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We have just moved and at last home paid £24 a month dd to powergen, our new home is similar in size ((1 extra bedroom( used as office)) but has just had an extension so 1/2 of it comes up to new building regs ie; 11" insulation not 4" and all external walls have insulation in.
we have just had gas bill for dec to march and it is £254 , gas board tell me to expect 2 at this sort of price and 2 at about 1/2 so my annual total will be around £760, my previous was £24 * 12 total for year £288 something aint right,
what do i do, i dont want to get a bill from last house but this one seems high. we are a family of 3 , 3 bed bung , new combi boiler and rads insulated very well, cook on dual fuel .
any suggestions as to what my consumption should be please
we have just had gas bill for dec to march and it is £254 , gas board tell me to expect 2 at this sort of price and 2 at about 1/2 so my annual total will be around £760, my previous was £24 * 12 total for year £288 something aint right,
what do i do, i dont want to get a bill from last house but this one seems high. we are a family of 3 , 3 bed bung , new combi boiler and rads insulated very well, cook on dual fuel .
any suggestions as to what my consumption should be please
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£24 per month does seem rather low. I've just phoned Powergen to up my DD (I've only just changed to them), as they had set it at £27. I was told this was a sort of default figure as they had no records of my previous consumption.
My gas bills for a Victorian semi (GCH and cooker) have been about £800 pa - not very well insulated and huge areas of single-glazed windows (everything is non-standard and would cost a fortune to replace with bespoke windows!)"Cheap", "Fast", "Right" -- pick two.0 -
have since spoken to a really nice lady at powergen, she has asked a few questions such as size of prop and what gas is used on and suggests £27 to £30 a month, which goes back to the british gas bill of £254 for 103 days useage. powergen said this seemed a lot as they would expect my annual bill to be around £300
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Without being facetious if a nice lady at another supply company said £20 a month, would you go to them?
What you pay on Direct Debit is meaningless; it is the quantity of gas you use that matters. You could pay £10 a month and build up a huge debit, or £100 a month and build up a huge credit.
If you really have used “£254 for 103 days useage” with BG then you might get it down by a good few pounds(10% or so?) by going to another supplier; but to suggest that you should have an annual bill of £300 is ludicrous.
£254 for three and a half months over the coldest part of the year for a 3 bedroomed bungalow is high – but not excessively so.
I assume you have checked the meter readings when you moved in and for the first bill and ascertained that the bill is correct?0 -
OP, give us your gas meter readings and we'll try and work it out for you.
In the meantime my gas bill for 3 bed mid terrace, CH only and one bedroom unused was £105 last year. Gas *plus* electric works out as just under £28 per month. Yes I do cook and have computer + tv on a lot.
Some of your (other posters) gas bills seem very very high as I cannot concieve of bills over £400.
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thanks for comments , as i said in my original post we have moved from like to like albeit the new prop is much better insulated and has a new heating system , so no sludge in rads , pipes not furred up etc, the nice lady at powergen was in fact my original company to which i paid £24 so to suggest £27 to £30 now was not to outragous, it still seems the bill for £254 is high and with BG quoting me 2 bills at high rate ie: £254 and 2 bills low about half the winter i have just multiplied the £254 by 3 , so £760 for the year seems a lot.Div 1 Play Off Winners 2007
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