Energy bills - how much do you pay?

[serena1988]

So electricity and gas.
We pay £245 for a 2 bed house for two people and a 2 year old. Seems a bit too much hence asking. Done a bit of insulation in the house but not a new built.

Just put mine up from 150 to 170. 5 bed house, 4 of us in it.

Thanks all for your comments.
Of course I understand it depends on usage 😂 I just wanted to know roughly how much people spend in similar circumstances. Have to admit we both like the house toasty and it’s usually set up at 22C and the toddler’s room gets really cold at night if we turn the heating off so since having her we keep it at 18C at night which doesn’t help - used to be off all night previously. May try to lower the thermostat to 20C and see if we are happy with that.

OMG, you don't want to know :(

No gas here, we are on the oil, and four fills a year can be as much as £3k a year - world markets - but can go as low as £1800 - cheapest Ive paid in 20 years is 55p a litre, most Ive paid is £1.20

Electricity for cooking and everything else - £1500 a year

Coal/logs - to boost the heat - £200/£500 a year

Luckily the big storm has left trees down everywhere so we won't be paying for logs for the next 5 years

5 bedroom detached house in a wind tunnel , with an elderly parent at home sat in a chair all day

🙄 Jeez!

If you want her room to be cosy put an energy efficient heater in there. We did this during lockdown for my husband when working from home. No way we’re we heating the whole house just for one room, plus no compensation from his company for using extra utilities.

My recent leccy and gas bill was £135. 4 bed detached, I’m home all day, 1960’s build. In the coldest months I do layer up, I only put the heating on when I’m cold, not on a low temperature all day. That’s like keeping the engine running on a car constantly, it’s an expensive way to heat the house.

Have to admit we both like the house toasty and it’s usually set up at 22C and the toddler’s room gets really cold at night if we turn the heating off so since having her we keep it at 18C at night

that’s why you’re paying a fortune!

we are with octopus. £150 a month. 4 bed semi. That also includes the cost of running an electric car.

£336 -electric and gas - 4 bed stone Victorian semi - H wfh and has a lot of gear on all the time for work - we also have a vast expanse of UFH downstairs in kitchen hall and conservatory ( and electric- not the efficient kind) I keep it off as much as possible but need it for 6 months a year for a few hours in evening as it’s open to lounge in conservatory. Rented home( nice one) so I can’t change it - if I left the UFH on all the time we get £600 a month bills!! Didn’t realise when we first moved in that it was so costly - ended up really huge amounts in minus- lesson learnt -

I just moved my dm from British gas (gas and electricity) standard tariff to fixed. She was on £2.3k year, was going to rise to £2.5k year in Apr. Now it's £2.1k year. Everyone is currently advised to secure a fixed rate deal

Around the £100 per month mark (I pay for actual useage rather than DD). All electric (no gas in our village) tiny two bed mid-terrace cottage, very thick walls and no heating upstairs. Rarely run the heating (use the logburner instead), immersion tank only used once or twice a month. Electric shower on twice a day, washing machine used once a week, hob and cooker maybe twice a week.

I live alone and have no idea how I'm using so much electricity! Scottish Power.

OP, it's said that for every 1 degree you increase the temperature of your heating, it adds 10% to your bill.

I have absolutely nothing to support that, other than that I've heard it time and time again.

The recommended temp for bedrooms is 18 degrees and 21 degrees for living areas.

Theoretically, if you turn your thermostat down to 20 degrees, you'll knock £48 off your bill.

Are they on timers, therefore coming on and off during the times you're not there?

Mine varies between £80 and £400 monthly depending if winter or summer . OVO

£158 per month for small 3 bed semi (old and not well insulated) with three of us here mostly. Someone is always wfh. We have heating on a lot.

Family of 4, 4 bed, £150 a month

£111 a month for gas and electric with octopus for 4 bed detached 1920s one adult WFH and 2 teens.
Some of the bills on here are 😱

£115 a month with Octopus for a 3 bed semi, 1 adult and 2 kids

£118 for both. In a 3 bed terrace. Just me home all day. That is with British gas. I have not long taken over the bill and was told to see what my usage is for a couple of months before I reduce payments.
My mum sorted it out for me because when I tried, they wanted to charge me £247pm. Said it was the only tariff available for my address. I was just going to roll over and accept it.

£150 combined Scottish power for 4 bed detached (2 adults and baby)

Two bed flat, me (wfh 3 days office 2) and husband (wfh one, in office 4 days). We have electric but also have another metered system for hot water, heating and cooling. Around £40ish for electricity and the other system £20-25.

To be honest I don't actually know how much I'm paying. I just provide the electricity reading in the app and the other heating/cooling meter is read by the company and I have both set up on direct debit.

£165 for both with Octopus by DD, but account is always in credit each month. Two bed terrace, 4 people. Use more heat due to health conditions.

£145 a month at the moment for two adults who WFH, in a 3 bed link detached house. That's a bit high due to building a bit of debt over winter. I will put it down next month as we'll be in credit going into summer.

My gas has just gone up. So now £150/month for three bed Victorian terrace in London (was £110 til a month ago). Two adults. I use my gas fire a lot.

Ours is well high then compared to what im reading.
3 bed semi, 1960s build.
£240 / month gas & electric

Last month we paid £245 for both gas and electric. 4 bed house, 2 adults working from home and 2 kids. Heating not on at night. Also with Octopus.

Yours sounds correct

that is 3x what i pay for a 3 bed. Are you on tracker - if not, get moved to it sharpish? immersion on all day? something is using an awful lot of power for either heating water or the home probably.