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If you have a smart meter how much do you spend on average per day this time of year?

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HairsprayBabe · 04/12/2021 17:21

Just that really, currently spending between £3.50-£4.50 a day can't work out if that is loads or normal.

3 bed house, combi boiler, heating on for about 4 hours a day do a clothes wash every other day, no tumble dryer, cook from scratch once a day but nothing that has the oven on for hours like a roast or whatever.

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PaperMonster · 04/12/2021 18:07

£8 a day. All electric. Heating on five hours a day. Three bed.

TheTempest · 04/12/2021 18:10

Mines about 8.50/9 a day. CH on about 4 hours a day, tumble dryer and large 4 bed with 4 adults and a child. I don’t think your’s sounds that bad tbf.

CPDubs · 04/12/2021 18:39

£10 averaging a day at the moment. 4 bed Edwardian property, double glazed wooden windows Confused

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HairsprayBabe · 04/12/2021 19:05

@TheTempest no I didn't think it was too bad either DH has been more concerned about it than me, this has made me feel a lot better about it! Thank you

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canyon2000 · 04/12/2021 19:26

Not sure - mine is averaging about £1500 a day at the moment! I phoned just to check and they said they are having a problem with them at the moment but our bill will be correct!

Bloatstoat · 04/12/2021 20:53

This is really interesting, ours has been about £5.50-6.00 lately which I thought was really high, as I'm on mat leave at the moment so home all day but it seems it's not too unusual. Price increases are a nightmare Sad

gettingolderandgrumpy · 04/12/2021 20:59

About £3.50 -£5.00 depending how cold it is heating on low in the day, 3bedroom , washing machine on once a day , dishwasher every other day and heated aired on for about 1hour in the evenings.

SickAndTiredAgain · 04/12/2021 21:08

£2.00-3.00 I think. £2.47 today and I’d guess that was average based on what we’ve done today.
We have a small, mid terrace, 3 bedroom house which we’re lucky is quite easy to heat as it’s small with big windows on the south facing side so any sunny day it heats up nicely. And there’s only DH, toddler DD and me, so not loads of washing etc.

HairyScaryMonster · 04/12/2021 21:25

£4-5 a day, includes wfh but only heat the 2 rooms we’re in. Still cheaper than paying for petrol.

Magicmagician · 04/12/2021 21:31

We’re on £10 a day at the moment - recently moved and really need to sort the insulation out! We were previously in a smaller newer house and it was £4 max - so it feels like a very big jump, not helped by moving just as all the gas and electric companies were going bust so no good tariffs to join.

SlipperySlope99 · 10/12/2021 21:13

Quite large 3 beds, combi boiler and 2 of us working from home
Have been managing to keep around £3.50 to £4 most days- that's about 5-8 hours of heating on and a washing machine load
Washing dishes by hand after seeing the dishwasher making it go up 😱

lillylemons · 10/12/2021 21:16

I just looked at our meter and we use £3.75 ish a day on gas and we use £2.00 electric a day we are with utilita.

Cinnamon35 · 10/12/2021 21:40

I’m in a 2 bed period flat but it’s just me and I’m trying to be environmentally friendly and put another jumper on rather than use heating. Usually around £2 per day

Paranoidandroidmarvin · 14/01/2022 17:27

I’m bumping this up to see what others are doing. Just had one these fitted a few weeks ago. I try to keep both gas and electric together under £5. Four bed small bungalow.

PotteringAlong · 14/01/2022 17:30

Between £2.50 - £4 a day. 4 bed, Victorian semi.

I don’t have the heating on after the kids are in bed. We have real fires downstairs and I use that and hot water bottles!

GorgeousLadyofWrestling · 14/01/2022 19:02

About £2-£2.50 a day split between gas and electricity. Really worried about price hikes so have drastically reduced our gas usage. Really could not afford some of the energy bills in this thread!

DeathMetalMum · 14/01/2022 19:09

Ours is around £4-£5 a day with the odd day closer to £6 when we have used the washing machine/dryer a lot.

Marylynmonroe · 01/09/2022 20:47

Mine is £1.68 as of 9pm today. 2 bed terrace. Is that good?

Qik · 01/09/2022 21:04

On average about £435 per day. But surely it depends on whether one has a mortgage or not, care travel, fuel etc and where one shops - Lidl or Waitrose?

Paranoidandroidmarvin · 01/09/2022 21:18

@Qik i hope u forgot the decimal point for that price!!

Qik · 01/09/2022 21:21

No, that's what we spend a day on average.

Vecnasnurse · 01/09/2022 21:23

@Qik Are you running a skunk farm?

VerifiedBot2351 · 01/09/2022 21:24

£3 if I have done several wash loads and used the dryer. If not, less.

VerifiedBot2351 · 01/09/2022 21:26

@Qik that’s a lot of energy! 😲

ThisisCollie2022 · 01/09/2022 21:26

£1.85 a day on electricity (wfh, xbox, cooking, washing)
£12 a month on gas (showers, dishes etc)

2 bed, 2 reception house with converted garage into 2 offices

Obviously it'll increase soon though