What exactly are we supposed to do? All of Europe is facing this issue. I think people need to realise that Covid was the equivalent of fighting a major war in terms of expenses. We’ll be paying it for decades to come. There simply is no more money left to hand out.
I agree with some points raised, but damn that site is cancer on mobile.
Also, everyone has high bills, not just pensioners.
But aren’t most people on fixed tariffs? So the majority of people won’t see an increase until their current deal expires. Or did people really sign up to a variable rate tariff?
I’d care more if they hadn’t spent decades voting for exactly this outcome. Want the youth to “toughen up” and stop being “woke”? okay then, guess we will sleep while you freeze? Be careful what you wish for. All I’m hearing is a bunch of boomers didn’t tighten those bootstraps accordingly
I got connected to natural gas about 2 months ago. According to my maths, which I really hope is wrong, the 240m3 I used so far will cost me £233 on my first bill in my 3 bed semi I live alone in.
Hot water bottles and blankets on the sofa. It will b like going back to the 70s but less smokey, or so I’m told. I wasn’t around then.
Actually, someone needs to tell Diane that she would be better blocking all the drafts and then when she sees condensation, wipe it off, open the windows for a bit and then close them later. She’s probably suffering unnecessarily. Using a gas kettle will add to her problems as that produces a lot of water into the air.
Electric blankets.
Cost pennies to run and only heat the area where you actually are.
Up until nearly 3 years ago, I lived in a flat which was heated by nothing other than a single wall-mounted brick heater. All the windows were single-glazed, with the wooden frames rotting. One of the panes had a gap between it and the frame which I had to plug with bubble wrap and duct tape. None of the walls were adequately insulated.
To say that that place was cold in the winter was a gross understatement.
The landlord had zero interest in fixing nearly any of the issues in there. The estate agent, who pretty much acted as middleman, was next to useless as well.
This isn’t just happening to the elderly. It’s happening to swathes of the population across all age groups, children included.
These comments are full of whataboutisms!
How about nobody should be freezing in their own homes or struggling to buy food, no matter what demographic they are?
Maybe they should equity release from the property they own? The reality is the average pensioner has a higher income than the average worker now so it logically follows that the below average pensioner is also better off than the below average person in work. Young people are equally facing this problem likely with far less resources available.
£165 for December. My direct debit is now £220 a month as Ovo are warning prices are increasing.
Im in a new build, thick curtains, well insulated and had the heating on up to 3 hours a day. I cannot afford this every month. I’ve had to reduce heating to an hour in the morning and I’m using up my stash of ikea candles and wearing hoodies because I genuinely can’t afford this.
Bet the share holders got money though. Bastards.
Interestingly, we could temporarily cut fuel costs by closing schools and sending the kids home. Making them run the heating with the windows open is massively pushing up demand – and if you reduce demand it’s the most expensive supply that gets cut first.
But that’s ideologically unacceptable, so here we are.
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FFS.
Stop focusing on one small demographic.
They aren’t the only ones with this problem
What exactly are we supposed to do? All of Europe is facing this issue. I think people need to realise that Covid was the equivalent of fighting a major war in terms of expenses. We’ll be paying it for decades to come. There simply is no more money left to hand out.
I agree with some points raised, but damn that site is cancer on mobile.
Also, everyone has high bills, not just pensioners.
But aren’t most people on fixed tariffs? So the majority of people won’t see an increase until their current deal expires. Or did people really sign up to a variable rate tariff?
I’d care more if they hadn’t spent decades voting for exactly this outcome. Want the youth to “toughen up” and stop being “woke”? okay then, guess we will sleep while you freeze? Be careful what you wish for. All I’m hearing is a bunch of boomers didn’t tighten those bootstraps accordingly
I got connected to natural gas about 2 months ago. According to my maths, which I really hope is wrong, the 240m3 I used so far will cost me £233 on my first bill in my 3 bed semi I live alone in.
Hot water bottles and blankets on the sofa. It will b like going back to the 70s but less smokey, or so I’m told. I wasn’t around then.
Actually, someone needs to tell Diane that she would be better blocking all the drafts and then when she sees condensation, wipe it off, open the windows for a bit and then close them later. She’s probably suffering unnecessarily. Using a gas kettle will add to her problems as that produces a lot of water into the air.
Electric blankets.
Cost pennies to run and only heat the area where you actually are.
Up until nearly 3 years ago, I lived in a flat which was heated by nothing other than a single wall-mounted brick heater. All the windows were single-glazed, with the wooden frames rotting. One of the panes had a gap between it and the frame which I had to plug with bubble wrap and duct tape. None of the walls were adequately insulated.
To say that that place was cold in the winter was a gross understatement.
The landlord had zero interest in fixing nearly any of the issues in there. The estate agent, who pretty much acted as middleman, was next to useless as well.
This isn’t just happening to the elderly. It’s happening to swathes of the population across all age groups, children included.
These comments are full of whataboutisms!
How about nobody should be freezing in their own homes or struggling to buy food, no matter what demographic they are?
Maybe they should equity release from the property they own? The reality is the average pensioner has a higher income than the average worker now so it logically follows that the below average pensioner is also better off than the below average person in work. Young people are equally facing this problem likely with far less resources available.
£165 for December. My direct debit is now £220 a month as Ovo are warning prices are increasing.
Im in a new build, thick curtains, well insulated and had the heating on up to 3 hours a day. I cannot afford this every month. I’ve had to reduce heating to an hour in the morning and I’m using up my stash of ikea candles and wearing hoodies because I genuinely can’t afford this.
Bet the share holders got money though. Bastards.
Interestingly, we could temporarily cut fuel costs by closing schools and sending the kids home. Making them run the heating with the windows open is massively pushing up demand – and if you reduce demand it’s the most expensive supply that gets cut first.
But that’s ideologically unacceptable, so here we are.