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Hodge360

Is that your own experience or are you role-playing?

Wookienopants

First morning in our new home and my wife managed to pack the coffee somewhere and I've no idea where....

GooberTheHat

It's in that box at the back, no, not that one.

Wookienopants

But I've looked in that one. It's not in there

FranticPea

I think it's in the box with the coffee.

Paul the sparky

If it's owt like Unpacking, it's probably in with the bathroom stuff

tigersgogrrr

Can't believe you don't have a 'We need this shit now on Day 0' box. Coffee, mugs, Xbox, pipe of Pringles.

Amateur hour over there.

hylian_elf

Wookienopants wrote:

First morning in our new home and my wife managed to pack the coffee somewhere and I've no idea where....

Could be worse. Could be the entire family’s passports…

Kow

Fucking energy crisis, just got hit for an electricity/gas bill for 500 quid (for two months). Costs have nearly tripled since this time last year. I hope they can find some way to navigate back to normal prices again soon. I feel sorry for the people on the lowest wages as they're going to have to choose between heating or eating.

b0r1s

Fucking hell. We’ve got it hitting now. Just waiting to see what my direct debit is gonna be.

GooberTheHat

I'm on 220 a month. 18 months ago I was on 80.

poprock

By reaching the end of a fixed tariff and being switched to a flexible one just as the big rise hit, we’ve gone from £185 per month to £550.

We’ve been told it will go up every month now. And it’s due to rise significantly again at Christmas, then again next spring, as the price caps are upped.

acemuzzy

On the plus side ...

... nope, still nothing

Funkstain

Wait. What? £550 a month in a two person home? What are you running, a server farm?

b0r1s

Now is the time to switch to solar guys. Me and the Missy are seriously looking at it. If you’re south facing a good array could cover 3/4 of your yearly bill. Batteries we’re still deciding on. This is no longer about it paying for itself, it’s about surviving the shit show our government have allowed to happen.

LivDiv

Mines gone from £50-£60 to £100. I suspect it will be £150 by xmas, although I will have to see how things go being in the new place. Having an external office means I wont be heating the house during the day which will be more efficient during the day but means there wont be any built up heat in the evening.

The energy report is pretty good except the loft insulation which is bottom of the scale so I will be having that done this summer, should pay for itself.

Speaking of paying for itself the dog is better than any heating and has now crossed the threshold into being cheaper.

Wookienopants

Jesus titty fucking Christ those prices make me want to cry. Still not seen mine yet.
Thank God we moved into a new build , it's rated as A for energy efficiency and is very warm.
We also have solar panels.

Really hoping these mitigate some of the costs

MattyJ

Yup, really being hit by it. Going to be a very uncomfortable year or more.

LivDiv

I dont see much changing for the rest of the decade.

poprock

Funkstain wrote:

Wait. What? £550 a month in a two person home? What are you running, a server farm?

Our bills are mostly gas with only a little electricity. Up from £185, which felt reasonable for the size of the place and the fact that we have a gas-powered Aga that’s always on and underfloor heating that’s quite energy-hungry. And that’s already including solar thermal for our hot water, which should be reducing gas use on that side of things.

I’ve been keeping track, and we’re using 20 to 25% less energy than this time last year - thanks to understanding our heating system a bit better and using it more efficiently.

Funkstain

sheeeeit according to OVO we're using just slightly more than the average OVO customer. Our fixed comes to an end in June. Time to figure out what this means - we use a lot more electricity than gas, especially in summer

hylian_elf

We are 4-bed fully detached. It's a cold house. Have been paying c£350 a month recently. Last year, in our old home, similar size but felt warmer, it was c£200 a month.

Minnesänger

poprock wrote:

Funkstain wrote:

Wait. What? £550 a month in a two person home? What are you running, a server farm?

Our bills are mostly gas with only a little electricity. Up from £185, which felt reasonable for the size of the place and the fact that we have a gas-powered Aga that’s always on and underfloor heating that’s quite energy-hungry. And that’s already including solar thermal for our hot water, which should be reducing gas use on that side of things.

I’ve been keeping track, and we’re using 20 to 25% less energy than this time last year - thanks to understanding our heating system a bit better and using it more efficiently.

You’re in the country too, yeah? Even with some nice updates and insulation, some of those country places can be quite energy hungry. And yeah, underfloor heating will add to that. Those bills sound rough, dude.

Hope everyone is able to weather this, as the prices seem absolutely brutal and times are already tight for a lot of people. Unbelievable it was allowed to get to this.

Kow

Coupled with ridiculous petrol prices and the indefinite transport strike here (which has meant the price of everyday goods has shot up), it's a right kick in the ballsack.

b0r1s

Somehow I’m massively in credit, probably because I’d been on estimated bills for a couple years and only just supplied my meter reading which was lower so I reckon I should be ok up until I move out in the summer.

LivDiv

Completion date set for the 22nd, although I plan to move on the 25th.

Had a call from the solicitor and she is trying to get the exchanges done today.

Exciting times.

GooberTheHat

Mortgage interest has gone up 2%, which somehow translates to a monthly payment increase of 18%. Add on the 150% increase in fuel bills, and the increased cost of food and petrol, and I think I'm fucked.

LivDiv

Are you not on a fixed rate?

acemuzzy

I kinda think enough people are fucked that shit is gonna kick off somewhere but I don't really know how or when it where it what exactly will happen but I hope it leads somewhere better than where we are today.

GooberTheHat

LivDiv wrote:

Are you not on a fixed rate?

Nope.

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