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£1200 a year for oil and £1000 a year for leccy. £2500 for council tax and £400 for water supply, and about £100 a time to empty the poo pit. The neighbour gets upset if it overflows.....
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£50 per month for gas
£50 for elec
£16 for water (metered)
Obviously I don't live in a proper contractor's house, yet!
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£400 a month for mine Gas and Elec.
The second home is a bit less
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12 or so months Eon cocked up the last meter reading they did. I read the meeter and submitted a reading that was way below the reading tehy took 4 months earlier. So our DD dropped to about £80 from £160. Since then it has slowly been going up. It's now at £126 a month for gas and electricity. The balance of the account is £845!! I think they have used the incorrect reading taken about this time last year as their guide for what we 'usually' use in winter to be. I'm obviously hoping that it will be somewhat lower.
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DD is £160/month for gas and leccy. There's always someone in the (5 bed) house so heating and leccy is getting used all day long. Annual bill is about £2,000 for gas/electric.
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£200 a month for gas. £120 a month for electric. 4 bed detached, 1 bed annex with old person in, indoor heated swimming pool. I reckoned the pool took about £70-£80 per month to heat which looking at other people's figures seems about right.
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My DD per month for combined Gas and Electricity from EDF is now £81, was £101. Have about £400 on account ready for the winter bill.Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostJust recevied our 1/4ly gas/electric bills...nearly £500 !! Surely this cannot be right ??!!
Need to have a lie down...
Water about £42, non metered.
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The council sold them all off to private landlords who rent them back to council for a profit. Landlords don't pour money into rental properties unless i makes financial sense....Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostWhat part of the UK doesn't have a council estate somewhere nearby?
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What part of the UK doesn't have a council estate somewhere nearby?Originally posted by Joeman View Postdont think we have any council owned houses close to where i live... never seen any solar panels either, so probably not!!
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