Lads & lassies,
Have ESB storage heaters in my home. They're grand and all but I know they're exspensive.
The first three bills were like €140, €180 and €180 again respectively. No problems and I began to think all was well...but I didn't realise they were estimates.
So our fourth bill was a reading which amounted to over €500!!!!
This was made up of the two months since last bill and previous shortfalls in bills!
Needless to say I nearly fainted.
So my last bill (which I just got) was €185, again another estimate.
The problem is most bills you can budget for...I haven't got a clue with this lark.
Obviously I'm not even using the heating right now so it may be actually be that their estimate is an over-estimate...or bang on the nose.
Anyway, there's one more reading this year but we don't know when.
How do other people cope with this? I'm curious.
I suppose I could do a reading myself and then ring them...so maybe I'm answering my own problem here but I'm keen to get other people's experiences on this.
Have ESB storage heaters in my home. They're grand and all but I know they're exspensive.
The first three bills were like €140, €180 and €180 again respectively. No problems and I began to think all was well...but I didn't realise they were estimates.
So our fourth bill was a reading which amounted to over €500!!!!
This was made up of the two months since last bill and previous shortfalls in bills!
Needless to say I nearly fainted.
So my last bill (which I just got) was €185, again another estimate.
The problem is most bills you can budget for...I haven't got a clue with this lark.
Obviously I'm not even using the heating right now so it may be actually be that their estimate is an over-estimate...or bang on the nose.
Anyway, there's one more reading this year but we don't know when.
How do other people cope with this? I'm curious.
I suppose I could do a reading myself and then ring them...so maybe I'm answering my own problem here but I'm keen to get other people's experiences on this.