gas and electricity bills

[babalicious]

I live in a 3 bedroom 1928 terrace no loft insulation, double glazed, central heating in 7 rooms, and just a gas cooker, washing machine and dryer on about 5 days out of 7, then just the normal usage. I am paying £100 a month for both utilities,does this sound ok, too expensive etc? thank you for you comments

[redman41]

If you put Insulation in your Loft you should be able to save money by turning your Heating down. £100 Month is a little pricey !

[Manwithnoname]

Yes Red that is pricey but for Bab & the rest of us its gonna get more expensive as these parasites pick us off once again

[Catapa]

What you pay also dependes on the price per unit charged by your electricity supplier. What is your consumption in kw/h? Living in a four bed with a family of four and working from home, our gas consumption stays below 6,000 kw/h per person per year.

Our electricity consumption is now 1191 kw/h per person per year (down from 1503 kw/h per person two years earlier). We have replaced all exterior security lights with solar LEDs, all interior with energy saving light bulbs (mostly LED) and all electrical appliances we have bought in the past three years had a triple A rating. We also switch off all standby devices when not use...

Cycling has brought down our annual car milage to below 6,000 miles for the whole family (i.e. 1500 miles per head), many of these 6,000 when travalling to and through Italy by car.

[Old_Geezer]

My memory isn't my best feature but that seems about right to me. Dearer during the cold season, cheaper during the warm.

[craft1948]

Seems about right to me considering the lack of insulation and the frequent usage of the dryer.

[babalicious]

thank you, the reason i ask is my neighbour has recently been investigated by utility company for dodging electric, so was worrying if they had tapped into ours and were stealing it some how. thanks again

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Bab...get the loft done before the winter. at least 300mm..its the most cost effective way to save money

[Old_Geezer]

The most cost effective way is to tap into your neigbour's supply ;-)

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Nice one OG....or move in with the neigbours