Discussion
So, looking through my bills, and I was a bit concerned to see I owe British Gas £200 for gas and electricity, on top of the payments I've been making.
Now I have to admit, I hardly ever look at any of my bills, and just let them go out, but thought I should be more aware.
In October 2007, when we first moved in, we were paying £20 each for electricity and gas. A total of £40 a month.
Now in July 2011, we're paying £100 for each on a quarterly basis. A total of £66.66 a month.
Is that increase right, or am I just going mad? £66.66 a month to fuel a 2 bed house seems an insane amount of money.
Now I have to admit, I hardly ever look at any of my bills, and just let them go out, but thought I should be more aware.
In October 2007, when we first moved in, we were paying £20 each for electricity and gas. A total of £40 a month.
Now in July 2011, we're paying £100 for each on a quarterly basis. A total of £66.66 a month.
Is that increase right, or am I just going mad? £66.66 a month to fuel a 2 bed house seems an insane amount of money.
ds push it up even higher.Pulse said:
Old style. Anything I should be mentioning to them?
If you ask (a lot) they may send someone out to measure it for you, but if it is within tolerance you usually end up paying for the visit. Easiest way to measure it roughly yourself is to shut down everything in the house and run something with a known KW (Ie, a 2kw electric heater) for an hour and see if the meter registers somewhere near the correct amount.With gas, this is still possible but much more difficult unless you have a gas appliance that you know the KW rating for.
TBH for a two bed house £67 seems quite reasonable, given the increases over the few years. First thing I'd do is check to make sure the readings are correct - sometimes several periods of estimated readings can build up into huge under or over payments.
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