This site has proved of great help in the past as I know there are people from all different careers and backgrounds, so I hoping someone can offer me some useful advice on this issue.
At my parent's house which is a large 4 bedroom detached property, their electricity bills work out at approximately £60 per month and they ended up in credit at the years end. My mother never gives the washing machine or tumble drier a break and my dad falls asleep with the TV on more often than not. They are guilty for leaving things on standby most days. All in all, what i am trying to say is they use electricity fairly liberally but their bills are pretty reasonable.
My girlfriends parents payments have gone to £117 per month as their previous payments of a little over £100 were not covering their usage. The house is a terraced house which is smaller in area than my parents. They are very strict with their usage - turning things off at the wall every day, full loads of washing, not falling asleep with the tv on but their bills still up more expensive. THis has been the case for years and her dad isn't sure how to go about finding out why his electricity bills are so high.
They have the same number of occupants, gas central heating, gas one, gas hobs. Our oven is electric which again you would think puts our prices higher. What steps should we take to ascertain why the bills are working out over £50 more expensive.
Any advice appreciated.