Gas & electric ! What do you pay ?

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Just that really ?
recently changed from pay as you go to direct debt as the supplier said it would be £58 a month every month only been with them one month now they say it will be £129 a month big difference ! what does every one else pay ?

58 sounds very low indeed, I pay around 90-100 for both. Poorly insulated old semi, no cavity walls

£75 a month (medium normal terrace), but I think that will go up slightly.

£85 pm currently - medium sized mid terrace, 3 bedrooms plus attic (open stairs)

Annual cost splits almost 50-50 between gas (combi boiler & hob) & electric (everything else) only electric is pretty much the same monthly all year round.

Which supplier is it, OP? This is a bad time of year really to switch to DD as there’s no time to build a bit of credit balance before the big bills start

£120 per month. 4 bed detached leaky old house. Would be more but we try not to put the heating on unless really needed. The kitchen and bathroom are freezing anyway and the whole house leaks like a sieve.

I have prepayment meters and use about 70
Electric and 20 gas (more in winter) for a 3 bed semi.

Your post is the very reason i refuse to change to monthly payment.

We pay £122 pm for both combined at the moment, but live in a big old Victorian House with high ceilings, several floors, and teenagers who can only function if connected up to 3 devices at once, and who take 20minute showers and don't know how to switch off electrical devices. Every single year when we change, the companies ask 'are you sure?' when I tell them our usage, as apparently 'that's very high'

£48 a month for a small 2 bed house .

£64 pm small two bed

Wow thinking I need to change. We pay £105 for a two bed semi

£35 the month just gone. £37 the one before. I am brutally tight with it though, not so much heat or eat as light or eat. Up to about £65 or £70 in winter. 3 bed terrace.

£120 for a 4 bed house with high ceilings. Ours went up a huge amount this year (an extra £30 a month) despite not putting heating on and only having showers. There are 3 of us.

We switched and have now fixed it at this price for 2 years...thankfully just before the prices all got hiked again.

It's ridiculous.

£140 a month - family of four, three bedroom new build (so very well insulated) detached house

I'm currently in the process of switching to Octopus for £104 fixed for 12 months. 3 bedroom detached house. Only me and DD live here. I was with Scottish Power at £111 a month. (Fixed until Jan 19).

I was in the process of switching to Bulb for £95 per month but as the switch was taking place I received an email from them telling me they were but there prices up and my direct debit would increase by £15 a month. They only offer a variable plan so I decided to move to Octopus to avoid any further hikes.

At the moment I pay approx £80 but in winter I reckon about £120-130? 4 bed semi

£120 per month, four beds, 10ft high ceilings, three big reception rooms.

I think it is reasonable, much less than in previous houses where we relied on oil and logs which cost twice as much over the year.

I am really enjoying the convenience of gas central heating!

Also cook a lot from scratch - oven is always on.

£50 a month, 2 adults, 1 baby, 2 bed terrace

Also, you don't have to pay what they suggest. I am with British Gas and i set my direct debit at what i know is roughly correct. It ends up being i underpaybin winter but overpay in summer cause wr don't use any gas so evens itself out over the year.

I'm with Bulb and pay £91 for gas & electric, we are in a 5bed house with 6 of us. Lots of electric & gas used.

You can tell them you won't be upping your direct debit, you will wait to see how much you bills actually are before making any adjustment.

For a three bed detached we pay £72 with edf

3 bed semi, £45 continuous direct debit all year round which evens itself out as most is used in winter. I set that amount myself as like to overpay a little, they reduced it to £5 a month last summer and we ended up being in arrears by several hundred come March.
£30 electricity on a prepayment meter. Looked at a normal meter but the saving was like 61 pence for the year so couldn’t be arsed to faff with changing and it’s nice to see exactly how much we use.

£45 a month for gas and electric in a small 2 bed end terrace (not well insulated).

It was £95 but N Power said that was underpaying so its now £130, they wanted to change it to £165 I just refused I dont live in a flaming mansion !

Yes, I tried the whole 'set my own DD limit', but when they hike their prices, the additional cost is unavoidable...we're not using any more than before (and I know, because I check our usage over the year) - it just costs more now.

Energy companies are well known for starting off with a low direct debit to get you to switch to them, so it's likely that, unless you live in a small, well insulated property, then £58 pm isn't enough.

But £129 does sound like quite a lot, but if you have the heating on high, have lots of high consumption appliances or lighting, have poor insulation or a large house, it could be right as the average for the whole of the UK is around £100 pm.

They have to guess how much you use and then how much that will cost to set the direct debit, but then it needs adjusting so your payments and usage keep up with each other.