How much is your gas and electric per month?

[weltonn]

I'm on a smart meter and at the moment my bill is creeping up to about £20 a week for both gas and electricity.. it's creeped up the past few weeks and we have very rarely had the heating on, about 10/20 minutes for a couple days a week.

Id like to have it on a lot more because my house is cold atm even with blankets/extra layers but I can't afford a large bill every month. I live in a 2 bedroom house.

How much do you all pay per month for yours?

£1300 a year with Bulb. 4 bedroomed house, 3 storeys 14 radiators. We are in the North. 😀

£115 a month with Bulb - 4/5 bed semi detached. New boiler but old windows 😁 we accrue credit in the summer and run it down in the winter.

If you're paying a lot it's worth checking you're not out of contract because that's by far the most expensive way of having your energy provided.

£200+ but 4 beds

We were paying £145 a month for gas &electric, in a 3 bedroom end of terrace. We have just moved to a new supplier and they are charging £95 a month. I'm making a real effort to keep the heating low and put jumpers on etc and reducing my tumble dryer usage! We also have a really ill fitting front door (rented house) so my dh is putting insulation round it as I type! We also got a new boiler in March so am really hoping to keep the bill under £100.

2 bed, 50pcm all in with Bulb (so green electricity and carbon offset gas). I am fairly stingy with my heating in the week though so am expecting it to go up with working from home.

£59 a month for both - gas with Zog and electricity with Bulb. Two bed Victorian terrace. Got £70 credit with the gas built up from the summer months. Don’t like it too warm, just have the heating on to take the chill off for a few hours in the evening. Electricity is about £15 in credit but that hardly goes up in the wintertime from summer usage.

Ours has crept up to a dual fuel amount of £90 pcm. 3 bedroom semi detached 1989 build. 4 people living here.

Only use gas for heating and hot water. Electric for everything else including cooking and shower.

I expect we'll need to increase our direct debit soon due to working from home (though I Wfh last winter)

Two bedroom flat we pay £48 a month and are in credit on the latest bill by £100.00.
But there are only two of us and we both out at work 5 days a week.

£75 for both. 4 bed terraced. But I think it's going to increase due to wfh in winter.

We are with Octopus (love them) and pay about £130p/m combined on a 3 bed mid terrace. Two adults and dog, gas cooker and has central heating. We also have an electric car which is why it costs that much. We were paying about £80p/m before we got the car.

I should add that's for Octopus' super green tariff so not their cheapest.

I'm also on the Super Green Octopus tariff so its a little more expensive than others they offer. I am using/paying around £110 per month combined

@weltonn £87 a month is very reasonable I think you have lost touch with energy prices. We pay £220.

£94 per month for a 4 bedroom detached house, we use a lot of electric

£176 per month, all year round. Drafty, old, 6 bed house.

£328 per month.
And DH wonders why I get cross about lights left on.

At £328 i very much doubt its the lights that are the issue! Is that mainly gas or electric that is your highest bill?

£70 a month on a two bedroom house for dual fuel gas/electric. But I've not put the heating on yet (although the gas fire has been on for a few weeks).

It usually evens itself out over the course of a year. Lots of gas used in the winter, none in the summer. I've always worked from home anyway so my energy usage hasn't increased as a result of Covid. If it crept upwards of £80 a month, I'd start freaking out!

It's what we pay every month. Yes, gas and electric. I gave our readings to the people who 'look after your bills' but they said they only take you on if they can save you mor than £50'a year, which they couldn't.

On top, fuel for the open fire we light most nights.

You must be very high users then? Is it gas or electric that is your highest expense?

I'm on a prepayment metre (not a smart one) and I spend about 60 a month on electricity and 30 a month on gas in Winter. In Summer i spend much much less. It suits us and we don't have bills to worry about.

2 bed flat electricity and gas for us about £60-70 per month.

@dementedpixie

You must be very high users then? Is it gas or electric that is your highest expense?

Electricity £1750 last year.Gas around £750. Electric underfloor heating in conservatory accounts for a lot.

I’m spending £100 on dual fuel with octopus.
I either switch each year or enquire as to whether there is a cheaper provider. Plus, I’m. It keen on letting a big surplus build up over the summer. I’d rather that I had any surplus and had the benefit of it rather than them. When they say they want you to have a surplus so you do t build a debit over the winter, I always say I’m fine with a bit of a debit and will then just pay it as required. As they are not entitled to keep you in surplus unless you agree, I find that around £100 paid all year keeps our bills in balance across the whole year.

We’re a 3 bed Victorian semi which is a bit draughty with its sash windows and it has an Aga which gobbles the gas. I try to set the thermostat at about 19 and have it in for an hour in the morning and about 6 hours in the late afeternoon/evening. Because if the Aga taking the chill off, we often don’t need to put it on until pretty much nOvember and it can go off a bit earlier too.

£85 a month for electricity and about £30 a month in oil. The house is old, 3 bedroomed, semi detached and draughty, no double glazing, big gaps in the floorboards, thick walls but limited insulation. I am home all day and we have 1-2 under 5s living with us. Thermostat set to 18° 7am - 9pm and 15° overnight.