How much do you pay a month for your gas and electric?

Col_Decker

Yes Mrs. D does love our tumble dryer too, though to be fair you need it on a wash day when the weather is bad. Its either that or put the heating on and use the rads ... not sure which is cheaper.

 

Its very distressing to see the BG Smart Meter alarm out as 'daily budget used' at 10am though.

Axe_meister

If your heating is gas then drying the washing using the heating will be cheaper but will take a lot longer and for some reason makes everything go stiff, plus you'll have a lot of extra moisture in the air.

VimFuego

we have a large airing cupboard/boiler room, so it's always warm in there even without the heating on and it's plenty big enough for a couple of airers.

mike257

We're hitting £200/mth combined.  Me and the missus, two daughters (10 & 16) and two toddlers in a three bed semi.  That's three women constantly charging gadgets, showering, hairdyering and straightening, kids always sticking the telly on (and forgetting to turn it off) and six peoples worth of washing machine, tumble dryer and cooking.  Not helped by the electric pump our landlord fitted to drive the shower as the water pressure is non-existent without it.  I get grief for not having the heating on all the time but it's me that pays the bills (she pays the rent) so it's easy for them to say.  Christmas jumpers for everyone this year!

JAYJO

Danny1969 said:

About £180 a month for both which pains me being a tight arse skint musician 

The things you gotta watch leccy wise are the oven,washing machine, tumble dryer, and then you got hair dryers, hair  straighteners, irons etc. One trick I'm thinking off  nowdays is to use a Halogen oven when poss, you can roast a chicken quicker and a lot cheaper in one : 

Clicky 

The cheapest option would be to have a Trampy bald headed minty bird who only eats fruit!

musicegbdf

Axe_meister said:

Ovo seems to always come out on top as the cheapest

Check they have screwed up ! I know OVO have screwed up my bills and now asking for it back. I know they still have not got it right as they have not charged me for electricity for 3 months , but my account is frozen so I can't get it back until they sort the screw up out. I am £800 in credit and guess only owe them about £300 . Currently paying £156 a month , but it has been a mild autumn.

I have a wife and two daughters at home. the wife seem to think the house has to have the heating on and the windows open so we get "fresh air" , So I am heating most of the street outside ! If I complain I am a grump. Council tax is £220 a month so feel I am allowed to be grumpy.

It is odd as I earn a good above average salary , but don't really have money for myself, and in my late 50's still in a fair amount of debt... Should have stayed single  :-)

Flink_Poyd

I'm with First Utility and pay average £80 a month, good thing with them is it's a monthly meter reading which means none of this credit/debt nonsense. If a massive energy company want me to be in credit with them either pay me interest on the money I'm loaning them or bugger right off.

Stevepage

£75 at the moment. It was £56 but turns out we use more than what npower forecasted I think. We've changed our habits with heating and electric so hopefully our bill will go down when they review us in January

musicegbdf

Flink_Poyd;424573" said:

I'm with First Utility and pay average £80 a month, good thing with them is it's a monthly meter reading which means none of this credit/debt nonsense. If a massive energy company want me to be in credit with them either pay me interest on the money I'm loaning them or bugger right off.

So is OVO , but does not mean they have not screwed up. ...

chillidoggy

I do my level best to reduce my direct debit bills so that I owe the utility company money. When they phone up to tell to me increase the payments, I refuse, and tell them to reduce the payment instead, and if they don't like it, I'll switch. I end up being in the red, but it does at least give me a warm glow inside knowing that I'm doing my bit to stop the bastards making more money in interest.

Hootsmon

room and kitchen....as they call them. (4 in a block flat) £66 per month

AlbionLass

£32 per month gas. £65 per month leccy. 

Hootsmon

hootsmon said:

room and kitchen....as they call them. (4 in a block flat) £66 per month

wait a mo....just checked....it's ninety two fuckin' quid for a room and fuckin' kitchen

*holds heart and sits back in chair*

Sambostar

What I don't get is, now I understand you are all musicians and such, but seriously, how hard is it to send in a meter reading and work your bills out and do it all online.  Once you have been in a a place a year, you have it down.  Seems a lot of intelligent people with their heads completely in the sand.  You can work out your own direct debits to meet your annual cost once you have been their a year.

holnrew

Not much. Less than £45 a month right now for both at a rough guess. I'm on prepayment, so could save more if I switch at some point. I did spend a tenner on a big fleecy blanket today, to save on heating. I resent spending money on gas.

jellyroll

Sambostar said:

What I don't get is, now I understand you are all musicians and such, but seriously, how hard is it to send in a meter reading and work your bills out and do it all online.  Once you have been in a a place a year, you have it down.  Seems a lot of intelligent people with their heads completely in the sand.  You can work out your own direct debits to meet your annual cost once you have been their a year.

Because the customer doesn't set the DD amount, the energy supplier does. 

AlbionLass

jellyroll said:

Sambostar said:

What I don't get is, now I understand you are all musicians and such, but seriously, how hard is it to send in a meter reading and work your bills out and do it all online.  Once you have been in a a place a year, you have it down.  Seems a lot of intelligent people with their heads completely in the sand.  You can work out your own direct debits to meet your annual cost once you have been their a year.

Because the customer doesn't set the DD amount, the energy supplier does. 

Not always, I can choose my own DD amount on the BG website, the site advises whether the amount you select will leave you in debt or credit by the end of the year but you have leeway to choose your own amount.

Sambostar

When I started they let me choose a random number.

Nitefly

£89 per month for both fuels in a 3-bed semi-detached, with GCH, double glazed and cavity wall insulation.  Just this month had a new combi boiler installed so I'm expecting it to drop compared to last year.  

Our Maud works for E.on so we don't really have a choice - that said, they're all much of a muchness...

jonnyburgo

We got a Worcester Bosch combi boiler last year, excellent boiler, we put up with a really shitty one for 7 years year that was absolute crap, could barely fill a bath, the water pressure was terrible. Wasnt cheap at around £1200 but deffo worth it.