Seven Simple things that can reduce your household costs by an easy 10% This sounds tricky. You’re careful with money. You don’t go out shopping without reason. You plan days out. Here’s how to reduce your household bills by 10% without feeling too miserly or making your life a misery. This advice isn’t specific to France but could be applied anywhere. 1. Showers. Showers – time an average shower. If you spend 10 minutes in the shower then reduce that time to 9 minutes and you’ve saved 10% already. Try and cut the time down to five minutes if you can. 2.Heating Heating. If you have your heating on for six hours, then reduce it by 30 minutes to make an approximate 10% saving on your heating. If your heating is set to 20 degrees then turning it down by 10% feels uncomfortable to me. Reducing the time, for me, …