We're in a very old, very leaky house, which has always been hard to heat, and now clearly much more financially painful. On electric, oil (radiators and water) and wood (stove and open fire).
Everything's shot up of course, oil the most painful. Our long term average is about £450 for 1000l; at its height it reached over 1500 for 1000l and now sits at about £850 for 1000l. Our electricity has gone from circa £100 a month to about £200 a month, which is due to shoot up further.
All credit to those with the foresight or luck to lock into multi year fixed deals back in 2021.
On temperature... we both predominantly work from home and in early Dec the house was generally at 12-13 degrees during the day which meant double jumpers/hot water bottles. I'm comfortable at about 15/16 during the day.
Everything's shot up of course, oil the most painful. Our long term average is about £450 for 1000l; at its height it reached over 1500 for 1000l and now sits at about £850 for 1000l. Our electricity has gone from circa £100 a month to about £200 a month, which is due to shoot up further.
All credit to those with the foresight or luck to lock into multi year fixed deals back in 2021.
On temperature... we both predominantly work from home and in early Dec the house was generally at 12-13 degrees during the day which meant double jumpers/hot water bottles. I'm comfortable at about 15/16 during the day.