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Utilities in a bit of a pickle
I moved into a new flat last week and the letting agent (managed property) said the electricity was Eon and gas was British Gas. The agent called the flat "hall floor flat" and said it corresponded as "flat 1" on the meters - so she read these. Once she had gone, I noticed that my flat was in fact "flat 2" (buzzer on door…
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Confused at to which to go for...
Bought a refiecrtion from Royal Mail and as aprt of the service they offer in association with some move me website or something they find out which is the cheapest service for you area for gas and electricity... Anyway I decided to have look now we have the keys to our new property and tbh prices are cheaper if we go it…
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Average gas/ elec use per square foot?
Does anyone know of any statistics I can look at which give gas/elec use per square foot i.e. takes into account how big the property is? We currently have pretty scary bills (last year used 11000kWh of electricity and 62000 gas giving an annual bill of nearly £3000) but live in an big old house with a very old boiler and…
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edf overestimated then served me with a warrant
hi all in june i recieved an estimated bill for electricity of £450.00 i regularly read my own meter and know the electric used was half that so i payed what i owed and informed edf ( i have all my meter readings gas and elect ,as an excell file on my laptop for over 12 months). between then and now edf have applied for a…
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Switching from Pre paid meter to normal
Hi All, Some help and advice please.... just moved in to a repossessed property and found out that the electricity is a pre paid card meter, i have spoke to EON, who supply the electricity and they say i cannot have the pre pay meter removed until i'm a customer for 12 months! and even then it will cost me to get it…
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Monthly DD: how much should you be in credit
I know what my annual gas/electric usage is, so know what my monthly direct debit should be (one twelfth of the annual usage). That is not the question. What I want to know is how much I should be in credit or debit at the end of different quarters? Obviously the supplier would want me to be in credit most of the time. Why…
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Power Meter in Aldi
On sale this Sunday for £7.99 http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_11274.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-09-18-16-56
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90.00 Cashback : Scottish Power : Duel Fuel Switch
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/retailerdetailScottish_Power.htm + up to 10% more depending on loyalty http://www.quidco.com/scottish-power/ ends midnight Sunday. 45.00 for switching One Fuel @Quidco which TCB will match upon a HCP claim + pay up to 10% more depending on loyalty, To avoid exit penalties pick Online Energy…
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help with Npower
Hi all, im looking for some advice; we have had a prepayment gas meter installed to help cut costs down however they have added our last quarterly bill(even though we have been paying prepayment for the last 6mths) on to the meter so we are paying it in debt. if we put £5 on the meter it takes £3.50 for this debt and…
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Gas Mains - Quote
Hi Can anyone advise on the following? I got a quote from SGN to get connected to the mains gas. I was sent a quote for £2900 with no break down of costs, apparently they can't?? I read on their website that they have a standard charge of £550 if the distance is 23m or less. When I phoned them up they told me we were…
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Living Alone: Average Costs and Social Tariffs Questions
I live in East London and I'm unemployed currently. Looks like I need to move out but shared accommodation housing benefit+JSA would barely pay my bills, let alone food, etc so other option is to live alone and get council tax and rent paid for in total. I'd love it if people could give me some average costs for bills for…
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Moving - new house is with Gas Plus - help
Hi We are moving next week and when I rang BG to find out who the suppliers are, I was told Gas Plus and Electric Plus. The man at BG said he had never heard of them and neither have I. On further investigation, it seems they may be part of Utility Warehouse. How does this work? When we move in, who will be supplying our…
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gas and electric u switch question
I am a bit confused as i have just used U switch to get a comparison on gas and electric i put in my yearly spend off £700 gas and £600 electric, and this is what came up FixOnline V3 Dual Fuel from E.ON Unit prices Gas6.525p per kWh3.407p per kWh above 2680 kWh p.aElectricity24.18p per kWh9.67p per kWh above 900 kWh…
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Advice please - in credit with Gas & Electricity
Hi, I'm currently £166 in credit with my Gas & Electricity Account with Scottish Power. Should I ask for the money to be sent to me? I'm sure I've tried before and they've said it evens out over the year, but my feeling is why should they be getting interest on my money. Any advice gratefully received.
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Boiler Breakdown / Repairs advice
Hi, I bought a property last year with a boiler of about 10 yrs age. It's a worcester combi boiler. Last year it broke down a few times but was easily repaird by a local guy who forgot to bill me. At the time he said he'd quote e for a new one as it could do with replacement (bet they all say that!). Now it has ground to a…
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what do you think of ebico for gas and leccy
im thinking of swapping from british robbers gas to ebico , how good are they and what tarrif is better for me , i pay monthly dd at the mo and ive got into £200 debt for gas and £200 for lectric , im out raged ive had the boiler turned off since june , yes no hot water or heating
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New Home - Which Gas & Ele
Hi, I'm moving into my new house this weekend and have found that the current supplier is Southern Electric for gas and electric. I have no idea how much the annual bills are. Does anyone know who is the cheapest supplier (i'm in the northwest) or recommend a comparison site? Thanks for your help.
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£5,000 gas bill, £1,300 leccy???!!!
My mother has just been sent an electricity bill by NPower for £1,324 going back to November 2006. She's getting on a bit and hasn't given them a meter reading so previous bills have all been estimates (as I discovered tonight!). Yet on the breakdown, NPower have 'actual readings' quoted for five periods between 2006 and…
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Moving.... How to.
So Im moving to a new place and im looking for a gas and electric supplier but i dont know how to do this because every comparison site i go to asks what i spend now and i dont know what the new property will use. can someoen advise?
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British gas homecare price hike
Have just received my British Gas renewal notice for Homecare 400 (Central Heating Care, Plumbing Drains & Home Electrical) and it's jumped from £26.60 a month to £38.60 a month! They say they have now introduced risk assessment into the charge, i.e. age of system, number of rads, make of boiler and where you live. I think…
