UK Gas Bills

"Thieves with single minded ambition; To get wealthy on the backs of those who can least afford it. Welcome to commerce in 21st century UK. The majority of companies brainwash simple employees into sneaky, avoidance tactics. What do they avoid so sneakily?...The truth."

rpmc

"well I have received my second 3 month bill for £370 - from flogas I live in a small 2 bed apartment - have my gas on for around 5 hours a day but am away from home around 2 nights a week - the gas is then off and in the alst period I was abroad for 3 weeks - flogas Northern Ireland have been no help at all - despite phonecalls and emails - this to me seems excessive!! "

S Stewart

"I am in a 1 bed with communal heating and Westminster Council have just raised the communal gas heating/hot water from £14.30 to 17.30 per week on top of our rent. Our electric bill with EDF is vdery reasonable at £45 per month "

james quinn

"I hope the whole lot of the ripoff artists go bang and some Chinese firm with cheaper rates takes over. This country is run by thieves. Compared to last quarter our gas bill has gone up by 66 percent when we are using the same hours of heating , but with one heater less as it was condemned as unsafe ( too old, and the landlord is not bothered). Are they even rigging the meters now, as well as the price? Bring on the revolution and nationalise the lot."

Terry

"It says Annual, so it\'s for a year!"

Can Read

"I am completely confused by my gas meter reading since changing suppliers. Between 18 Sept 2009 and 19 Dec 2009, (based on actual readings) I used 167 units (av. 1.8 units per day); between Dec 19 2009 and 5 April I used 174 units (1.6 units per day). I then changed suppliers and between 31 March 2010 and 15 June 2010, I used 513 units (4.8 unit per day). If we take into account that the house was unoccupied and the utilities turned off for 15 days of that period, this means that for this period the daily usage was 5.5 units per day. Since 16 June, I have used 3 units (0.3 units per day) since 16 June. Has this happened to anyone else? Can anyone help me to shed any light on this? We have had no change in our lifestyle and none of the readings are estimates. I cannot accept that I used at least four times as much gas in the first quarter after I changed supplier than I did in the previous (cold winter) quarter "

John

"Prices quoted above do seem very expensive. There are 3 in our family in a 4 bed detatched house. Before we had a new condensing boiler put in (Sept 2009) we paid just under £400 for the year for gas. Now this has dropped to under £250. The house is occupied all day 4 days per week and we run hot water/heating, gas fire and gas cooker."

Mark

"Thank you - exactly what I was look for - really helped me."

H Marshall

"I am with British Gas in a rented property with 5 beds and 2 recep plus study and large utility area. Its old and badly insulated but even I had a heart attack at my bill. 18 Oct 08 - 16 Dec 09 came to £2903.29 and I don't even use it for cooking ! Would sludge in the radiators and a VERY old boiler be the reason for this? HELP !"

Rosie.

"Dear users, I was wondering if you had any thought on the following please? - My hot water and heating are both gas run - in a 2 bed flat we have the heating on a few hours a day and my housemate takes a bath EVERY day - how much does taking a bath cost? Is it a lot, or would the heating account for the majority of our bill? Many thanks "

John

"I found the page extremely useful. I simply wanted an idea of how much the average (relative) household gas spend is. I live in a 2 bed semi and have no access to mains gas. We're on LPG, the accommodation is rented and we believe the back boiler is very old. The UK average for similar property is £50.91 per month. That is our spend per winter week. Few organisations, recognise the extra expense LPG users have to fork out. I don't even have a choice to switch supplier - we already get the cheapest cylinders available and there's no mains network in the area. The local authority are not interested either."

Mr W. Cole

"i nearly had heart attack when my gas bills went from £27 per month to £95 but the worse was yet to come, after agreeing £60 per month I received another bill saying it would be £170 per month. Considering I hardly use the oven, and had lived here for 10 years I couldn't see why the prices would shoot up so steeply. EDF energy maintains there is nothing wrong with the meter. I'm not so sure. "

Marie Lebrasse

"Clearly states annual (YEARLY) above table and figures look right. Thanks for the work on this site. "

Daz

"Can any of you read?! - it quite clearly says annual...honestly..."

Dave, Blackpool

"I\'m being held to ransom by Flogas who supply LPG - I have my heating on for 7 - 10 hours a week because I have an open fire and I still pay nearly £800 a year for a 2 bed semi ! ! Flogas keep saying they are \'looking\' to reduce their prices - but guess what ? They still haven\'nt! ! Do Not buy a property that relies solely on LPG - it will cost you a fortune!"

S. Joyce

"According to the top table a 2 bed detached will use 33% more gas than a 4 bed detached. I think you need to revise the figures, they don't look credible. (Admin: Statistics - do you know many 2 bedroom detached properties? I will look at it)"

Steve L

"a very useful page but the table gave no indication as to whether the prices were for a quarter or a year. having just installed central heating i have no idea what to expect."

a simpson

"This is a great site, but agreeing with the comment below. I assume the figures are ANNUAL?"

Tom

"Thanks, this was really helpful! My best, C."

Chasimir

"OK. So its £X but you dont say for what period. Weekly? Quartarly? Annually? Come on!!"

Mike R