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Single person gas & electric bill - What are you paying?

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  • PennyForThem_2
    PennyForThem_2 Posts: 1,036 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    And paying roughly for a 4 bed detached with just me and insulated loft/wall for elec and gas approx 800 pa
  • luvchocolate
    luvchocolate Posts: 3,401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Home Insurance Hacker!
    £33 a month with Shell...I bed gas central heating...£80 in credit 
  • Scarum
    Scarum Posts: 114 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    2 bed mid-terraced built 1997, I pay £50 month with Octopus, I think this will creep up to £55 later this year.
    Double insulated loft and double glazed windows have better closure seal so not draughty.
    Some years ago I cleaned out the wet heating system and made a few improvements to controls and made sure the radiators were balanced correctly.  I get the boiler regularly serviced. <--- doing this can make a difference.
    All light bulbs are LED now.  I still have the fridge and the freezer from 1997 so they're probably guzzling a bit more electricity.
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,161 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Over the last 13 months, I've spent less than £565 on gas and electric in an old 2 bed flat in Scotland. That includes the negligible amount due to WAH and there's an electric shower.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • Peppermint90
    Peppermint90 Posts: 101 Forumite
    10 Posts Name Dropper
    Thank you all....sounds like Octopus might be worth a try
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