Bills for new house

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My husband left me in December and we are looking to sell the house and buy a new property each. I need to work out affordability for bills and as my current house is much larger than what I'll be able to afford, plus we currently have an oil boiler, it's hard for me to guess.

Can anymore give me an idea on how much electricity and gas would be each month for a 2 or 3 for myself and teen daughter for bed Victorian terrace house.
Thank you.

I'm missing something here; what do you mean by a "2 or 3"

I think she mean 2/3 bedroom for her and her daughter

Really depends on the house and type heating system. Mid will be cheaper to heat than end.

Sorry, yes I meant a two or three bed house. I'm just after a ballpark figure. At the moment I'm paying £600 for oil every three months when it's cold weather, plus electric at around £350 a month, as I have a large four bedroom Victorian house.

My mum lives a two bed mid terrace house and is extremely frugal with her money, and she pays less than £50 for electric and £50 for gas. But she turns everything off and will sit in the cold.

I'm just trying to figure out how much I might need to spend. I know it's different for everyone, so just an idea would be great.

I've got a 3 bed, I used to pay £185 a month gas and electricity altogether, it's gone up to £250.
I wfh home a lot and I refuse to be cold in winter.
I'm in Yorkshire

It depends on a lot. Age and type of boiler. How well double glazed and insulated the house is. Mid or end terrace. Open plan or closed off. Whether you both run hot or cold or whether you work out of the house all day or from home.

But i'd say to budget 300 a month gas and electric combined. And with energy prices falling and managing your usage but not sitting
Freezing you could perhaps bring it down.

I think there are calculators online where you can specify your house type and the appliances you would run and how often and then it gives you a guestimate.

We are in 3 bed semi, built about 15 years ago so reasonably well insulated. Gas boiler.
Our direct debit for both gas and electricity is currently £128, but we are already in credit of about £400 (as in summer months). Autumn/winter heating is on thermostat set for 19C all day, 15C for the night. We don’t freeze.
I have yearly statements in front of me and we spent 1500 kWh electricity and 6000 kWh gas between May 2022 and May 2023.
It really does depend a lot on how well your house is insulated (and it’s worse in Victorian houses). If you can get modern-ish 2-3 bed bills will be significantly lower and you won’t have to freeze your arse off

Thank you to everyone that provided suggestions and figures. That's really helpful.

DH and I have a 2 bed Victorian terrace house.

We're with BG and have combi boiler, gas CH, gas hob and electric cooker. In winter use tumble dryer twice a week.

We pay BG by monthly variable DD, which means at the end of every month I submit meter readings online, then the money is taken the following month by DD.

Our most expensive months cost around £180 gas and £70 electricity, with CH being on all day 7am to 11pm set at 19 degrees, down to 15 at bedtime. We were not cold.

HTH but of course it varies house to house depending on many factors.