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electricity only (economy7 smart storage heaters) 1 bed top floor flat and bill for Nov was £168 so £100 with the top up. but that's wearing jumpers/fleece and 19° during the day and 20° in the evening, not using the towel rad in bathroom and not using the oil filled rad in bedroom, kitchen is unheated but just opening the door to lounge heats it up as it's so small, so being in there cooking is enough to heat the space.
partner will be here in Jan/feb while new place is being done and it will be a constant 22°, the IR/mirror heater in bathroom will be on along with bedroom rad and the 120lt of hot water in the unvented cylinder will fill a bath every evening (to the brim and too hot to get in so left to cool down).
if it's a close to 0° month i fully expect the bill to pass the £300 mark before discount. rates were 6p overnight/20p day it's now around 20p/30p
triple glazed, 270mm insulation in loft but tile hung dormer roofs with a few inches of polystyrene can only do so much.
growing up with crittall windows and no heating upstairs means i'm quite comfortable at 20° and not bothered about heating a bedroom above 17-18° but feel sorry for those who need to be warmer for age/health reasons but simply cannot afford to be warm.
shareholders get paid though...