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new lodger, ,lovely girl but electric has gone mad!

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  • ixwood
    ixwood Posts: 2,550 Forumite
    Showers typically use less water than baths, but if the shower is electric and the normal hot water gas, then the bath will be a lot cheaper.
  • roses
    roses Posts: 2,333 Forumite
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    Threads like this is exactly why I never did all inclusive when I had a lodger, the gas and electric were always shared.

    That way they don't feel hard done by when you moan about how much your electric bill is and you feel a little happier that the bill will always be split 50/50.
  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    <quote> I've had 2 showers already today and probably spent over 20 minutes in there already with another one to come before bedtime. Hope no-one is timing me or working out how much it costs.</quote>

    I don't have an issue with someone taking a 20 minute shower, myself - my showers are about that length.

    However, as someone who showers approx twice a week, what are you doing that means you need three a day?!
  • Blacksheep1979
    Blacksheep1979 Posts: 4,224 Forumite
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    MrsE wrote: »
    If his monitor is going to £1.80 when she's in the shower for 20 mins, then its 60p;)

    Even still 60p a day for 2 months (say 60 days) is £36 - far below the £400 he is getting in rent so not exactly out of pocket... Yes I know there are other costs in there too, but I doubt she's adding more than £6.50 a day onto his bills.
  • Wickedkitten
    Wickedkitten Posts: 1,868 Forumite
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    ViolaLass wrote: »
    <quote> I've had 2 showers already today and probably spent over 20 minutes in there already with another one to come before bedtime. Hope no-one is timing me or working out how much it costs.</quote>

    I don't have an issue with someone taking a 20 minute shower, myself - my showers are about that length.

    However, as someone who showers approx twice a week, what are you doing that means you need three a day?!

    twice a week? :eek:
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  • Bogof_Babe
    Bogof_Babe Posts: 10,803 Forumite
    Wickedkitten wrote: »
    twice a week? :eek:

    I thought that :eek:. Do you bath in between Viola?
    :D I haven't bogged off yet, and I ain't no babe :D

  • keith969
    keith969 Posts: 1,575 Forumite
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    Wickedkitten wrote: »
    twice a week? :eek:

    Think yourself lucky then that you were not a kid in the 1960's. Two baths a week (no one I knew had a shower) with shared bathwater. Other days just washed with a flannel in the washbasin...

    Quite surprisingly we all survived... :rotfl:
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  • Bogof_Babe
    Bogof_Babe Posts: 10,803 Forumite
    keith969 wrote: »
    Think yourself lucky then that you were not a kid in the 1960's. Two baths a week (no one I knew had a shower) with shared bathwater. Other days just washed with a flannel in the washbasin...

    Quite surprisingly we all survived... :rotfl:

    I think kids can get away with it - they have a different
    type of dirt to adults! ;)
    :D I haven't bogged off yet, and I ain't no babe :D

  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    Bogof_Babe wrote: »
    I think kids can get away with it - they have a different
    type of dirt to adults! ;)

    Bathwater was often shared by adults AND children - my poor grandad apparently always had the last bath! :eek:
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  • Wickedkitten
    Wickedkitten Posts: 1,868 Forumite
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    keith969 wrote: »
    Think yourself lucky then that you were not a kid in the 1960's. Two baths a week (no one I knew had a shower) with shared bathwater. Other days just washed with a flannel in the washbasin...

    Quite surprisingly we all survived... :rotfl:

    aye but you still had a wash
    It's not easy having a good time. Even smiling makes my face ache.
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