Utility Bills

Cut back on other things rather than your heating, please.

Third attempt!

Goodness annsixty I hope your bill isn’t right and that it’s just based on an estimated reading. However, I’m wondering about the size of your house and how often and for how long you use your heating? When I posted that my smart meter was showing £12 plus after my DD‘s left on Saturday, I went around and put the additional radiators off. I was working out that if that was a regular occurrence, my energy charged would be at least £90 a week - morphing into around £1200 for a (13 week) quarter!
That’s terrifying - my £150 monthly payment wouldn’t even cover a fortnight!

Poppyred:

'The £500 fuel allowance and the £66 every month for 6 months will cover it this winter, not sure why pensioners are not using these subsidies to heat their homes.'

What about all those pensioners who were just about managing - before the cost of living crisis? If they use it to heat their homes, how can they afford their shopping?

I live in a 3 bedroom bungalow, and don’t turn the radiators off in any room when the heating is on. I don’t have the heating on during the day if I can possibly help it, and never in the night.

But in the evenings, all the rooms are used, I watch tv in one of the bedrooms while DH is in the sitting room, the bathroom needs to be warm, our bedroom also.

Can’t help thinking that if certain rooms are never heated, you’ll end up with damp in them.

25Avalon

Annsixty that seems awfully steep to me. Do you live in a mansion? Was it an actual reading or an estimate?

She did say that was the bill for the quarter, not the month?

Calendargirl

I live in a 3 bedroom bungalow, and don’t turn the radiators off in any room when the heating is on. I don’t have the heating on during the day if I can possibly help it, and never in the night.

But in the evenings, all the rooms are used, I watch tv in one of the bedrooms while DH is in the sitting room, the bathroom needs to be warm, our bedroom also.

Can’t help thinking that if certain rooms are never heated, you’ll end up with damp in them.

I agree. I am living alone in a 3 bed bungalow too, but leave all radiators on in rooms to prevent damp. The cost of sorting out a damp property is not just financial it's also bad for your health. I have only a tiny 14k p a income but worry about the impact on your health by living in a damp property. My savings are almost depleted now but my health is far more important than money

The electric charge was a reading, the gas was estimated.
My S went into the garage today and the current reading was just slightly than the estimated one from 2 weeks ago.
The standing charge is now over 65p up from 44p.
I do have a four bedroomed house with large rooms downstairs but only two bedrooms are heated and the thermostat is kept low until evening.
I do intend using all of the £1000 gifted to me and hope to manage.