Hannah Chilcott says that blow heaters had been put in in her Saxon Weald property throughout refurbishment work earlier than she moved into the flat in November.

“They value a couple of £1 an hour per heater. My electrical invoice is definitely costing greater than my hire.”

She is so anxious about the associated fee – after calculating that 10 days’ use of electrical energy value her £146 – that she and her child daughter Louella reside in a chilly flat with no cooker, washer or bathe.

“I needed to flip every part off,” she stated. She went to stick with her dad in Billingshurst whereas making an attempt to kind issues out.

Now, she says, she’s again dwelling however nonetheless utilizing electrical energy sparingly. “I’m simply dreading the invoice. I can’t afford to pay it. And I do know that prices will go up much more in April.”

She says the flat now has black mould in locations and her three-month-old daughter has been regularly sick with coughs and colds.

“She has her personal bed room,” stated Hannah, “however I can’t use it as a result of it’s one other heater I can’t afford to run.”

The blow heaters she has, she stated, “are a short lived heating supply. They shouldn’t be the principle heating there’s for the home.

“My tenancy settlement says I’ve storage heaters, however I don’t.”

A spokesperson for Saxon Weald stated: “We visited Ms Chilcott in early February to evaluate her heating and guarantee she was on the precise vitality tariff.

“Our operative confirmed every part was working accurately and the tariff was proper for the kind of heating within the property.

“Sadly, the price of electrical energy is unprecedently excessive in the intervening time, which is making this a really troublesome time for a lot of of our prospects financially. “Our Cash Issues group have been working to assist Ms Chilcott and others who’re struggling.

“We will supply recommendation, assist with profit functions, meals financial institution vouchers and even emergency funds for these in most want.”