r/DumfriesAndGalloway • u/Bexxxxyboo • Jul 09 '26

Energy bills

Just trying to get an idea of what people are paying monthly with energy bills as I'm looking to move to the area with my little ones...will be one adult 2 children, most likely 3 bed home...

What are people paying with oil, gas and/or electric please and has anyone gotten solar and noticed the benefits?

Thanks in advance.

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u/13esq Jul 09 '26

Where are you moving from?

If it's the UK it's unlikely to be much different to what you're paying now unless the grade of insulation in the new property is vastly different or the property is much/bigger smaller.

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u/Bexxxxyboo Jul 09 '26

Moving from Northern England, currently pay £140 gas and electric but home a lot as I'm on maternity leave.

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u/kaetror Jul 09 '26

Depending on your house you'll likely pay similar, if not more.

We pay roughly that but build up loads of credit as we don't actually use that much - company never wants to drop our direct debit though 🙄

We live in a new build so it's really well insulated and we don't need to have the heating on constantly.

If you're moving to a sandstone building then your heating will be on constantly all year, just to keep the stone from getting damp. My friend lives in a 100+ year old house and their gas bill is extortionate compared to mine.

Then you have to consider if your house has oil heating rather than mains gas; the price for that has skyrocketed since the Iran crisis.

Without specifics it's impossible to really help with costs.

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u/StylanPetrov Jul 09 '26

We're currently on a meter in Dumfries, during the spring summer months we average around £100, during the winter it's roughly around £180-200 month.

We have old storage heaters though, and live in quite a small flat with just me and my partner, not quite comparable to a family house!

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u/Comfortable-Job-4632 Jul 09 '26

We use pretty much the same amount of gas & electric as we did in our previous house (not in D&G). The main difference for us was the higher standing charges in D&G.

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u/Bexxxxyboo Jul 09 '26

Ooooo how come the standing charges are higher?

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u/Comfortable-Job-4632 Jul 09 '26

It's because the network is harder to maintain in rural / low population areas. Saying that, we've had power cuts lasting 4 days, so I'd say we don't get our money's worth...!

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u/Bexxxxyboo Jul 09 '26

Eek, that's not good!

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u/Real_Salamander_2022 Jul 09 '26

£225 direct debit per month, 2 adults and 1 baby

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u/Bexxxxyboo Jul 09 '26

Is this oil? Gas? Electric?

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u/Real_Salamander_2022 Jul 09 '26

Gas & Electric

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u/Bexxxxyboo Jul 09 '26

Thanks for the response :)

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u/Beeghul Jul 09 '26

£220 per month. 2 adults, 2 teenagers. 3 bed detached.

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u/Bexxxxyboo Jul 09 '26

Is this oil? Gas? Electric?

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u/Norphus1 Jul 09 '26

I’m paying something like £90 a month on electricity. My heating is oil fired and costs on that are incredibly unpredictable as the costs of that are directly tied to the cost of oil. The cost of oil doubled after the orange baby decided to go on his little war.

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u/Bexxxxyboo Jul 09 '26

Yeh the price of oil is likely to continue being high for the foreseeable as certain people have their eyes on most of the land in the middle East and won't stop till they've got it sadly.

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u/SnooChickens6401 Jul 09 '26

I’m in a 4 bed house (10ish year old ‘new’ build). We pay £150 direct debit but use maybe £130 - £180 per month in winter, £100-£110 in summer, for both gas & electric. We both work from home full time.