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How much more costly are electic only homes?
danielm94
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I think I have found the perfect 2 bedroom flat to rent that has everything I am looking for and is in a great location.
However, it's electric only. I have had a look at its EPC report and it's got an EPC rating between a B and a C (80) which is very good.
According to the report, it's fully insualted (a top floor flat with roof and wall insulation), has "high-performance glazing" and uses an "air source heat pump" as its main heating which seems to be a renewable/low carbon heating method.
I'm not sure how much cheaper this would bring the bills down to but would you suggest carrying on looking for somewhere that has gas or will the difference in energy bills not be that different to warrant looking for something else?
However, it's electric only. I have had a look at its EPC report and it's got an EPC rating between a B and a C (80) which is very good.
According to the report, it's fully insualted (a top floor flat with roof and wall insulation), has "high-performance glazing" and uses an "air source heat pump" as its main heating which seems to be a renewable/low carbon heating method.
I'm not sure how much cheaper this would bring the bills down to but would you suggest carrying on looking for somewhere that has gas or will the difference in energy bills not be that different to warrant looking for something else?
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Why not look at past years electric bills and see how much it costs. I suspect it will be fine.0
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Please keep to one thread, or you will confuse yourself even more
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/60246340 -
How would I go about searching for a property's previous energy bills?0
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You'll need to ask the current residents.0
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....as a guide we pay approx £1200 for our all electric 3 bed house...0
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This would probably receive more input on the Energy board, OP. There are people there who have heat source pumps so are well placed to answer your questions.0
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I'm in all all electric 2 bed flat with no heat pump and average £60 a month. It's pretty well insulated.2021 GC £1365.71/ £24000
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I am also in a 2 bed all electric flat and my bills are the same as the poster above. Approx £60 per month average.0
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Not having gas in flats is hardly unusual. Given that it has ASHP, I'm guessing this is a fairly new build flat?
A flat in a well-insulated modern block is not going to be expensive to heat, no matter the fuel used.0 -
A decent ASHP system should return the equivalent of 2 to 3 times the energy put into it, so if the property is modern and well-insulated, the chances are it'll be reasonably cheap to run, even though electricity is the most expensive fuel.0
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