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moving out!!!
Hi guys. Im new here. Been worrying about a few things as moving out alone soon. And just wanted to ask a few questions, Im moving into a 1 bedroom flat with a housing association which the rent is 100 a week, and was wondering if I can actually afford it? I earn 270 a week and work full time so was wondering ruffly how…
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Cost of switching to electricity
Hello all, first-timer here! I have just had my heating oil stolen for the second time in a week and cannot see a security solution. Can anyone advise me on the sort of cost comparison if I were to switch to an electric boiler in my current wet heating system? I realise it will be expensive, but in the order of what? My…
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MSE News: EDF most complained about energy firm
"The energy giant was the most complained about of the big six energy companies at the end of the last year..." Read the full story: EDF most complained about energy firm Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro Guide.
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New home - bill advice
Hiya, My boyfriend and I have just moved into our first home together and I was after some advice on what we can expect our total outgoings to be? (we haven't received any bills yet) obviously we've estimated to an extent but neither of us really have any experience of this kind of thing We are living in a 1-bed flat,…
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Npower Forced Debt - Please Help
Around May/June last year I was finally able to come off prepayment meters and switch to the credit/direct debit system. I booked for the meters to be taken out and the non-token meters put in. The first time the engineers came out they changed over my gas meter but refused to touch my electric one as it had the old style…
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Signed up to oct tariff but prices going up!!???
Hi Can anyone help? I signed up to Npowers Energy Online October 2013, but have had a letter telling me they are putting prices up from March. Can they do this when i signed up to a deal that hasnt run out yet!? TA VM
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1 to 10
We are paying £40 to £50 pounds per week for gas and electric, iv seen on SOA on other boards that this is high, could you please tell me on a scale of one to ten how high. Three bedroom terraced house, four adults, well two real ones (bringing in the money) and two kids. As always thanks :)
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How many Cubic Meters of Gas have you used over each month of the winter?
I moved into my first own property on the 15th of January. I had a brand new gas meter installed almost instantly as the old one was leaking. Since then I've managed to use 198 cubic meters of gas. (Aprox £100 worth) The property is a small/medium size mid terrace house with 3 bedrooms. The property is old but not to badly…
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On nPower Juice? Check you've been given discounts due to you!
I signed up to nPower "juice" in July 2011 - part of the reason I did so was that they were offering two £100 discounts, one for paying by DD for a year and the other called the "Green Energy Bonus". (Mentioned here) However, when I checked whether these had actually been paid, it turned out that the "Green Energy Bonus"…
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Help! £4000 gas bill!
Hi guys, I wonder if anyone has any knowledge about gas companies and how I'd remedy a pretty scary situation! I live in a flatshare with a few others and we recently received a huge bill from our gas company after giving them a meter reading. Here's a rough timeline of what happened. 6 years ago: For 6 years we were…
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WHICH IS CHEAPER - Heating on or off???
All, discussion with the Mrs............what is cheaper? Keeping the heating on 24/7 but during the night and day (when at work) we drop the thermostat from 19 to 15 and back up to 19 when we are in at night. The reason for this is that it costs 'more' to switch the heating on and off. Or use the timer switch, heating only…
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Cheap energy club supplier name
I wonder if anyone can help me, I am trying to sign up to the cheap energy club but the gas suppliers only lists telecom plus the utility warehouse and then the tariffs are not what I am on with utility warehouse. I'd really like to sign up to this club but want to make sure I am using the correct comparators so wondered…
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National grid rip off!!!!!!!!
We have been living in our house for close to 10 years now and we have always used electricity and not gas.Originally the cul de sac we live at only had a electricity supply and then later on the national grid put their main gas supply pipe into the close. About two years ago we were deciding whether or not to put central…
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Huge electric bill !!
Hi ya Ive just receivedmy electric bill from eon at £581.34 for the month - its never been that high - so rang them up and they've been estimating the bill since dec even though everymoth i put in the meter reading as its an online tarrif and the reading goes through and gives the bill amount - i pay and do the same…
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N-Power ... Ripping us off? WARNING RANT ALERT
I currently have two N-Power engineers in my house after a week without heating. 22/01/2013 – Purchased “Hometeam central heating care”policy. This is N Powers most expensive policy covering the central heatingparts and labour. 05/02/2013 – 07.15hrs - 15 days after start of policy. Awoketo find that neither the central…
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imperial digital gas meter reading Ft3 or 100,s of Ft3
my meter says it measures in cubic feet .Eon are saying it measures in 100's of cubic feet and therfore they multiply the reading by 2.8 to get m3(or the reading plus two zeros and then dvide by 35.4ft3/m3) does anyone know about these meters?
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sarajean
Any one shed any light on my BAXI combi boiler. The pressure is all over up then down. i am forever adding water,letting it out aaaarrrgghhh
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Npower discounts
Hi, After using some price comparison websites, Npower has come up as the cheapest dual fuel supplier for me. However, this only works out after the discounts have been applied. I had a look on their website and it says that an annual discount applies if you pay by Direct Debit continuously for 12 months. If I leave part…
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Electric meter stopped.
I searched the forum for this problem but didn't find anything. If there is a discussion elsewhere please post a link. So, Switched to E.On last autumn (from Southern Electric). Received bill last month which showed meter reading had not changed since September. Phoned E.On. New meter will be fitted at end of February.…
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First electricity bill blues
Hello everyone :money: Firstly a big hi 5 to the MSE Forum family. My name is Nicola & I'm a new home owner of a 1 bedroom flat (new build) I moved in on the 18/01/2013 & took a reading of my meter that day which was 1219. I received a bill yesterday from Southern Electric stating my estimated bill from 18/01/2013 to the…