'I spend less than £170 heating my home in winter thanks to £12 Lidl middle aisle purchase'

Ben John scooped a bargain from Lidl that allows him to prevention a monolithic magnitude connected his vigor bills - but helium is besides forced to permanently tally a dehumidifier successful the wintertime months

A antheral has credited a Lidl-known middle-aisle bargain for whittling his heating bills down to conscionable £170 during the coldest clip of year.

Ben John moved into a caravan six years agone portion looking for a alteration - having decided that surviving successful a location was making him "bored". Ben, who lives successful Bournemouth, Devon, traded his lukewarm location for a overmuch much hard to vigor alternative, meaning it tin go highly cold.

But the situation forced the 38-year-old euphony pupil to deliberation creatively astir warming up during the acold wintertime months, and helium settled connected utilizing a diesel generator to conscionable his heating needs. The generator unsocial chopped his electrical bills down to conscionable £100 during the winter, and £67 for changeless generator-run heating, but the point isn't the cardinal helium credits for his rock-bottom bills.

Ben said that helium manages to past wintertime with minimal heating acknowledgment to a £12 off-brand Oodie helium discovered successful the mediate aisle of fund supermarket Lidl. He cooped the point alongside a big of dressing gowns and blankets helium swaddles himself with to chopped down connected wintertime heating expenditure.

He told the Daily Mail that the other layers let him to support his heater moving "constantly" during the winter, redeeming him a "fortune" connected his bills. He said: 'The diesel heater stays connected perpetually and its cheaper than electrical - if I had electrical connected it would outgo a fortune! I ever support it connected the lowest mounting though, to save money - and furniture up.

"Slipper socks are large due to the fact that they're bully and warm, and I person tons of fleecy dressing gowns. And past my 'Oodie' is similar a large duvet - maine the canine and the feline get each snuggled up connected unneurotic successful winter. And the electrical broad costs pence to run. If I support the doorway shut, it tin get rather toasty!"

Living successful a caravan tin besides bring heat-related challenges, Ben added, with the pupil saying that helium besides has to tackle humidity erstwhile moisture builds up astatine home. He said helium has to support a dehumidifier permanently moving alongside his heater to guarantee his carpet doesn't go mouldy.

The caravan tin go truthful moist that helium manages to capable up the dehumidifier's three-litre capableness each day. Ben's cost-cutting determination to his caravan could beryllium omniscient this year, with Ofgem having precocious raised its vigor terms headdress - raising energy bills from January 1, 2025, astatine the tallness of winter.

The headdress volition summation by 1.2 percent from January 1, meaning yearly bills surge from £1,717 a year to £1,738 - an wide summation of £21. The summation besides comes arsenic pensioners header without their Winter Fuel Payment, which would beryllium typically worthy £300.