How should I heat my flat?

srhope

I’ve paid the admin fee to an agent for a flat so I’m waiting to be accepted as a private tenant. The flat is modern and tidy with a gas supply to the outside wall but no heating inside apart from an electric fire on the wall of the living room. There are three rooms: living room, bedroom, small kitchen.

I live on housing benefit and JSA. What is the most economical means of heating this property?

footyguy

srhope wrote: »

I’ve paid the admin fee to an agent for a flat so I’m waiting to be accepted as a private tenant. The flat is modern and tidy with a gas supply to the outside wall but no heating inside apart from an electric fire on the wall of the living room. There are three rooms: living room, bedroom, small kitchen.

I live on housing benefit and JSA. What is the most economical means of heating this property?

What other options are you considering other than using the heating as supplied???

If you have no other option that is the most economical means of heating this property ... and also the most expensive!

Good luck!

Edit: Refer to the "Energy Performance Certificate". Whilst not specific to just heating, it will indicate average energy useage costs for the property, and how you may be able to improve on this

Tabbytabbitha

All electical heaters cost the same to run so using the one that's already there will be the cheapest. You could buy another electric fire to use occasionally in the bedroom if you feel the need.

dlusman

Tabbytabbitha wrote: »

All electical heaters cost the same to run so using the one that's already there will be the cheapest. You could buy another electric fire to use occasionally in the bedroom if you feel the need.

Not true. All electric fires have different wattages and also if you buy a thermostat controlled fire it will switch its self off if the room reaches a specific temperature , so will be cheaper to run

teddysmum

Are landlords not required to provide a means of providing heat in all main rooms ?

Sambella

If it doesn't have central heating of some kind I wouldn't call it modem.

Maybe oil filled radiators or something rather than using the electric fire?

Tabbytabbitha

dlusman wrote: »

Not true. All electric fires have different wattages and also if you buy a thermostat controlled fire it will switch its self off if the room reaches a specific temperature , so will be cheaper to run

Alright - all electric heater of the same wattage will cost the same amount to run.

(IME, virtually all electric heaters have a thermostat.)