gas and electricity prices

moneysaver22_2

Hi,
I have just moved into my first house and am trying to budget - problem is, I have no idea what my gas or electricity bill will be and will not receive one for three months. We are 2 adults living in a 3 bedroom semi, 2 laptops, TV and washing machine but no tumble-dryer or lights left on unnecessarily.
Any ideas?

Naf

Unless you want to set up some kind of spreadsheet to calculate your usage and price for you (I have one I could tweak if you wanted it), I'd go with budgeting on roughly £50 per month combined. Good chance it'll be less during summer, but quite possibly more in winter.

Naf

OR take a reading for each now, and another in a week's time; pass them along and I can feed them into mine for you, come back with a reasonably accurate approximation...

Elixiress

Rather than waiting for a bill, you could set up a direct debit. This way you will know how much will be coming out your bank account each month. Your electricity provider will set the direct debit amount based on average consumption, until you prove yourself to be a high or low user.