Soldato
I’m aware of a colleague with a 36 month tenancy. I think landlords wanted a bit more certainty during the pandemic. He is pretty happy though as it has locked him in at a great rent rate despite the prices exploding.
This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)
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Soldato
Can just about guarantee you won’t find any deals right now.
I left my DD as is. Will pay what I can off the increase when I want. They can wait for the rest. Not like I haven’t been in credit for years.
Ours went to a very similar figure, we already have double glazing and a new a door. Loft is well insulated, we do have a old combi boiler that was fitted about 16 years ago. We have had a few gas engineers out the last few weeks for quotes on a new boiler. So hopefully the new one will be a bit more efficient than our current one.
I highly doubt I will, still worth a look.
It’s easy to work out the cheapest right now - just go on the variable rate. Wholesale energy costs are higher than the price cap retail cost, so no fixed deal is going to be any cheaper.
If you can find a fix which is around 25% less than the price cap then it might be worth considering, given the expected October increase. But that will be costing you more than the variable rate rate until October.
Corrected.
Soldato
Thats the gamble, that October will see a greater then 25% rise so from then on you would be gaining. Burn sticks in a cast iron hob till then 
Soldato
Its like.. they should have been doing that anyway!
Thats the gamble, that October will see a greater then 25% rise so from then on you would be gaining. Burn sticks in a cast iron hob till then
Its only fixed for 12 months though so need to work out if your summer and winter usage at the fixed rate will be cheaper than Winter at a potentially higher variable rate in October but it would have to be a big increase and I don't think the public can take much more. We all only have so much money coming in so cuts will be made elsewhere to cover the April price hike, doubt many will have much left to cut come October.
Soldato
I should be able to see what my energy company may offer at the end of my fix in May as tomorrow is the start of the 45-day period here I can leave my tariff.
Not that I will be changing early, but it'd be nice to know
Not that I will be changing early, but it'd be nice to know
Soldato
Some people switch off their central heating around about now when we get days of 15c and thats it till late autumn. You going to need a jumper on a few days but thats it for anyone seriously avoiding money spend. The worst off are the elderly of course
I don't ever put mine on. It's just not cold enough in this country for central heating.
Soldato
You guys must not live in the UK then! 
You guys must not live in the UK then!
Mine wont be on much now until November.
Soldato
We only put our heating on for a few hours when washing been done to dry it a little quicker. Otherwise it wasn't on the whole of winter and haven't had it on since about last Jan.
Only places I can think of that wouldn't need heating are flats above a neighbour who likes it hot.
Suggesting you don't need a heat source in the UK at winter is ridiculous.
Even homes designed to be carbon neutral with heat exchangers struggle to maintain a comfortable home temperature in winter without any form of heat source.
Suggesting you don't need a heat source in the UK at winter is ridiculous.
Even homes designed to be carbon neutral with heat exchangers struggle to maintain a comfortable home temperature in winter without any form of heat source.
Who said that then?