The cost of living... what can we do?

We've kept the old original one in our small lounge and use to use it .We have one of those inflatable chimney balls inserted and have also temporarily sealed the front part to ensure there aren't any draughts. But we wouldn't close it up permanently as it's a handy standby to have.

 

What a lovely room....♡♡♡

 

Aw thank you Jenny it's in the old original part of the house.

 

Yes it's 116 yrs old ....well a few remaining parts of it are!! About 5 original rooms remain. Thanks

 

Do you believe her @Fat Controller ?
Jenny namaste

 

Just a few days ago I cancelled our TV license in part because we haven't turned it on even for a year or two & even before that we rarely watched anything. We mainly kept it for the gkids but in the last 5 years they haven't been interested either. We had only the Free channels, no subscriptions like they have at their house!

I sometimes watch BBC on the computer but not often enough to warrant the expense of a licence we don't need. My wife watches programmes from Spain but even she cancelled her subscription some months ago.

 

I purchased a De-humidifier last year when we were decorating the entire house. On advice, I bought one with a Drying cycle for washing. It is brilliant. It dries all our washing in a few hours, even puts out a little heat and costs the same to run as a computer. The washing dries better than a tumble dryer (not as good as putting outside) and for much less money than a tumble dryer.

 

I dry my washing in the conservatory in winter.

 

Same here,dont use tv and pay almost £14 direct debit a month to watch bbc weather and occasional news ,bbc iplayer on laptop..im 6 month in front so im going to cancel mine,peevs me thou that the money saved will just go british gas and il not benefit! x