Even though its 5 bed it's not massive tbh, but see trying to keep it cleanBecause the smart meter isn’t working they’ve been estimating for us. I’ve just entered some meter readings this morning to try and balance it all out.
@Chickenandgravy i am jealous of all the space it sounds like you guys have! Fancy taking a couple more children?!
Oh that sucks!Because the smart meter isn’t working they’ve been estimating for us. I’ve just entered some meter readings this morning to try and balance it all out.
@Chickenandgravy i am jealous of all the space it sounds like you guys have! Fancy taking a couple more children?!
Are you fixed?Oh that sucks!
Ours is a smart metre but the actual little device screen thing for in the house doesn't work. But they still manage to get our readings.
I'd submit your readings every month for a few months and hopefully you'll then be in credit!
Dreading October when they put it up again!
We were. And then when my tariff ended, it was either £256 a month for variable or £312 for fixed. Usually I'd always go for fixed but it was bad enough having find an extra £165 a month, nevermind £220 a month!Are you fixed?
That’s the way it should be! They do it in estimates but clearly they’re estimating wayyyyy over the oddsi do not understand your energy system, people. We get a bill for what we use, and that’s it.
Same! Here in the Netherlands you have a monthly rate that you pay and then at the end of the year you either pay a difference if you used more or they pay you if you used less. We got 350 back one year because we used less. We’re on a variable contract though so could be a totally different story next winteri do not understand your energy system, people. We get a bill for what we use, and that’s it.
You can do that here too (I do it) but they don't like it because they're not getting as much moneyi do not understand your energy system, people. We get a bill for what we use, and that’s it.
This is the same as estimated, no? They estimate you will spend ‘x amount’ so you pay a monthly direct debit, and then they do meter readings every so often, and you either get money back, leave on the account, or pay it off?Same! Here in the Netherlands you have a monthly rate that you pay and then at the end of the year you either pay a difference if you used more or they pay you if you used less. We got 350 back one year because we used less. We’re on a variable contract though so could be a totally different story next winter
We also have a thermostat in each room of the house so we can choose to have the heat on or off in that room, based on if we’re using it or not.
How often do you get a bill and pay? We do get bills, but it’s mostly estimated, unless you’re on top of giving meter readings every month, which I’m pretty sure you can doi do not understand your energy system, people. We get a bill for what we use, and that’s it.
Well, my eyes are well and truly stinging-had a white monster at 7am@ThePidge how was your night?
The dog sometimes waits for a walk and I’m like babes you’ve had about 15 hours sleep you need to waitWell, my eyes are well and truly stinging-had a white monster at 7am
Up every hour as she was she just wanted to be held, and when she did fall asleep, I’d put her down and she was awake again
The vomiting has calmed down and her poop has become a bit more pastie so I’m hoping that we are over the worst of it!
In summation, the dog had the most sleep in the house, walking around all smug
Hope you all had a better night than ours! How are you all doing, is babyT a bit brighter today?
I think it’s every two months wepay. The meter man comes really regularly, maybe 5/6 times a year. I think we pay about £120 for the two months (more in winter, less in summer)0. But that’s literally just electric. I’ve seen people further up say that their bill includes loads of stuff, ours is just electric. We use oil as we live in the country so no mains gas, and they about £800 a year I’d say.How often do you get a bill and pay? We do get bills, but it’s mostly estimated, unless you’re on top of giving meter readings every month, which I’m pretty sure you can do
The dog sometimes waits for a walk and I’m like babes you’ve had about 15 hours sleep you need to wait
Glad to hear that it’s not as brutal today and hopefully the worst is all out of her
We co slept and she only got upset if the dummy fell out, she’s better but the floor is still lava so I have a koala baby for the second day
So we have electricity and oil. We used to pay £70 for the two of us, electricity. Now that's £140 and the only reason it isn't increasing further is because we paid more for fixed because we knew come October shit was going to hit the fan. But wait for it... we used to pay about £200-£250 on average of every other month for oil (heating). It's now £750 for the same amount. It got to the point where I paid more for 500 litres, than I paid for 1000 at the start of the pandemic. We physically can't turn the heating off either as our house is on average of 9 degrees during winter. Plus now with Tommy, it's one thing us suffering but obviously we can't put him through that. I honestly don't know what we are going to do. We can't afford £750 every month over winter on oil. We are considering basically living in one room of the house (the box room basically, us 3 and 2 massive dogsTotally unrelated question but what do you all pay a month for gas and electricity? I thought we’d got off pretty lightly with the recent price hikes but have just had an email to say our bills are going up another £119 a month.
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