How you all getting on with cost of living crisis?
Energy bills, Im a low user, only pay £75 a month direct debit year round. Got efficient fridge freezer, use eco wash mode on washing machine at 20c, only heat one room in winter, and sometimes the bedroom when very cold. Rest of house gets to same temp as outside in winter. Use water saving shower head to reduce energy usage for shower. Turned boiler temp down and added draft excluders, got low energy lights and house is EPC rating C, not too badly insulated.
Cancelled TV licence. TV is crap anyway
Its the mortgage that worries me, fix ends in 2025 costs will jump loads. Had to take a 35 year mortgage so cant extend to afford house and Id otherwise be stuck in renting.
Council tax band B
Have cheap broadband. Have a cheap runaround car with low insurance rating and not too bad on fuel.
Been bulk buying food and using asda just essentials but food costs are a bit crippling
Havent been on a holiday abroad in 12 years too expensive
And yet despite doing everything on the Money saving expert site I feel I do everything I dont have much money left for anything fun since the start of the cost of living crisis and it sucks.
Yay inflation is nearing 2% but I still cant afford to do anything our government can fuck off.