Balancing not just the budget

doingitanyway

The bed deal sounds amazing! It sounds as if everything is coming together

MuffinTops

Hello Rosa,
I hope all is going well with your new house, money shuffling, new bed and car details. MTxx

RosaBernicia

Thanks MT

It's all still a bit hectic but slowly improving.

I have a ridiculous quote for my electric bill so am going to have to try and sort that out. Apparently I am on Economy 10 and they want to charge me £150 a month for running four storage heaters and a fridge. Am not impressed. It's particularly annoying as of course I am out of the house most of the day and so the storage heaters are pointless. I may have to look at changing them for something else, but of course that will cost.

Sunday shuffle yesterday is mostly OK but I am going to have to borrow from the savings pot to buy furniture and pay it back later as I don't think I can be dealing with living without it for another couple of months and leaving the house in this state!


Rosa xx

ZTD

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Thanks MT

It's all still a bit hectic but slowly improving.

I have a ridiculous quote for my electric bill so am going to have to try and sort that out. Apparently I am on Economy 10 and they want to charge me £150 a month for running four storage heaters and a fridge.

:eek:

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Am not impressed. It's particularly annoying as of course I am out of the house most of the day and so the storage heaters are pointless.

If you set them up right, it may work out OK. What are your off-peak hours?

However with it turning into summer, they certainly will lose their shine

RosaBernicia wrote: »

I may have to look at changing them for something else, but of course that will cost.

Sunday shuffle yesterday is mostly OK but I am going to have to borrow from the savings pot to buy furniture and pay it back later as I don't think I can be dealing with living without it for another couple of months and leaving the house in this state!

Beanbags starting to wear?

EssexHebridean

Storage heaters can work great even if you are out of the house all day - it's just a case of getting the settings right. We use them, generally have 2 on right through the winter, and one extra one added in as needed, and our water is heated via electric too, no boiler at all - and currently we're paying £30 a month for electricity. That doesn't include cooking though as our cooker is gas. Learn your off-peak hours (and remember they change with the BST/GMT transitions) and you'll be amazed how much power you can use on cheap rate too - we particularly favour the use of our electric shower on the cheap rate when possible as that's a power guzzler!

If it helps, we're with Flow Energy and I've found them pretty good for an Economy 7 tariff so they may be worth a look for you also.

doingitanyway

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Thanks MT

It's all still a bit hectic but slowly improving.

I have a ridiculous quote for my electric bill so am going to have to try and sort that out. Apparently I am on Economy 10 and they want to charge me £150 a month for running four storage heaters and a fridge. Am not impressed.

That is such a high charge :eek: hope you get this sorted

RosaBernicia

EssexHebridean wrote: »

Storage heaters can work great even if you are out of the house all day - it's just a case of getting the settings right. We use them, generally have 2 on right through the winter, and one extra one added in as needed, and our water is heated via electric too, no boiler at all - and currently we're paying £30 a month for electricity. That doesn't include cooking though as our cooker is gas. Learn your off-peak hours (and remember they change with the BST/GMT transitions) and you'll be amazed how much power you can use on cheap rate too - we particularly favour the use of our electric shower on the cheap rate when possible as that's a power guzzler!

If it helps, we're with Flow Energy and I've found them pretty good for an Economy 7 tariff so they may be worth a look for you also.

Thanks EH

The issue seems to be that I have two or three meters in one, and most companies won't deal with this - I tried to switch to Flow and got rejected.

I've had a good chat with Np0wer this evening - gave them readings and will do so again in another couple of weeks, then I can decide what to do. Apparently I can have the meter changed to one, but it would mean getting an electrician in to sort it out first.


Rosa xx

RosaBernicia

Scooting in with a quick Sunday shuffle report...

Budget is ok but I am intending to buy furniture this month, and that will probably have to come out of next month's paycheque as well as this one. I can borrow from the savings pot in the meantime. I've spent a ridiculous amount on food this last month, but I suppose it did include restocking the freezer and ready meals.

I will also have a bill for a bump to someone else's car - poor reversing on my part, they have agreed to get quotes for repair as it is just the bumper that's damaged. So that will be another bill and I'm a bit sad about that as it could have been avoided. However, grateful that at present an unexpected bill is a nuisance rather than more painful.

I have put in meter readings so am waiting for a regenerated bill, then will hopefully be able to shift to a fixed tariff. I've also switched off a couple of the heaters now that the weather is warming up, and I'm finally catching up on all the washing after the move so the electric use will go down there too. Oh and realised that the council tax bill had been worked out as 10 months :mad: so that will go down slightly per month now I've arranged to pay over 12. I don't know why they stick with that system when it's so unhelpful for budgeting!

Managed to shift some things into the garage today which has made more space to organise everything else properly... it feels like I'm making progress now . Really need to get my paperwork up to date but have been waiting on having sufficient floor space to spread things out!


Rosa xx

moneyonmymindsam

Hi Flower Congratulations on your new home. HOME what a lovely word .


Hope it all comes together nicely for you


Much love Sam xx

RosaBernicia

moneyonmymindsam wrote: »

Hi Flower Congratulations on your new home. HOME what a lovely word .

Hope it all comes together nicely for you

Much love Sam xx

Thanks Sam :A

It's a wonderful word and a lovely lovely feeling :T

Rosa xx