If you have a large drafty Victorian house with gas heating and oven, what is your monthly gas payment?

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I'd really like to hear some other people's comparisons, as our monthly gas spend is pretty eyewatering, despite (a) switching suppliers regularly and (b) being quite mean with the central heating.

Thanks!

Vict mid-terrace, 2-storey plus attic with uninsulated roof, monthly payment 50 GBP - last year we got a rebate at the end but this year we owe them, so I think it will be going up 10% or so.

Drafty as hell , we are on the top two floors in a terraced Georgian conversion. (some would call it a flat I call it our house, haha)

Our downstairs neighbour has ground floor and basement and has an open fireplace which really warms our place up.

We have a new boiler but old school radiators , gas hob and oven and it's about £105 per month. I don't do direct debits anymore, I insist on bills. They are very sneaky with overcharging.

Oh, our oven isn't gas but the hob is. And the boiler is v old.

What are casement windows expat?

In September we had our front and side box sashes overhauled and draught proofed and our Victorian semi is SO much warmer, it's amazing.

I love our neighbours fire, it's underfloor heating without the ponce.

the old-style ones, Devil. that weigh a ton, literally. some call them sash windows.

they're pretty, but they suck because they're drafty as hell.

(and they fall on your hand and make you scream and your thumbnail drops off)

Our Victorian terrace - 3 floors with large conservatory on the back of the house is £130 a month.

We have gas heating and stove but electric oven.

Ours is £50 or £60 a month, and electricity similar. For draughty old house with lots of big windows. We cut electricity usage down by 30% on last year by using one of those little home meter readers, and we cut the gas usage a lot by getting a new boiler and more double glazing and insulation.

Oh yes we have sash windows, I hate them. They look very lovely but are a nightmare.

A couple of months ago one dropped (the pulleys had ripped) and it smashed. It cost a small fortune for repair.

the rope that holds them up goes all rotten and mouldy and makes it hard to get the window open and keep it open.

PITA windows.

Yep, in summer mine are propped open with kitchen bits, folded magazines, whatever's to hand.

I detest double glazed pvu but oh the ease.

You can get new double-glazed sash windows but they are pricey. We have them on four of back windows but couldn't afford to get the whole house done.

In our draghty victorian house we put carpets on the ground floor (not nec the height of fashion but works wonders if you don't have a cellar underneath), switched from open fire to a wood burner and installed draughtproofing in the sash window. The house is almost toasty now...and saved us £25 per month already!

they are pricey indeed.

the landlord was given a quote for this house that was about £12,000 for the double-glazing.

We have a 3 storey place with a large 3 chamber cellar. Our quarterly combined bill for last winter was £900 odd. We are very nervous about putting the central heating on and are freezing

Three storey Victorian concrete semi - 2 feet thick exterior walls. Have to limit time on mumsnet or my hands turn blue and drop off . Gas heating and cooking £107 a month, electricity £76, heating only on for two hours in the morning and five in the evening. Sash windows need a lot of work but can't find anyone to do it for a reasonable price. Also have an open fire (waste of money) and a woodburner (fantastic) and spend about £150 a year on logs.