CHATTING to a neighbourhood friend, Chloe Godland, 30, starts her pre-winter preparation. She grabs some lengths of bubble wrap and a water bottle and starts working around the windows of her three-bed home. “Have you lost the plot?” her friend asks - but it’s a comment Chloe isn’t bothered by.
Her wacky use of bubble wrap is actually a bill busting method to keep her house warm this winter . “I’m super scrimper - I save around £3k in winter with all my tricks, which cost almost nothing," she told The Sun. BUBBLE WRAPPING WINDOWS Chloe estimates that "bubble wrapping" her windows has saved her around £900 on her bills over the past three years.
MORE ON MONEY “Bubble wrap is a cheap option for double glazing,” she explained. “The bubble side stays on the window sealed with just water and captures heat from the sun, and at night time, it stops heat getting out. “It’s upping the temperature of the room by two degrees and we don't have to turn the heating on as much.
” Former receptionist Chloe, who lives in Leicester with her fiance, gym instructor Jack Gordon, 34, and their two and half year-old daughter Clemmie, isn’t alone with this trick. Most read in Money Experts say bubble wrapping your windows is a proven winter heat saver. The howtogosolart.
org website reveals bubble wrap on windows can cut your energy bills in that area of the house by 50%. This is money Chloe's family really needs to save. Jack earns just over £29,000 a year and the family .
