Credit Cave

I first picked this up over at My Money Blog.  Basically winter is an expensive time to run any household, especially if you live in a country / area where winter means cold temperatures and high oil prices.  While there are plenty of ways to save money from simply by opening your curtains during the day to let the sun heat up a room and closing them at night to keep heat in to  keeping windows and doors closed, these will not keep you toasty for the entire winter.  No, the only way that’s going to happen is by heating the house with oil fired central heating, gas or a stove.

If you are serious about saving money on your utility bills may I suggest the Home Energy Saver tool.  You enter in your ZIP code and enter in some more details about where you live, then the tool returns various way you can save money and what it will save you.  Entering in more information about your home will allow the tool to provide a more accurate estimate of potential savings.

Some of the cost-cutting measures will require you to upgrade your home with more insulation, new triple glazed windows and such.  Obviously this is going to cost a fair whack of money up front, but the tool covers this by giving you an estimated payback period.

It costs nothing to have a go and some of the ideas may well be feasible for you.  I highly advise trying it out.

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