Council taking all my DLA in care costs leaving me with nothing.

Joan.Batt

oil filled radiators that is a great idea.

GwylimT

venison wrote: »

sorry but where in gods name would you shop for those prices? a skip?

If you read it again you can easily see that they are morrisons prices.

GwylimT

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

oil filled are x3 times more expensive per kWh

Well as OP hasn't posted any information about her storage heaters or about a specific radiator, not the case at all. Our oil filled radiator costs less to run anyway, but this is then further improved by the fact that it doesn't take 12 hours to 'charge' when in normal use, or 34 hours when it hasn't been used for a few days.

Scapegoat101

I feel for you. I think I would be in exactly the same situation if I didn't live in such a close knit community which cares for each others needs.

I've thought about this long and hard and I guess what you really need is a helping hand of friendship that will be there for you. Some unconditional love basically. Someone to be your carer and allow you live independently in dignity.

Trouble with councils during this age of austerity is they are doing open-season on any sources of income they can get their hands on. I dare say that your benefits are probably being spent on things which aren't related to your own well being.

I'd personally like to know where you live so I could do a bit of fact finding and see if there are any disabled groups which can take your case on board and try and find you a group of disabled people who would invite you to a commune or some form of shared living space.

If you where live in some form of shared accommodation you could claim well up to £326 in ESA & PIP and keep the councils grubby hands off it.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to tell you about the forum called YourAble.com Its a fourm for disabled people. Its where a lot of my friends hang out. You may want to visit there.

dktreesea

GwylimT wrote: »

If you read it again you can easily see that they are morrisons prices.

Lol, I looked at your list and thought "yikes! Some of that is expensive, you must live in England!" We do our main shop at Lidl, where fruit and vegetables are a bit cheaper than Morrisons. Same with things like sardines, (39p each) and pasta (80p a kilo).

dktreesea

GwylimT wrote: »

Well as OP hasn't posted any information about her storage heaters or about a specific radiator, not the case at all. Our oil filled radiator costs less to run anyway, but this is then further improved by the fact that it doesn't take 12 hours to 'charge' when in normal use, or 34 hours when it hasn't been used for a few days.

We don't have central heating, just oil filled portable radiators. They do the job, even in a place like ours with cavernous ceilings and drafts everywhere. And they are cheap to run. I'd hate to have my walls wasted on radiators up against the wall.

dktreesea

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

oil filled are x3 times more expensive per kWh

Yes, but you only have them on when you need them, when you are using the room. They usually have timer and temperature settings. I often have mine on the minimum setting, rather than the medium or high setting. And they are much cheaper to run than the radiant style of portable heaters, not to mention safer.

GwylimT

dktreesea wrote: »

Lol, I looked at your list and thought "yikes! Some of that is expensive, you must live in England!" We do our main shop at Lidl, where fruit and vegetables are a bit cheaper than Morrisons. Same with things like sardines, (39p each) and pasta (80p a kilo).

The prices are the same GB wide. Anyway, OP struggles to get out but has the internet, so I went with places where food can be ordered online. So lidl sardines are more expensive.

missbiggles1

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

oil filled are x3 times more expensive per kWh

But you can heat just the room that you're actually using and even position it close to your chair if necessary.

missbiggles1

dktreesea wrote: »

Yes, but you only have them on when you need them, when you are using the room. They usually have timer and temperature settings. I often have mine on the minimum setting, rather than the medium or high setting. And they are much cheaper to run than the radiant style of portable heaters, not to mention safer.

Although I agree with the first part of this, the second isn't true. Unless using cheap rate electricity, any electric space heater costs exactly the same to run as any other.