Smart meter - how much do you spend on utilities each day?

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FTB here, first time paying a mortgage (and not renting) and first time paying bills (and not splitting with housemates or it being included with rent). Also first time having a smart meter.

Bills came up to over £300 for gas and about £100 for electric. Water is paid quarterly. This is what we naturally needed to use (2 of us - DH and I) pre smart meter.

Conscious of looking at the meter now and spending up to £10/day (totally gas and electric). Is this about right?

Live alone, WFH and rarely go over £5

What kind of home you in and what kind of heating do you use?

3 bed house, 2 adults and about £10 a day. Not restricting usage hugely, but certainly conscious of it and being a bit careful.

It depends on the size of your house, how the house and hot water is heated, to what temperature, the amount of insulation, the weather, what appliances you use and how often, etc etc.

It could well be right. Ours is similar, but we're just getting to the end of winter, so the gas at least will drop substantially over the next few months.

Best thing to do is to read some energy efficiency advice and do what is applicable to you - thermostats, insulation, put more clothes on, etc. Also if you pay by monthly DD if you're not already doing so, and you'll pay the same amount each month, rather than the seasonal ups and downs.

Also wondered - if your heating is on, does it matter how many radiators are turned on?

I.e will the hot water be circulating around regardless so it makes no difference whether you heat the whole house or is it cheaper to heat only 1 room with central heating? I assumed it would be cheaper to heat only a small room but then had the thought that perhaps its the cost of actually heating the water to that temp and having it circulating round so perhaps it doesnt matter turning it on in other rooms, maybe its cheaper to have it "on" for a few hours everywhere than longer time but fewer rooms/radiators on?

@determinedtomakethiswork a 2 bed ground floor apartment
Gas heating, shower and hob
Electric oven
No dishwasher or tumble drier

About £10/day over winter, more when it was really freezing.

3 bed semi, some decent insulation but crap windows. 2 adults, 2 kids. Dishwasher on daily, washing machine most days, tumble drier 3-4 times a week. Share baths / don't shower every day (kids once or twice a week). Don't wash towels and bed sheets daily, or hoover every day like some MNers! Hoovering is surprisingly power hungry.

Also we have a woodburner which is used on really cold days or evenings, but not every day. I'm a SAHM and the days when then kids are in school/nursery I don't have the heating on for me, I get cold and wear layers. When I was WFH I did have the heating on, I couldn't sit still all day without it. But that was pre-smart meter so couldn't tell you a daily cost.

Mines about the same. 3 bed house. Quite drafty and wooden floors.

Hi, im in same boat, just bought my first home in Dec, on my own so had no idea what to expect from bills. Kept very close eye on my usage and cost, wrote all my units daily (old meter in cubic feet), I'm in 3 bed house end terrace, good insulation and windows - my gas is £320, heating on from 6pm when im back from work and off at 6am when i leave, that's daily, i tried keeping heating on less at night but it did not made a difference with how many units i used so i keep it 12 hour on and 12 hours off at the moment. Water only on for a few hours daily but i noticed no difference in units if i keep water on all day (i have heat only boiler with water tank at the loft). Also water tank seems to keep water hot for 48hours after turning it off. Electrics (smart meter) are £68, washer/dryer only on once a week and cooker/oven is electric but not much needed for one person cooking. My DD set up to £260, for now i keep same amount and will balance out the bill during summer month when heating not on.