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Energy cost for 1 Bed flat
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Really difficult to generalise..whether you're out at work or home.
I'm 70 yr old..moved into a 1 bed flat 6 years ago.
Paid £33 a month for duel fuel..gas central heating..electric cooker.
At the moment I pay £67...in October will be around £850 -
So many variables at play here, including the property in question, comfort levels, insulation, etc.
For what it's worth, I pay c. £360 electric/year, and c. £400/year heating and hot water on a communal system. But my 1 bed is a new build and very well-insulated.
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I live in a two bed, all electric, based on October prices my costs will be around £134 pcm when averaged over the year. However it is very well insulated and I put the heating on no more than twenty times last winter. I also have a high end PC and do video editing and some work in UE so that mean the PC is drawing 500w+ when doing that kind of work.0
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Just to show how difficult it is to 'price' I am a single in a 4 bed detached wall cavity/loft insulated 4 bed house and on a fixed tarrif at moment pay £66 per month and am in credit £170. Gas/Electric with Octopus - Octopus 24M Fixed April 2021 v1
Annual usage Elec: 1602.0 kWh
Annual usage Gas: 7974 kWh
Both estimated but won't change much as Gas thermo will be 14degrees in winter - I keep me warm not rooms (min heating to rooms) and got wood burning stove (£300 = wood as fuel)
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I live in a 1 bed, very well insulated flat. All electric with an air source pump heating and water system.
I use around 3400 kwh per year.
I am on a fixed tariff until March 24 and pay £50 a month.
I was very lucky and took a long fix in July 20210 -
I don't pay via DD but quarterly bills.
I've only been in my one bed flat since June, but I'm averaging £11 per week for G& E currently, obviously low from summer usage.
Electric cooker/ shower, gas heating & hot water, one washing load a week.
With the new rates, starting to use heating and more lights plus changing to 2x washing loads a week + spin cycles, I am expecting that to go up quite a bit.0 -
A one b/r flat is much more likely to have all-electric heating than gas CH and DHW. Unless it's on E7, that's the most expensive way to heat and hot water.No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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