To shamefully ask how much you pay for gas and electricity

[parsnipandpotato]

As the title suggests..

I have an average sized 2 bed house.

British Gas, for gas and electricity used to be charging us £65 per month but suddenly my direct debit the last two months is now £98 per month.

This seems extortionate.

We have the house set to 18/19 degrees and often turn up to 20 if it's particularly cold.

Am I paying the norm or is this overpriced?

We are with Pure Power and pay £90 in the winter & £55 in the summer. It's fairly new to us but we aren't in debit yet.

I pay £145 a math I'm in a 3 bed semi with no gas supply.(but I do have 3 teenagers 😁)

Most calculators allow around £40 each per month for gas and electricity for that size of property.

We have a 5 bed and pay £72 per month (although we're out all day 4 days per week and consider 18° normal temperature). Can't remember supplier though, will ask DH.

2 bed modern house in Hampshire, live alone. £48 per month with Scottish Power.

Three bed Victorian end of terrace
Original windows so draughty
£98 a month for Electricity and Gas combined

We have a 4 bed detached, there is 6 of us plus 2 pets which have heat lamps and pay £92 for both with British Gas.
Though I have had the heating on a lot for the last month so fully expecting it to go up quite a bit. We normally have heating set at 18 during day and 14 at night.

I think there has been a recent hike in prices. I pay £70 a month for electric and average another £70 or so in oil. No gas in my rural are unfortunately.

Ours is about 120£ month in winter, but I’m home most days and my OH had the heating up really high (and sits in a bloody t shirt grrr). We use the washing machine loads. We’re on a slightly more expensive green tariff too. So yours doesn’t sound too expensive to me unless you are hardly at home.

£443 a month. Do I win?

A comparison site is your best bet. If you have your most recent annual summary it will be pretty accurate too.

FWIW I pay £50 per month combined and I live in a small two bed house. I have the fire or heating on if I'm cold (anything below 20ish), but because there's just me nothing is switched on while I'm at work or overnight (except the fridge and freezer).

I'm with sse hydro, they recently out mine up. Altogether I'm £124 a month. Probably should be more but evens out in the summer. We live in a 2 bed ground floor 4 in a block.

Ours is £80 for gas & elec. 3 bed detached, 2 adults, 1 child. Heating is.usually on 18/19 evenings & weekends, 16 other times.

I work from home though.

Blimey fevertree

There is a new service that checks for you periodically & switches you that was on Dragons Den

I looked at it but they said my current deal was fine.

No gas, electricity only. We pay £39 for a one bedroom flat.

I pay £90 a month to hardly ever put the heating on because it costs a penny a minute (an hour a day works out around £18), and run a tumble dryer once or twice a week. Its a 3 bed semi. Obvs we shower, cook and use lights etc. If we don't shower palms don't put the heating on and get a takeaway, the smart meter usually says about £1:50 by the end of the day. Which means a cheap month is still about £50-£60.

Blimey fevertree

Gas aga and 2 boilers.

£90 a month dual fuel DD for a 90m2 3 bed terrace.
Someone’s at home probably 1/2 the time in the week and we keep it fairly cool, 17/18*

Also it’s in the North of Scotland

2 bed flat

£99 a month for both Electricity and Gas combined. We only have the heating on twice a day for an hour. Judging by these responses, I'd better start looking at better deals

Mines about £80 per month for gas in the winter (can be more if its really cold) and £30-£40 in the summer.
£40 per month for electric in the winter but probably around £30 a week in summer due to using less lighting, eating cold food so not using the cooker as much and being out more.

Gas is so much in the winter because my house is freezing unless I have the heating on quite high and I hate being cold. Its only a two bed house too 😳

4 bed semi, £82 a.month for gas and electricity. We're in credit. Heating off at night. On when we're in in the daytime say half the day and all during the evening.

Thanks Fevertree you made me feel much better about my £250 a month (5 bed Victorian semi with gas aga).

£50 electric and £90 oil, 3 bed poorly insulated old house, no double glazing and no gas in our rural location.