Have you turned on your heating yet this year?
The nights are drawing in and it's getting chillier as November approaches. We asked Sheffield's residents if they have turned on their heating yet - or if the cost of living crisis has made them more hesitant to put the boiler?
Transcript
00:00 Hi, it's Arthur from Sheffield Star and we're no more than asking people whether they've
00:03 turned on their heating yet this year and we've had to make that decision.
00:06 How's it been for you so far?
00:08 Well, we live in London so it's a lot milder there and warmer so we haven't actually switched it on yet.
00:16 Have you found things coming back up here to the north?
00:20 I'm actually wearing her coat because that is not sufficient enough to keep me warm up here.
00:26 So we've definitely climatised to the south.
00:30 You were telling us that you're actually from Sheffield originally I suppose.
00:33 It is really devised right along the middle.
00:35 More expensive down there too I imagine.
00:38 Has that affected whether you've put on the heating or not as well?
00:42 Not really but it is in the back of your mind.
00:46 You do think about obviously the cost and things but you've got children as well which obviously impacts
00:54 your decision as well rather than just having it on for you.
00:58 But yeah, it is something that you do think about.
01:02 Do I really need the heating on right now or can we go without it?
01:08 It's nice.
01:11 Hi, it's Arthur from the Sheffield Star and we're here asking people because this is the week of the year
01:15 statistically where people start turning their heating on and we're asking people if that's happened to them yet.
01:20 How's your experience been of this?
01:22 I have put it on but I've only got three in the cold.
01:24 I'm not having it on for as many hours as I would with some heating suits.
01:29 I keep putting it on because I've got an app that tracks the cost and people can then turn it down or off.
01:36 Has that affected you? People get this smart app that tells you exactly how much you're spending and going up and down
01:41 and it changes your habits a little bit. Have you had that experience?
01:44 Yeah, it definitely scares you.
01:46 So you do turn things off. Yeah, definitely.
01:49 We had a bit of a bad winter last year, cost of living crisis and the rest of it.
01:52 Are you worried about winter going into it this time?
01:55 Like, for some reason I don't think it will be as bad as last year.
02:00 Maybe because we've got used to paying a bit more money and maybe we've also got used to saving money in certain areas
02:07 with heating, turning it down, turning it off and certainly a bit more aware this year than last year.