by Jacob Whitmore | Sep 2, 2026 | Home & Garden
Basis: Ofgem price cap for 1 October to 31 December 2026, electricity 26.32p per kWh including VAT relief, direct debit. Until 30 September 2026 the capped rate was 26.11p. Wattages are the manufacturers' own published specifications, opened and checked on 2 September...
by Jacob Whitmore | Sep 2, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
The short version In England the carbon monoxide alarm duty sits with landlords. GOV.UK guidance says plainly that the regulations do not apply to owner occupiers. The exception is building work: since October 2022, Approved Document J requires a CO alarm in the room...
by Jacob Whitmore | Aug 30, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
Home security is sold the wrong way round. The expensive, heavily marketed products watch a burglary happen. The cheap, dull ones try to stop it. This index prices the second group against the first, using government data on how burglars actually get into British...
by Jacob Whitmore | Aug 30, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
The UK Student Kit Index prices the same 20-item student room kit every year and reads the total against the maintenance loan. This is the first edition. The 2026 UK student kit costs £569.11. Kitting out a student room takes 15.8% of the first maintenance loan...
by Jacob Whitmore | Aug 29, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
The short version A passive moisture absorber uses no electricity at all, so once you have bought it there is nothing to run. A plug-in dehumidifier of the usual household size draws a couple of hundred watts. One tub pulls a few hundred millilitres of water a week in...
by Jacob Whitmore | Aug 28, 2026 | Home & Garden, Trending
The short version At the October to December 2026 price cap, gas costs 7.97p a kWh. Ofgem's typical home uses 9,500 kWh a year, which is £757.15 of gas before the standing charge. That £757.15 is the only part of the bill a thermostat can cut. We ranked...
