Practical advice for reducing energy bills
Already have panels? An AC-coupled battery bolts on without touching your inverter or your FIT payments. Tesla, Enphase and GivEnergy compared with prices and warranty terms.
Awaab's Law gives social landlords in England 10 working days to investigate damp and mould. The time limits, how to report and how to complain.
Awaab's Law covers council and housing association tenants in the North West. How to report damp to the region's 20 largest social landlords.
A 55-inch TV costs about 8p an evening and a console 11p a session — but instant-on console standby can add ~£25 a year. Full table by screen…
Heating a hot tub from cold costs about £8.70; keeping it hot runs £30–£63 a month depending on insulation and weather. The full sums plus the tricks that…
A 3kW immersion costs about £1.66 to heat a 120-litre cylinder from cold — three times the gas price. Cylinder-size cost table, Economy 7 timing and ways to…
A 200W compressor dehumidifier costs about 5p an hour and £12.60 a month at 8 hours a day; desiccant models cost two to three times more to run.…
A line-by-line anatomy of a UK heat pump quotation, from the room-by-room heat loss to the deposit ceiling. Includes a worked example with the grant deducted and the…
tado° X, Hive, Google Nest, Drayton Wiser and Honeywell evohome ranked on what actually differs: entry price with the hub included, warranty length, subscription cost and whether they…
Nationals publish entry prices from £3,999 after the grant. Local firms publish nothing and survey instead. We compare the trade-offs on price certainty, waiting times, deposits and whether…