Data gathering for an upcoming bun fight

[SirSaltyHelmet]

Right guys, I am about to take on a big fight, to that end I need some info from UK Goaters.

Can as many of you as possible provide me with the following:

Location in UK
Type of House (Private/FQ/SSFA)
Bedrooms (2/3/4)
Gas usage in a 12 month period
Electric usage in 12 month period
Cost of Gas (12 months)
Cost of Electricity (12 months)
Type of Gas (Natural/LPG)
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy if so which service?

The more the merrier please and its for a good fight..

If CASWO is reading this then feel free to PM DT_Xtremez_19:

 

[reluctant liney]

Currently in 3 bed MQ. The wife and I along with our two rugrats.

Not sure on our actual usage but paid about £100pm direct debit for gas and elec. this kept my account incredit and i had a couple of hundred quid back.

 

[enginesuck]

3 bed quarter grade 3
900 a year for gas
800 a year for leckie
Natural gas
Dont know accurate useage, but its a lot ! Nainly because this quarter has the heat retaining capabilities of a sieve
Whats a light and fuel subsidy ?

 

[True Blue Jack]

I'll give you the info on my last place since I haven't been in the new one long enough to assess actual usage yet:

3 bed SFA in Lincolnshire
Gas usage in 12 months: 22500 KWh
Electricity usage in 12 months: 3200 KWh
Cost of gas in 12 months: £875
Cost of electricity in 12 months: £560
Natural gas
No subsidy

 

[parmaviolet]

Location: Lincolnshire
Type of House: SFA
Bedrooms:3
Gas/Electricity in one monthly bill over a year: £780 (only been in quarters 6 months so prob go up)
Type of Gas: Natural
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy: A what? lol

 

[vim_fuego]

4 bed detached private with 3 receptions.

On a dual fuel deal with Scottish power where I pay £100 a month direct debit (extra discount)

Only been in 2 months so no idea about usage yet!

 

[Rigga]

My Norfolk Estate:

My Norfolk Estate:

Location in UK - Norfolk
Type of House - Private
Bedrooms - 4 plus 3 receptions
Gas usage in a 12 month period - NK
Electric usage in 12 month period - NK
Cost of Gas (12 months) - Approx £600-700
Cost of Electricity (12 months) - Approx £600-700
Type of Gas - Natural
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy? - No

 

[Stevienics]

Cambridgeshire
Private
Bedrooms 3
Gas usage in a 12 month period - largely pretty low
Electric usage in 12 month period - pretty low
Cost of Gas (12 months) - probably @ £700
Cost of Electricity (12 months) - probably @ £270
Type of Gas - Natural
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy if so which service? - No

(Note - we are with EDF and are bucketloads in credit, so this cost will drop at the next adjustment

 

[Max Reheat]

Don't know actual usage and just moved quarters but here's a run down of my old one

Lyneham, SFA, 3 bed, £108 p/m combined gas and leccy, no benefits

My other house

Redcar, private, 4 bed, £60 p/m combined gas and leccy (usually get a rebate at end of year) no benefits. I'm only in this house 1 weekend per month or longer during leave periods.

 

[Tin basher]

Shropshire, Private, Bedrooms 3
Gas usage in a 6 month period (Apr - Sept) - 138 units
Electric usage in 3 month period (Jul - Sept) - 577 units
Cost of Gas - £42pm
Cost of Electricity - £30pm
Type of Gas - Natural
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy - No

I am with Southern Electric with around £100 in credit so the monthly costs will reduce at the next adjustment.

 

[Obi Wan]

Location in UK - Norfolk
Type of House - Private
Bedrooms - 3 plus 2 receptions
Gas usage in a 12 month period - N/A (Just up the road from Bacton but no gas in the Village)
Electric usage in 12 month period - NK
Cost of Electricity (12 months) - Approx £1,200 (Using Economy 10)
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy? - No​

 

[Hu Jardon]

Shropshire
4 Bed Detached, Private
Gas Central Heating
Gas Cooker
Leckie Oven
Dual Fuel Budget Account Scottish Power
Gas - £88/Month
Leckie - £42
no subsidies
Natural Gas

I notice many on here are on a monthly payment decided by their provider, they tend to guess at these charges in order to attract you to their tarriff - don't wait till you've been in a year before you discover you owe them a ton of cash - for at least the first 6 months do a monthly meter reading yourself and submit this to them, you monthly payment wil probably increase a bit but at least you won't be faced with a bill for underpayment or a wacking rise in your monthly payment next year

 

[zofo]

Location in UK Watford
Type of House FQ (Flat)
Bedrooms 3
Gas usage in a 12 month period N/K
Electric usage in 12 month period N/K
Cost of Gas £800
Cost of Electricity £600
Type of Gas Natural
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy if so which service? Nope

Pay Monthly DD for the Gas and Leccy, and am always in credit for them, so no unexpected bills (Yet) .

