Smart meter reading shock

[Parkingt111]

We have moved to a new house two months ago and until now we're on a Direct debit with British gas of around a £100 a month. Finally switched on the smart meter and this is what it shows. Is this normal?? It seems incredibly high. We live on a 4 bed semi detached and have the thermostat set to 18 degrees. Today's daily usage is showing £12.50 for gas and electric which means on average the monthly bill will be £375? Is this how much most people are paying?

That seems perfectly reasonable to me, especially for December. Sorry.

I’m in a 2 bed tiny new build eith thermo set to 17 & mine is £7 per day so sounds about right unfortunately☹️

Yup

In fact £7.92 today!

Well I live in a 5 bed detached, if my heating was set to that I would be using £30 a day

Yep. Our thermostat is on 15 most of the time and only got heating on couple hours in evening. I estimate our bill is around £300 this month based on kwhs used. It’s flipping scary! It was 12c in our lounge, this is with a gas boiler that’s A rated only 2yrs old!

Don't forget we're in the middle of a cold snap, and energy prices have shot up.

I'm in a 1 bed flat and my gas/electric is about £135 so far for December, with the heating on to 20/21 in the day and 18 overnight.

Mine is £30 a day atm, I just can't cope with thinking about it

Oh gosh so if we hadn't checked would have just got a huge unexpected bill from British gas in 6 months? I can't fathom paying £375 a month but at the same time we have small children and my husband and I work from home. They have already fallen ill twice this winter. What do people do

Since my daughters came home from university, coinciding with sun zero temperatures for over a week our daily usage is much higher, almost £20 a day! It will even out though.

Well I’ve got the thermostat set to 14 and I’m using hot water bottles and blankets to keep warm when the kids are in bed. Because otherwise you will end up with a massive massive bill.

We are averaging £15-18 per day at the moment

It is 2 degrees outside during the day and below freezing at night

Ours is set at 16 but with 4 hours of 18

It is absolutely terrifying

We are in an older 4 bed house and our heating is on at 20 degrees for 2 hours in the morning and 5 hours each evening, then cuts in at 16 degrees otherwise to prevent damp. Yesterday cost us £28 in gas

That sounds cheap tbh! It is shocking

You'll usually use about 80% of your annual gas consumption on heating - it'll balance out over summer.

Four bedrooms, on all day and for gas and electricity. Sounds cheaper than I would have expected.

Without sounding horrible, you've moved at the wrong time ie before the horrendous hikes and not being able to switch to a better deal. Both wfm..... You can just heat the rooms you use. Ditto kids rooms but have all house on say 7-9am and 4-8pm?

@Parkingt111 That sounds pretty accurate.

With small children in the house, I'd put it on a decent heat when they're home and s couple of degrees lower when they're in childcare.

the most expensive but is the first couple of hours when the booker has to work hard to get it to temperature, the subsequent hours keeping it there isn't so bad.

plus this the the coldest 'snap' we've had in years so hopefully you'll find it's much cheaper from next week.

Ours was £2600 for 3 months (sep-oct-nov). We didn't even have the heating on until very late October.
We reckon it costs us £60 per day when it's below zero (also 4 bed detached)

So today's was £12.50 as the heating went off for a few hours when we were all out the house but iv checked previous days and seem between £13-15 which is even higher. Its very scary indeed how do people on low and average incomes afford it. I'm already trying to think of ways to make the extra cash

Yeah that’s about what ours is costing, and we’re on a fairly low fixed rate until April. If we weren’t fixed I think we’d be looking at around £500 a month based on our current usage.

Yes sadly it's around normal.
We sat and literally listed every single thing we have plugged in and worked out if it needed to be on all the time. My husband worked out his Sonos sound system costs 21p a day on standby now so it's turned off until we want to listen to music. £75 a year on standby.... absurd

It's very stressful thinking about it all but working out where we're spending money helped me feel more in control in these bizarre times

It’s been really very cold recently though, out heating use has gone from 2 hours a day in November to 6 during the cold snap, but it’s unlikely to be this cold all winter - Monday is set to be 14 degrees here which is warmer than our house has been first thing each mornjng!!!

You won't be paying £375 every month. It's December, the coldest snap of the year so far. For a different five months of the year it's likely your heating won't be on at all.

4 bed semi, over £15 per day for gas and electric over this cold snap for us. We are at home virtually 24/7 and the heating is set at 18 degrees from 7 am to 9.30pm.