Average gas and electric bill?

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What would approximate annual cost of gas and elec be for a 3 bedroomed house, based on 2 adults and a kid?

I'm trying to estimate how much it would cost and incorporate it into outgoings so i could incorporate into budget?

Best answers:

• FWIW I and OH (retired) pay a total of £72 p.mth
• 3 bed, 2 adults including stay-at-home mum, 1 child. Ј75 per month.
• Hi, I was told that an average four bed house with a family of adults and two children would use approx £1000-1200 annually depending on insulation, heating efficiency etc. This came from Powergen consumption team when I was querying my winter bill. Best wishes from Jandy
  PS The above quotes of £70 odd per month look very reasonable to me, we pay £125 per month and it barely covers our bill. Yours might be in the region of £80-90 if you are in during the daytime as well as evenings and nights.
• I agree with the post above(#5).
  The average family spends approx Ј1000pa of gas & electricity.
  However that average figure could cover extremes of Ј300 to Ј3000.
  There are so many factors that affect consumption that it is impossible to give a meaningful estimate.
  Where you live - Electricity prices vary and NE Scotland is colder than SW England!
  Size of house - Insulation - how warm you like rooms - In all day or out at work/school - Appliances used - efficiency of gas boiler - baths or showers -etc etc.
• hi we live in a 2 bed house 2 adults and one child and moving to 3 bed house i expect our elec usage to be the same.
  we are with edf energy pay Ј40 for gas and elec with them and if we go over this we get charged a bill at the end of the year.but we havent gone over so not been billed any extra.
  hth a bit
  luv leigh,hollie and pink bump x x x
• avg is around Ј40 per fuel per month
• It really depends... if the electric heating is storage heaters and you want heat in the evenings then they will need to be on the same length of time as if you were in all day (usually 7 hours overnight). Are you on economy 7 or 10? This is the tarriff for storage heater households and gives cheaper electricity at night (the elec co will tell you the exact period). You can make sure you do the washing/dishwasher/tumble drying then too to save money.
  If the heating is electric fires/ fan heaters then this is more expensive, but you can only have them on when you need them.
  Is the flat well insulated? Do you have a flat below you? These things mean you will probably be warmer anyway and need heating less.
  Sorry not much help, but if you give us as much info as poss someone will come back with a more accurate amount.
• hi we are with n power, we live in a 3 bedroomed house 2 adults,im home all the time,we had the house insulated 2 years ago,we currently pay 56 per month for both gas and electric by direct debit,this amount has just come down from 69 per month in june when we came off the fixed rate we had with them..... o and yes im very good at money saving as im in bed most of the time which saves on heating lol.
• Me and my wife both retired and in all day and night living in a 3 bed semi in sunny Scotland with warm air gas heating are using 19500 Kwhs gas and 4200 Kwhs electricity a year.
  At least that is what we used last year. And for this we are paying Eon Ј102 per month.
  Stan
• Ј45 gas and electric on scottish southern electric. and we have 2 young children this has been for the last 3 months - a cold time of year i'd reccomend it to anyone paying Ј100+ to try them
• Why is that everyone here seems to be paying so much less than me? Why do I have to pay Ј120-Ј150+ in a flat.
• Storage heaters?
• Ј20 gas and Ј100 electric per month. Gas cooking, heating and hot water, electric lighting, TV and computers