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Utilities in first home
Hi, Just looking for any tips regarding choosing who supplies my gas and electricity in my first home. I dont know how much i'm likely to use, I dont know who has good/bad reputations etc.. I read on the main MSE about EDF energy having a fixed rate til april 2014, with no fee for leaving.. which sounds quite good. But Ive…
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Siemans and Scottish Power
I had a card put through the door the other day marked from Siemans telling me they'd tried to read my meters. I'm actually with Scottish Power who read my meters a few months ago even though I put my readings in every time they ask me too online.. then today I get a letter from Siemans asking me for my Gas meter only…
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If my fixed energy deal ends 30/8 can I set wheels
In motion to change, or do I have to wait until after that date? Knowing that the transfer can take 8-12 weeks, wondered if I could apply sooner. Thanks
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Inexplicable electricty usage
I moved house in February and have been monitoring my electricity usage. I appear to be using 10-11 Kwh every 24 hours, which I find totally inexplicable. My electricity usage monitor and meter are in agreement on usage. Occasionally there is a day where 6-7 Kwh is used. The high usage seems to be overnight and during the…
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Eon offering save online 12.
I came off of 9 yesterday and was about to jump ship, is this a reasonable alternative?
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How much for a house rewire
I've had an electrical report done on the house and been told the whole house requires rewiring. The last rewire was in 1973 so probably due a rewire. There is an old form of trip switches so no new consumer unit. The house is a three bed semi with 1 bathroom and 2 reception rooms. Also need spotlights replacing in 3 rooms…
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To Switch or Not to Switch
Hi All: Basic situation, I'm on a fixed plan with EDF called Fixed S@aver v2, due to expire sept 30th for both Gas and Electric. Termination costs £25 per fuel. I have searched on Money Supermarket and the best deal I can find is with Scottish Power - Online Fixed Price Energy. Money Supermarket are giving £70 cashback on…
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Changing from E-on to Scottish Power
Looking with help My current deal (online saver 9) with e-on finishes on the 21sty Auagust and they have written to say they are changing me over to energy online. After using all the comparison sites,the best I can do is get no increase in my costs so have decided to go with Scottish Power through moneysupermarket and get…
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Gas saving from cavity wall insulation?
Anyone who has had cavity wall insulation installed can they quantify what saving it has made to your gas bill please? x amount of £'s off your gas bill? We are moving into a new house soon and were surprised to hear it doesn't have cavity wall insulation despite being only 9 years old. I thought all new-ish builds had…
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Which supplier, new customer
Apologies if cross posting, found a utilities thread but it ended up being closed. Moving into a flat and currently looking for a supplier (electricity only). Basically I just want to know who is the best value - with all the comparison sites you have to enter details of your current policy but this doesn't apply to me as…
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Problem with your supplier - don't underestimate Twitter!
Apologies in advance for a fairly long post, however I would like to share this with other MSE users, hopefully it may help somebody else. To give you a bit of background, we moved into our flat last may and in August switched to a Dual Fuel tariff (Fixed S@ver 2) with EDF. The closing bill from the previous supplier had…
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The edf DD lottery
As an unpaid meter reader I sent them my readings the other day. I'm , lets call it £74 in credit after getting the bill. If I use the same in the next 12 months it will cost £1176. So how much should the DD be? I would guess at (1176-74)/12 which when I went to school was around £92. So what do you think edf want? The…
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new boiller
Hi i am thinking of having a new combi condensing boiler, are there any bad points ?
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EON Prepayment bill in credit?!
Hi, I have both my electricity and gas from EON, both on prepayment meters. I received and email today saying my bills where ready to read on line. Have had a look at them, and the electricity says my current balance is £208.40 credit, and my gas is £12.17. I have called EON this morning to ask them to explain it, ie. does…
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OVO - Will They Negotiate?
I'm currently with OVO, but my fixed rate will expire soon. They've offered me a new fixed rate deal which would mean an increase of about 10% in cost. If I were to move elsewhere I could get that down to about a 4% increase along with a bit of cashback. Does anybody know if they'll ever try and negotiate a deal if you…
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MSE MoneySupermarket cashback confirmation
Hi, I've just changed energy supplier using MoneySupermarket via a link on the MSE site. The link stated that I would get £70 cash-back (several weeks in the future). At no point through the application form on MS, or in the terms and conditions, or in the confirmation email, is the cash-back mentioned. So I'm supposed to…
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Changing Suppliers - Confused
Sorry if this is a silly post: I'm currently with N Power on their Dual Fuel Standard Pre-payment tariff and I'm desperately trying to save as many pennies as i can throughout my household. I've rang N Power about my bills and this is the information they have given me: GAS: Daily Standard Rate 34.13p per day Rate: 3.701…
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Which NPower tariff? Very confusing!
Hi all, I have come to the end of my NPower tariff which was a fixed price for 12 months. NPower have put me on the standard tariff now, but have suggested I will save £30 if I go on the 'energy online' tariff (of course, I'd rather research myself). I don't want to switch providers as it's lots of hassle and they're all…
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Just been hit with a huge bill - this can't be right?
Hey everyone, I was hoping someone who knows more about this sort of stuff can give me (and my ex-housemates) some advice on what course of action to take, it would be very much appreciated! Basically I moved into a rental property with 3 housemates on the 1st of July 2011, on a 1-year contract. Our landlords advised us to…
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British Gas suddenly decide I owe them from 2 and a half years ago!!!
Okay this is a long story and Im hoping someone can give me some advice, 2 and a half yeyars ago I was In a difficult financial situation due to losing my job and splitting up with my husband and got into a large amount of debt with British gas (over 2 thousand pounds for gas and electricity) and the only way out of it was…
