Finding the chase and cutting to it

Last week, we looked at the cash return on replacement windows, which, on the face of it looked marginal at best. But of course, we have made other investments over the past twelve years. Easy steps, let’s look at the LED lighting. About a year, just in saved electricity. Initial cost was about £350 for […]

If you have been following my blog for a while, you’ll be familiar with my love of automation. It is not necessarily a passion my immediate family shares, but working with them, we have a situation we can all see the benefit of and all have equal control. (If you are in such a position, […]

I’ve been checking out what the upcoming change in the price caps means. Electricity usage is going up by a third (so a bill today of £100 will be £133.33) per unit – the standing charge is then on top of that, for a 31 day month, £13.95. Gas usage is going up by just […]

We moved house 6 years ago (almost to the date) and got a bit of a shock when our first month’s energy bill came in – our electric bill was £101.  For a month. My friends are all groaning at this point, as I tell of how I sat in the kitchen looked up to […]

I ended up with a day on my hands. I could have spent it feeling sorry for myself (and did start down that route) before I picked myself up by the scruff of my neck and gave myself a shake down! Get to the chase?  So what? Over the past 5 years, I have had […]