Hi guys, my husband and I have done a major budget to try and cut down on things we don’t use or need, starting with SKY TV, food expenses, phone bill, gym and so on. So far we have made a saving of £170 by cutting all these things, I can still run every morning for free, and we watch TV online anyway (BBC iplayer) – technically the licence people said we don’t need a licence for playback programmes only live ones, so that’s a £11 per month saving.
What about water, electric and gas? We’re with EDF energy for electricity and gas, thames water for water – what do you pay. We live in a 2 bed 2 bath apartment, with no kids and we’re hardly ever here, usually evenings from around 8 ish on average mon – fri and home at weekends sometimes.
We have a dishwasher which we run once a day and do washing about 2 – 3 times weekly. We shower daily at least once, at the most twice. I remember paying £16 at one point staying in a one bed flat and moved to a 3 bed house and paid £25 for water. Why the difference? We’re still the same people using the same appliances. What do others pay, and should I be calling thames water? Apparently it’s metred and we pay £28 per month!
How about gas and electricity what do you pay? I am using candles in the evening, all plugs off, more blankets and hot water bottles and jumpers I want to see how much we’ll save.
Thanks guys, it would be nice to hear from someone in the UK, especially those using thames water.
snap, same here in France for the water metered and i pre pay every month 37 euros ( around 28 pounds) 2 adults and a baby and wish i had a dishwasher but it’s me that washes dishes and i have to do a washing at least 5 or 6 times a week. Saying that i’ll probably end up having to pay more per month as they are awful good at coming round to read the meters and at the end of a certain period they can up your monthly payments to cover any excess in usage.