Monthly cost for gas and electric

[anotherbrewplease]

I know this topic has been done to death as it were - but have just had recommended that we increase our monthly payments to £210 (had been at around £110 orginally and then increased to £140).

This is for a stone built 3 bedroom semi detached house. we have cut down A LOT on using the heating.

The council tax also been announced at £213 per month (over 10 months) urggh - maybe I just wanted to have a moan? I know it's the same or worse for mostly everyone. Oh apart from MPs who are getting an extra £2000 per year.

This time last year my 2 bed flat was £58 per month for both. Increased to £79, then to £100. now it is proposed to be £160 per month!! Shocking practically 3 x what it was a year ago :(

Our email came through today when our fix ends in May the current £375pm for gas and electric will be either £740per month on a new fix or stay on variable at £535pm!!!!

@anotherbrewplease I can't help with the gas and electric as Shell energy are useless and we haven't heard anything but regarding the council tax ours was similar and we called them and asked for it over 12 months.

Ive tried to ignore gas/electricity as we had to go onto a variable rate as initial provided ceased.

Faced it tonight. My £330pm is going up - I've no idea by how much. To go onto a years fixed rate will cost £650pm

We live in a 5 bed semi. 5 people plus we Airbnb the spare room to keep our heads above water.

I know we shouldnt have such a big house or had 3 children but we bought the house cheaply and spend years renovating. The third child was a surprise.

Major belt tightening plus overtime.

@Hisea we're shell too. Also not heard from them.

Mine is a fixed tariff, I've just had my quarterly duel fuel bill for dec-march and it was £280. It was cheaper last year but I did a fix at a higher rate. I have a 2 bed semi.

@anotherbrewplease that doesn’t sound outrageous for a detached 3bed. I’m in a 2bed flat and my bill for feb-JUST feb- was £240 for the month!! And we are pretty careful about turning off lights, chargers etc

Now that is outrageous, lord knows how much it’ll be at the end of April

Currently using around £120, expecting to use £240 or thereabouts in April when price cap doubles (on a smart meter so I can see exactly how much we use)
2 bed Victorian terrace, heating only on 2 hours a day

@makingmiracles - it isn't outrageous compared to some of the bills noted on here! It's a semi-detached house, and we have put the heating on in the evenings only - usually just for 2 hours or less. The croched blankets I did during lockdown are used every evening

I pay quarterly but was thinking of submitting meter readings each month and paying for what I use. Does anyone do this?

I don’t understand the difference in costs between fixed and variable tariffs. Looking at my personal quotes, and what I’ve seen on here… why is fixed more expensive?

@Annoy the fixes being offered now are generally more expensive than the current variable because it is very very likely that the price cap will go up again in October (substantially) and so the variable will increase a huge amount again. Any fix entered into now will cover that period too, so the current fix rate is very high.

[quote Shamoo]@Annoy the fixes being offered now are generally more expensive than the current variable because it is very very likely that the price cap will go up again in October (substantially) and so the variable will increase a huge amount again. Any fix entered into now will cover that period too, so the current fix rate is very high.[/quote]
I see, thank you

@Annoy

I don’t understand the difference in costs between fixed and variable tariffs. Looking at my personal quotes, and what I’ve seen on here… why is fixed more expensive?

Because the standard variable rate is capped so they can't charge any more than the prices set. Fixed rates aren't capped and can be any price