3 bed terrace, £77 a month electricity?

debtfreewannabe321

Hi all,

I pay by direct debit for my electric & gas to Southern electric. The deal i had signed up to expired so i called to get myself on another one as comparison sites said that they were still cheaper. Anyway, I thought we were paying so much as we owe them money from last year. It turns out we only have £22 outstanding and our actual useage is £70 a month :eek: ?? I think this is very high, we paid less in our old house which was identical to this ..but this is a refurb. SO i assumed it would be less for gas & elec because of better insulation, electrics etc.

I know there has been a price hike recently but i just wondered how much other people pay for 3 bed terraces?

We do have a tumble drier, dishwasher, 2 freezers and am wondering if they are all to blame???? Any advice appreciated:)

chunkychocky

We live in a 3 bed semi and pay £125 per month for both gas & electricity. I am at home all day every day so the heating is on most of the time. I run the washing machine at least once every day, and the same for the dryer (as we get hayfever I don't even hang the washing outside during the Summer). £70 sounds reasonable to me!

CH27

3 of us live in 2 bed terrace & I pay £30 per month for electricity.

CH27

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McKneff

CH27 wrote: »

3 of us live in 2 bed terrace & I pay £30 per month for electricity.

Yes, but is that your DD payment or your actual usage. Have you checked.

debtfreewannabe321

oh wow maybe it is right then ......time to get an energy saving monitor me thinks! :eek:

scheming_gypsy

debtfreewannabe321 wrote: »

Hi all,

I pay by direct debit for my electric & gas to Southern electric. The deal i had signed up to expired so i called to get myself on another one as comparison sites said that they were still cheaper. Anyway, I thought we were paying so much as we owe them money from last year. It turns out we only have £22 outstanding and our actual useage is £70 a month :eek: ?? I think this is very high, we paid less in our old house which was identical to this ..but this is a refurb. SO i assumed it would be less for gas & elec because of better insulation, electrics etc.

I know there has been a price hike recently but i just wondered how much other people pay for 3 bed terraces?

We do have a tumble drier, dishwasher, 2 freezers and am wondering if they are all to blame???? Any advice appreciated:)

Southern Electric have ramped my DD up to £67 a month. when they talked me into moving to them they said it was £15, which i knew was a load of arse but then it went to £45.

Although i do have a 5ft fish tank with two heaters and two filters, a ceramic heater for the geckos, heat mat for the snake, 2 plasmas, 2 freezers and a laptop.... but there's only me and i'm out from 6:30am till 4:30pm. No tumble dryer and the washer is used twice a week.

debtfreewannabe321

and for gas & elec it's £117...wow! I remember when it cost me £40 for both!!

debtfreewannabe321

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Southern Electric have ramped my DD up to £67 a month. when they talked me into moving to them they said it was £15, which i knew was a load of arse but then it went to £45.

Although i do have a 5ft fish tank with two heaters and two filters, a ceramic heater for the geckos, heat mat for the snake, 2 plasmas, 2 freezers and a laptop.... but there's only me and i'm out from 6:30am till 4:30pm. No tumble dryer and the washer is used twice a week.

YES we started really low! And i knew it was wrong but went with it, they then put me up to £50 which i thought was ok and probably what i was using TOPS, then i call up again and its £70! And these are based on readings not estimates !

CH27

McKneff wrote: »

Yes, but is that your DD payment or your actual usage. Have you checked.

Yes it is. I'm actually £127 in credit at the moment.

HappyMJ

Dryers should have a cost warning attached to them. The average is about 4kWh to dry a 6kg load @ 15p per kWh that is 60 pence in total. Drying a load every day that would cost you £219 per year or just under £20 per month.

Try drying the clothes on a clothes horse in front of a radiator (powered by a gas boiler) for up to 12 hours then finish them off in the dryer.