Advice re Electric Heating

diddy_tong

Hi - I'm looking for some advice. My wife and I currently live in a 2-bed 2nd (top) floor flat. We have a combi boiler for GCH & hot water. Current bills are pretty good IMO - we pay on average under £20 pm for gas and £30 for electric. Flat has double glazing.

We are having twins in Jan so looking for a new place to rent. We have found one we like - 3 bedrooms, slightly larger rooms etc. It is a masionette (1st and 2nd floor) in a 3 storey terraced house. Does not have double-glazing.

It is quite cheap (relative to size) because it is quite basic. In particular it has no central heating! Only plug-in heaters, plus hot water immersion tank.

I know that this is the most expensive way to heat a home. However, the rent is £50 per month cheaper than most other places we have been looking at plus it is bigger (all others were 2 beds - but slightly bigger than we have now).

My question is - is the £50 a month we save on rent (taking total for electric to £100) likely to cover the increase in heating bills we will recieve, or will it likely be far higher than this?

Secondly given that we will have two small babies, will plug-in heaters sufficiently be able to heat the place, or is likely to always be a losing battle to keep warm - a big deal with little ones?

EDIT: For clarification - I'm aware that my bills will be higher anyway due to the fact that we will have kids, and needs associated with that. I suppose then my question is will £50 pm cover the difference between gas and electric heating or is it going to be much more than this?

Thanks in advance!

Cassa

I personally wouldn't consider renting a house without some form of central heating, and without double glazing as well!

Defo not worth the £50.00 cheaper rent in my opinion, and I don't have babies to consider. I used to live in a private rented with central heating, and single glazed and it was so cold...

Good luck with whatever you choose.

Cardew

Agree with above.

The £50 per month difference in rent might be a reasonable deal for a couple out at work all day. However with young babies and the house occupied 24/7 the £50 will not compensate for the difference in gas and electric heating.