Gas and electricity costs

[LivelyGoldWriter]

What does everyone else pay per month for gas and electric?

Surely the better question is what’s your price per kWh? It’s not comparable if one poster lives in a passive house with solar panels and two adults, someone else lives in a flat with five kids and works from home, and a third person has a Victorian terrace with huge ceilings, is it?!

How long is a piece of string? A ‘typical’ property spends £1,738 per year, which is an average of £145 per month.

£50 - £80 depending on what the weather is like and if I am travelling with work. Two-bed flat, I live alone.

£2k per year mate. Not even kidding. Moved into an old 3-bed cottage 3 years ago. Changed the windows, added insulation, installed air to air heat pumps, EV charge point. New kitchen with better more efficient appliances. We’re on LPG but the heat pumps take most of the load for heating (and are WAY more effective than radiators) so it’s just for hot water. Don’t anticipate needing more than 2 top ups a year of LPG. Still, bloody crippling us with these cold winters (minus 6 over the weekend when everyone is home FFS). We’re thinking of moving to a cheaper to run home even though it’s a lovely house in a beautiful forest setting. Just want to see more of my wage, start properly saving for the kids and go on holiday. Really swithering on whether to stay or go, maybe sell some of the land? To stay long term we’d need Solar panels but they are so unaffordable just now. We’ve debt to pay off from the renovation too.

I pay for what I use each month by direct debit with Octopus. My bill this month is £221 (10 Dec to 10 Jan) for both gas and elec, which I don't think is bad considering the temps we've had. Don't have to worry about the amount we use, although we are more mindful now due to not wanting to waste resources. A summer bill is approximately £80. 2 adults, 2 bed semi.

Semi detached 4 bedroom with 3 adults 3 children and our combined bill is £120 a month.

An astonishingly high amount!

Just under £200 a month for a one bed flat currently. It is electricity only though.

No gas. One person.

2 bed flat. Last 30 days £35.20 electric £16 gas

1 bed house Dec bill was £71 for gas & electricity

What sort of heaters do you have?

£4k a year. 5 bed semi, 5 people, 2 bathrooms, gas boiler, central heating/hob, EV.

It's painful. And the water bill has gone up to over £75 a month.

2.5k a year. Just two of us in a three-bed house, but with no external wall insulation (not possible as 1960s terrace) and working from home. Only heat the house to 16-17 degrees though. Depressing.

£160 per month direct debit for a small 3 bed semi with storage heaters.

I was payg which I was paying £10 a day but only changed last week.

I've just checked and I used £250 of energy in December, small 3 bed house.

It averages out to a £160 DD a month, I'm in credit though.

250 a month..2 disabled people one always cold on warfrin! We refuse to be cold at home and cut back on other things. 3 bed semi!

Electric radiators.

Plus one oil heater to add to heat (as in one room the electric radiator is not powerful enough.)

I do have the heat comparatively high though.

With fleece joggers and a hoodie I can just about manage with 25.5C.

And my fingers are still cold. I am very sensitive to cold!

Same. I cut back on other stuff. It still annoys me that I have to wear a hoodie in the house. Madness!

Ah, that’s your answer, unfortunately. Electricity is, by far, the most expensive way to heat a property, unless you have storage heaters or a heat pump.

It’s gone up 50% since I moved in a year ago it’s depressing to think about

Plus all the other variables (affordability, preferred temperature etc etc). Also people quote their DD amount which doesn't necessarily match up well with the amount they use, quite often too much or two little).

As a 'numbers' person I find it strange how MN seems to love comparing poorly defined numbers with people in completely different situations to themselves. What does it achieve?

Oh yes - I know. I said I was electric only it’s just very annoying! More me having a rant than being confused.

I know gas is more harmful to the environment but I have never wished more for gas central heating in my life!

A heat pump would do the same job as GCH, with similar running costs. Of course the installation costs are somewhat higher.

3 bed linked detached
£113 a month combined gas and electiricity combi boiler.
Just 2 adults

2 people, small 2 bed bungalow on pre-pay meters for both gas and electric. £80 on each and always have credit left over at the end of the month.

Electric radiators here. Way too fucking expensive