Good Luck in your Quest

Zofo

 

[Mug?]

Curious

Curious

Location in UK RAF Lincolnshire
Type of House Private
Bedrooms 4
Gas usage in a 12 month period N/K
Electric usage in 12 month period N/K
Cost of Gas £580
Cost of Electricity £400
Type of Gas Natural
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy if so which service? No


For info a previous address
Type of House FQ (CYPRUS)
Bedrooms 3
Gas usage in a 12 month period N/K
Electric usage in 12 month period N/K
Cost of Gas and Electricity on F&L scheme £1050
Type of Gas LPG piped in
Solar water heating.
Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy if so which service? Yes
Actual cost of fuel used £850 rebate of £200 (eventually)
Mates house same type
same costs
Actual cost of fuel used £1280!! let off the extra due to a hiccup with his solar heater, meaning he left electric water heater on all the time!

Hope that helps?

 

[Teh Wal]

N.E. Scotland
Private, 3-Bedroom detached.

Gas used over 12 months - 15356 kWh
Gas costs - £728.24

Electricity used over 12 months - 4258 kWh
Elect costs - £611.10

Natural Gas.

No Fuel & Light subsidy.

I'm with British Gas on their EnergySmart scheme which apparently (yeah, right!) saves me 180 quid a year over something else! I also collect Nectar points (100 per month + an additional 1000 a year for being a dual fuel customer) thru the scheme, which is automatically allocated to my mums Nectar account ('cos I luv her).

What I cant understand from the replies of so many other goaters is why they dont know how much gas/lecky they've used... which kinda implies that they don't know what they are paying for. How do you know if the gas/lecky companies are ripping you off? You wouldn't do that for anything else so why do it for your utilities? How odd.

 

[FOMz]

Location in UK Gloucestershire
Type of House Private Detached
Bedrooms 3
Gas per month £45
Electric per month £38
Cost of Gas £500
Cost of Electricity £400
Both provided by Atlantic
Not on any sort of economy 7 thingy..

Atlantic also give me an annual customer rebate of about £50........

 

[Fairynuff31]

Location in UK: North of Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Type of House: Private Detached
Bedrooms: 3
Gas per month: £43
Electric per month: £72
Cost of Gas: £518 for 10,836 kWh per annum
Cost of Electricity: £859 for 6251 kWh per annum
Both provided by Eon Energy

I think its time to get my ar$$e into gear and take a look at USWITCH and see if I can save some cash.

Update = The best deal that USwitch could find will save me a whole £30 per year - hardly worth switching, especially given that there would be penalties to switch again (from the new supplier)

 

[Cannydc]

Location in UK - Stoke Ferry, NorfolkType of House - PrivateBedrooms - 1 (Flat)Gas usage in a 12 month period - NilElectric usage in 12 month period - NKCost of Electricity (12 months) - 12 x £45 = £540Are you on Fuel and Light Subsidy? - NoSupplier - nice young bloke up the road (kidding, British Gas, really)

 

[busby1971]

South Lincs
Private
4 Bedrooms
?
?
Combined Monthly DD £59, Should be £65 as I over paid at £70 for the past year. (EDF)
Mains Gas
No, civi's get to chose where they live.

House is only a couple of years old so insulated to the max (not one of those temporary brick fronted timber framed jobbies) with lots of glass on the south side and not much on the North, all appliances at least A rated all bulbs either LED or CFL.

I was thinking about Solar but I won't be living here long enough to make it worth my while.

 

[Teh Wal]

Good luck SSH, to my mind there's only about half-a-dozen worthwhile replies to your request. To say on here how you pay without stating for how much is just bloody pointless, how can anyone draw any conclusions with only half the necessary information?!