How much for utilities?

Where do you guys who are only paying £25 for water live?! Or are you on meters and never wash? :p

I'm paying £50/month unmetered for a 3 bed terrace, and my gf is paying £60/month for an unmetered 1 bed flat!
 
Large 4 bed detached house. 2 adults 1 baby. Wife who loves it 21 plus :( old windows, new boiler, underfloor wet heating, fairly well insulated.

Gas - £50 average
Electricity - £30 average
Water non metered - £38
 
garak112 said:
Are you running a cannabis farm?
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Lol, nope, I wouldn't moan about the leccy bill if I did.
Multiple PCs running from 7am - 10pm+, a server running 24/7 and various other IT kit. Plus the usual household amenities. Add to that kids that don't turn a ******* thing off (as an example they have both had the lighting confiscated from their rooms recently and will not get them back for some time, although the rest of their stuff turns off automatically), a wife who seems to think that a washing line is for 'other people' (tumble drier will be disabled next), a couple of fish tanks.....it all adds up, although I have got it down about £20 a month over the last year. Currently have a deal with the clan, they get 50% of any saving in electricity from September 2014-September 2015 to do with what they like.
 
been paying £60 per month for gas/electric for about 1.5 years now, I am £120 in credit so I am using maybe £50 per month for both. I use more electric than gas I reckon with tv/pc/nas etc. Winter month with both going more often I probably actually use around £60 combined give or take.

Water I pay like £20 a month for both water and sewerage or so.
 
2 of us

Electric £78/month
Water £33/month (Metered)

Large two bedroom flat with very old electric heaters and we barely have them on :mad: Dread to think what the electric bill would be if we get a tumbledryer. I am fighting it. A clothes horse is £15 and the wind is free. What the problem? I do miss warm fluffy towels though.
 
This thread just made me feel a bit better about EDF sticking my dual fuel DD up to £100. I sorted out some account detail issues the other day and gave them an actual meter reading on Friday via their app. Went from £195 in credit to owing them about £30.

That said, I'd much rather run my account in debit through the winter & catch up through the summer months than have them sit on £200 I could've spent elsewhere.
 
2 Bed Semi.

Gas Central Heating
Electric Hob & Oven
LED Lights throughout
Server & switch running 24/7.

Gas / Electric £85 p/m average over the year.
Water £38 p/m over 11 months
 
I've just worked it out and over the last 12 months (well 375 days) we've used an average of £1.14 of electricity per day and £1.62 of gas. Which I make to be about £1,010 per annum, or a shade over £84 per month.

So EDF can whistle for £100!

Edit: 3 bed victorian terrace. Double glazing and loft insulated. Only 1 room carpeted. GCH & cooker, rarely used tumble dryer. Someone (Mrs) is usually home all day.
 
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Haggisman said:
Where do you guys who are only paying £25 for water live?! Or are you on meters and never wash? :p

I'm paying £50/month unmetered for a 3 bed terrace, and my gf is paying £60/month for an unmetered 1 bed flat!
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Gloucestershire. It rains a lot here, so that might help.

£25/month (unmetered) is actually only paid for 8 months per year. So £17/month on average. Your £50/month sounds a bit excessive, though.
 
cheesyboy said:
Gloucestershire. It rains a lot here, so that might help.

£25/month (unmetered) is actually only paid for 8 months per year. So £17/month on average. Your £50/month sounds a bit excessive, though.
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Not really it depends on the size of the property in the late 80's. We pay £60 for 8 months unmetered which is effectively £38 a month. It's because we live in a large house, I like space and use a lot of water :D
 
We've just had a meter fitted to our house as there is only 2 of us and our unmetered rate was £60~ per month for water. Hopefully that will go right down now.
 
Nathan said:
Not really it depends on the size of the property in the late 80's. We pay £60 for 8 months unmetered which is effectively £38 a month. It's because we live in a large house, I like space and use a lot of water :D
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Maybe. My house isn't huge, but it is 4 double bedrooms, and isn't especially small. Or particularly low value.

It was re-valued for council tax/water when we bought, as it had been extended under the previous owners. IIRC, its rating didn't change, though, despite the extensions being pretty substantial - maybe that's why it's so cheap. Council tax is £150/m.
 
I've only just bought a house, but our estimate bills on a 3 bed semi are:

Gas (heating) & Elec (cooking): ~£90pm
Water (on a meter): ~£29pm

I fully expect both of those to go down, as the house is very well insulated, with a combi boiler, and I've installed LED lights all over the house.
 
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