls, no double glazing and a 45 year old gas boiler, I'm not complaining. The heating has been on (thermostatically controlled) since the end of September.

That's £110 a month! Duh!!

There’s 9 of us, 2 adults and 7 children.

It’s just on all the time, I hate being cold also have hot water on constantly aswell. Half of the house runs from the aga and half is from a combi boiler. I have no idea if that is relevant! It’s just the way it’s always been, obviously it’s less in summer but it’s always expensive.

2 bed ground floor flat. 2 adults 1 toddler. Partner works and I'm at home most of the day with the little one. Tumble dryer on most days. Heating on from 6am till 4/5pm when it's really cold on till 9pm. In the summer we use around £15/£20 gas per month.

We have a pay as you meter as it was here when we bought the house and SSE wanted £100 to remove it and I'm so stubborn that I refuse to pay £100 for them to remove it when it wasn't us that had it put in.

We have smart meters so top up monthly online. The electric is always about £60 a month. The gas is about £40 a month over spring, about £20 a month over summer, about £50 a month over autumn then an eye watering £80-£90 a month over winter

Forgot to add that we are in a 2 bedroom end terrace and there's 3 of us, me, DH and DS and I work from home

It’s no comfort to know you’re paying much more than others when you can’t help it. Draughty old house, listed so no double glazing, no cavity wall insulation. At home all day so heating on all day. Not many drying laundry outside days in the wet west.

£145 pm direct debit for gas and electricity, not sure of the split as dual fuel tariff. This is an average though, in summer we actually use about £80 and in winter far more.
I live in a big draughty old house.

£240 Victorian 4 bedroom terrace. I thought it was steep, but after reading some of these replies, mine sounds reasonable

150 a month. 300 year old, poorly-insulated 5-bed detatched house.

Hovverry I mean, you can help it really as presumably you chose to buy an old listed house?

I rent currently and am buying next year, no way am I buying an old draughty property. Absolute money pit.

£90 pm dual fuel tariff, 1910 3 bed semi with extremely thick walls. Was reduced to £65 but of course winter's here now.

We pay 95pcm for gas and electric. We live in an upper floor maisonnette with 4beds. We only heat it Nov-Mar however have had the heating on a bit this week as has been half term so we are home more.

We do have a lot burner though so that gets lit on an evening if we fancy.

We pay about £65 a month for our gas & electricity combined. 2 bedroom modern terrace. We don't heat all of the rooms though - only the living room, upstairs landing, bathroom & sometimes DD's bedroom. Our bedroom radiator hasn't been on for nearly 2 years, & the front porch & kitchen radiators haven't been used since we moved in (over a decade ago).

We are proper misers about heating the house though - draught excluders, hot water bottles, extra blankets for each bed & the living room. I can't work & will just bundle up during the day in winter - several layers, hat, blanket, & an insulated hot drink, because it's so expensive having the heating on all day. We typically only turn it on for an hour in the morning, & a couple of hours in the evening. Our boiler has been broken for the past week (just sorted) & TBH we coped fine, it's been 4°c at night here. I am currently knitting another (prettier) blanket for DD's bed.

Re laundry - unless it's raining, it goes outside. Obviously that only works for people with an outside space. Even the dullest, coldest day gets it a bit drier, & less likely to make my house damp & musty. If you don't have an outside space, can you hang it on an airer near an open window or door? Preferably in an unheated room?

£130 mth gas/elec
3 bed detached double glazed (back not very good frames) no dg front door or surround.
We have it on now from 7am till 10.30pm set at 20 then turn it up to 23 around 6pm. We’re at home,

If we turn our crappy air vent storage heater on it costs 220pm

Instead we use oil filled radiators and spend an extra 30 a mth on top of our usual

Two bedroom newish build flat. Was 40 a month for gas and electric. They just put direct debit down to 22 as we in so much credit. To be honest we haven't had heating on yet. Its not cold in Southwest really .

About £85 a month for a 3 bed Victorian flat ( gas and electric ) for 3 people.

However we have double glazing, new gas Ch and thick loft insulation. And thick curtains with lining on the living room windows, which are huge.

We have just switched suppliers, we used to be £100 a month. We used the Money Saving Expert site and it was all very straightforward.

I pay £125 a month. Five bedroom, five people. I work from home so PC and heating is on a lot during the day.

I have a 4 bed 3 storey Victorian mid terrace in London.

There are 5 of us. We pay £45/month for electric and £25/month for gas in summer and £60/month in winter. In winter heating is on 2 hours am and 3 hours pm. Monthly cost is based on me providing actual readings every month and with Octopus Energy. Combi boiler with duel fuel cooker.

Your bills sounds crazy unless you live up north and have heating on 24/7!

My payments are £65 a month with Bulb, that includes electricity.

I have gas heating on for an hour in the morning and a couple of hours in the evening so we're cozy and can get washing dried. 2 bed Victorian flat with high cellings but it is double glazed.

Nobody is home during the day and we don't use a tumble-drier or dishwasher.

Should add that I'm in Scotland, so it's cold here!