Your gas and electric - how much?

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I moved to a 3 bed terrace last year. Band B council tax. We started at £99 month for gas and electric but I fell behind. Now we’re on £149 but I’m still cold, often.
How much does it cosy to keep a cosy home? I’m living under sofa blankets here.

Utility Warehouse is an MLM so I would steer clear of them, they are very overpriced to factor in the commissions they give people for selling it on to their friends. Internet tends to be very poor as well.

We are 3 bed period semi average about £40-50 per month across the year but it’s less in the summer more in the winter. We are with Octopus currently and found them good. We are careful with the heating but not martyrs either. I would say insulation makes the world of difference. No tumble drier but a lot of (DH’s) tech/gadgets.

£146 a month, there is someone in most days as DS is cared for by grandparents at our house while we are at work and the thermostat is on 22-23 degrees, 24 hours a day, we also do at least two loads of laundry a day and user the tumble dryer 4/5 times a week. Edwardian 3 bed semi fairly open plan downstairs so can get chilly if heating isn't on. We lagged the loft with really good lagging and it's been excellent. I won't sit with cold hands and feet under a blanket in my own home.

£150 a month, 3 bed mid terrace. The majority of it is gas, being winter and the heating is on all day. It is significantly cheaper during summer!

Also I forgot to say ours is rural so our electricity costs also includes running the pump for our water system. Our house is highly insulated and is A rated. I could lower it by turning down the thermostat a tad I suppose.

3 bed terrace, tech heavy house. we pay £80 per month yeas round and are in credit.
Heating is on 19.5 degrees 5:00 am to 9:00 pm, 17 degrees during the night.

To add, our thermostat is in the coldest spot of the house, the rooms (except the bedrooms) are at about 21 degrees, bedrooms around 19

I think ours can go beyond £200 in the winter, which seems the norm for people we know. Obviously in the summer it's much lower. We do have the heating set to 23 degrees though.

I couldn’t imagine my house being 23 degrees plus all day. I would overheat, not to even think of the environmental impacts. That’s quite shocked me.

We live in a four bed mid-terrace (converted attic) - so three floors to heat. Combined file bill from OVO is £79 a month for two people and we are currently £330 ish in credit which means the actual bill is much lower. At the moment we have the central heating on most of the time and I work a lot from home so PC etc is mostly on all day. Summer time is the opposite though and the gas is rarely used apart from to heat water for hand washing the dishes.

Forgot to mention that we get a £5 a month discount for doing own online readings. We also get 3% interest on outstanding credit which is nice.

We pay £150 for a 30s style detached house (gas and electric combined) However ,you say you have fallen behind previously ,this will make a difference I think ,as most companies will increase your monthly payments to reflect this . You will not be able to shop around until this is cleared .

Also if you have an old style boiler this will be expensive to run . Do you have enough lagging in the loft ? Sometimes some foil behind radiators can deflect heat back into the room as well .Look online for tips as well .

The loft is an extra bedroom so I’m not sure how good the insulation is up there. I know the heating system isn’t great because we don’t have room thermostats or anything like that.
Interesting that it seems high to everyone else - that’s what I thought.
I might look at having someone out to see what needs doing to make it more efficient - warm front type survey.
It’s the gas that’s high, although electric will go down when it stops raining long enough to dry the washing outside.

£130 old 5 bed detached, solid wall and no insulation. Yes it's cold but that's why they invented jumpers, blankets and 15 tog duvets! Moving to a modern house, it will be bliss!

like everyone else who asks this question, you need to run a comparison looking at unit COSTS and standing charge COSTS, not what the direct debit is set at. No-one ever does but that's what you need to do. Then consider a supplier change and/or a fix - 60% are on the expensive standard tariff although that does support the rest of us.

and yes, insulation, shutting doors, decent curtains (not silly lacy semi-transparent jobs), etc.

23 degrees, 24 hours a day!! , I'd be sweating like a pig, especially at night, how can you bear that

3 bed terrace . Cold house with 30 year old boiler . £95 a month dual fuel with Octopus Energy

£91 for the gas and electric combined. I live in a large 3 double bed semi. Council tax band D if that makes any difference. I refuse to be cold and the heating is on most days. I find closing the curtains and doors helps to keep the heat in.

£50 a month. Less in summer, we usually get a rebate at the end of the year. We don’t have a tumble dryer but heating on whenever it’s cold, dishwasher, etc. 3 bed semi but its a newish build so holds heat well. Some of these bills 😱

3 bed detached. £60 pm for both although I probably heat bedrooms less than most people would.

We're rural so use bulk LPG, which is £200 a month and we often have to top the account up. That's with a new combi boiler. Electric is £150 a month, so combined it's £350 a month.

That's a large 4 bed detached, with new loft insulation and cavity walls done too.

3 bed semi detached townhouse.

I've just switched to Bulb and am paying £78 per month. I used a previous years readings (so actual data rather than an estimate) to get quoted that amount.

Heating isn't on too much as we're well insulated but I do use a tumble dryer and dishwasher.

3 bed semi, £85 a month with octopus. We are £100 in credit at the moment.

About £120 per month in the winter, £70 per month in the summer. All electric, there's no gas where I live

like everyone else who asks this question, you need to run a comparison looking at unit COSTS and standing charge COSTS, not what the direct debit is set at

A person after my own heart, it's crazy how people don't understand their utility costs. It's nearly as crazy as saying I spend £100 a week on my shopping, as I spending too much, how much do you spend? Total waste of time.

Even if everyone spends the same as you OP you still might be paying too much, why would you assume other people have the best deals? They might also be paying too much, as @mencken says far too many people are on the standard tariffs, get on the comparison sites.