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total average monthly costs
Most things nowadays for the home have like a 'line rental' service. say you have a one bedroom flat. Gas cooker. You use electric heating. hot water from boiler only when youre showering. So you basically cutting down where you can. You have energy saving light bulbs. Broken down where possible, what is the average Uk…
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Can I cancel my British Gas contract?
Hi I signed up over the phone for a British Gas dual fuel contract till 2014. in Dec 11..I was sent post that gave me 7 days cooling off but due to family illness, this date has long since passed. I am due to have my supply taken over on 11/1 (Gas) and 20/1(Elec) and have changed my mind about going over to BG. Do I have…
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Can I cancel my British Gas contract?
Hi I signed up over the phone for a British Gas dual fuel contract till 2014. in Dec 11..I was sent post that gave me 7 days cooling off but due to family illness, this date has long since passed. I am due to have my supply taken over on 11/1 (Gas) and 20/1(Elec) and have changed my mind about going over to BG. Do I have…
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Moved home...can't afford the electricity
Hi there I recently moved into my first house, which is privately rented through a lettings agency. Before i moved in i came and had a look around and was told that the heating was storage heating, this is what the agent was told by the landlord. I was happy with this so i moved in. Since moving in i have found out that…
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Gas and elec coming down?
My variable fixed term contract for gas and electricity with Npower has just come to an end. I have just searched the market and noticed that the best deals seem to be a fix to 2013. Does this suggest that energy providers think that prices will come down as I thought you would pay more for a fix.
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Utility Warehouse Charges
Hiya, Newbie here ;-) just wondering - are utility companies obligated to tell customers about cheaper options within their own tarifs?? The reason I ask - when I moved into this house 2 yrs ago I couldn't go onto a monthly budget plan as it was based on usage by the previous occupants and the company wanted to charge £400…
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Eon huge bill out of the blue.(please help)
I got a letter from eon saying my elec dd was to go up to £351 per month. This is from £120 month. So after contacting them they told me that this was to pay back £3904 that I apparently owe. After going into shock I asked how they had come to this figure as I pay monthly DD and always pay. Chap said its for estimated…
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Potential Costs of Electric Heating
I'm looking at potential flats to rent at the moment. I've just discovered a lot of the flats I'm looking at have electric heating. I'm wondering how worried I should be about this. Should I be considering paying extra to get gas heating? I've always had gas heating in the past and was wondering how electric heating costs…
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nPower wont pay for solar energy
My dad has had solar panels fitted. He filled in his form with nPower back in August and they are fully aware that he is pushing power to the grid. For some unknown reason they are not making any payments to him. He calls them and finds it very difficult to get through on the phone. When he does get through after being on…
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Switching Dual Fuel
Hi, I hope that I'm posting in the right place. I'm new to this, so trying to find my way around. So, here goes. In August 2009, I switched to a dual fuel online plan with NPower, paying £71 per month for both. All was fine until August 2010 when the contract ended. They wrote to me stating that as I missed a number of…
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Gas / Plumber cover payment monthly
Hi I need your help as I need to find gas, boiler and plumber service that allows me to pay cover every monthly in the event of something goes wrong in my tenant's house. Do you know any company provide these services at reasonable price? FT
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Landlord Moving Gas Meter and Charging Me!!
Happy new year to all and I hope those that over indulged last night are now beginning to feel alive again :-) I have a one bedroom purpose built leasehold flat on the second/top floor of a block of fifteen. Before the holidays I received a letter from my landlord stating that following a fire risk assessment and a safety…
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An opinion on switching!
Evening all The New Year is here so doing a bit of cleaning up of finances and the like. I have been looking at fuel prices and comparisons over the last 6 months and cannot make my mind up as to the best course of action so have sat tight. I am currently with Eon on the Energy Online tarriff. Working on last years figures…
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Understanding the benefits of switching
We are reaching the end of a very good tariff with SSE which does not exist any more... comparing the one they have offered with what is available I would save around 260 per year if switching to First Utility (I've checked several comparison sites and they al agree). However, FU has appaling reviews and they only have 3…
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scottish power OES4 - can I transfer it to another property?
I have had a look on the Scottish Power website and can't find what I am looking for and the online assistant only gives answers to pre identified topics. I am currently on the online energy saver 4 tarrif but from what I can see it doesn't exist any more for new customers. As an existing customer can I transfer it across…
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Eco 7 clock wrong
Hi! After changing supplier back in July my account has only just been sorted out and have received our first bill but because we are on an Economy 7 meter we have to have ecomony 7 rates they won't use standard rates as EON used to! Very annoyed that we weren't told this but we have been given the option of having a…
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To what extreme do you try save on heating?
I've recently had a huge bill from heating and I am now obsessed with reducing costs. Heating is now on a timer and is set to come on at 3.30pm (as that's when my little one come home from pre-school during the week). We are going out today and not due back until 5-5.30pm - I'm thinking of lowering thermostat right down so…
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Redonkulously expensive gas?
Hello there! I'm new to MSE, but can't see any place to introduce myself so I'll jump right in with my first Q! I just moved into a flat, 2 bed council flat, and to my dismay it has a gas topup token meter. I've never had one of these and dreaded ever having to get one as they are so expensive. However, this one is even…
