Exceptionally high energy bills. Anyone else?

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We moved into our new home last summer. It's a 3 bed semi detached, but quite large (1500sqft).

We've got 2 babies and so we have the heating on quite a lot so their rooms aren't freezing overnight. We're also constantly washing clothes and the tumble dryer is used daily. We are home during the day as I'm on maternity leave.

Our bill this month for heating and electricity is £440. Gulp. Is anyone else paying this much? We're with Octopus and on the best rate for us.

The vast majority of the bill is gas. I'm sure there are some things I can do to bring the electric bill down a bit - but very little I can do with gas as we need to keep the house warm. Just curious what others are paying?

My house does not get to cold around 17 on the ground floor . The other floors seem to be around 19. Normally have a dressing gown/jumper or blanket now and then. I can't afford to have heating on. But its not overly bad .

In the month of December I spent £70 on electricity and £150 on gas. 3 bed semi, 3 of us at home as dd was back from Uni. I also had 2 weeks A/L so was in a lot more than usual.

I think the difference is, we don’t have the heating on continuously, and I’ve never had it on at night, even when the kids were babies. We do use the tumble dryer, but I hang out whenever I can, got 2 loads almost dry today.

4-bed four people two at home all the time it’s a 100yr old house but gas and electric I was £200 last month with octopus I was worried it was high as average is £140. Heating on 2hours in morning and 3-4hrs at night we use hot water bottles and winter duvets everyone’s fine. It sounds really high use to be double that? We don’t have a tumble dryer as I hang out side or on a airer as space to do so. But I’m also washing sports kit everyday due to high level of training. Themostate average 18-19c

5 bed detached, 3000 sq ft, Edwardian house. We paid £450 last month.
That’s with us running the heating all day: 19c during the day, 15c overnight.
4 adults and 2 electric cars.

December £130, which is high for us. It was frequently below zero. Most of that was gas,we have solar panels. We bank a lot of extra money from this in the summer.
Heating on roughly 7am to 9pm, around 18c. Didn't even have either central heating or heating in the bedrooms or overnight when the kids were babies.Also with octopus. I have economy 7,so I do as much as I can during the cheap rate. Detached 2 bedroom bungalow. We're retired,so home a lot,we had new doors, window, solar panels, cavity wall insulation and thick loft insulation all done while we were working to future proof.

I think that could be much worse in another home. My home sinks like a stone without heating. If we leave the heating off - when we go away - it can drop to 11c in just a few days. But we're in the N.E and we only ocillate between bloody cold and fucking freezing in January.

Largish house, cold January, sensibly keeping house at reasonable temperature, your bill doesn't seem outrageous at all.

Oh ok I overlooked that.