Help!! insulation advice please re high heating costs in victorian house

Linny61

Hi
I desperately need to find a way of reducing heat loss from a ground floor flat in an old victorian house. The flat has a basement below and stripped floor boards. I lived in the flat for 20 years and the heating bills have risen enormously. I'm now trying to rent the flat but the first tenant left due to high bills. I quickly found new tenants but the first tenant went round to pick up mail and warned them about the bills. It is a large flat with 4 bedrooms and a box bedroom. They have taken readings over a 4 week period (mid Mar/Apr). It works out at £200 and they are saying they will have to give notice as it is far to high. I cannot afford to keep replacing tenants and urgently need to find ways of reducing the bills. The property was double glazed about 8 years ago and I can't afford to replace the DG. I'm wondering if I can insulate the cellar or I could redecorate and put thermal lining paper on the walls.

Any thoughts would be really appreciated.

Thanks

Smiley_Dan

Assume you just mean heating bills, are you on the gas grid?

You could try running through http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Insulation/Home-Energy-Check and seeing what it says...

At a guess... draught proofing, floor insulation, internal wall insulation.