Help! Changing from prepayment to billed elec

cooldudecol

I'm renting at the moment and we use a prepayment for the electric. I would like to change it to a monthly billing system, but I was wondering if we need any cosmetic changes to the house to do this?

Or is it just a quick thing that requires no building work?

irnbru_2

cooldudecol wrote:

I'm renting at the moment and we use a prepayment for the electric. I would like to change it to a monthly billing system, but I was wondering if we need any cosmetic changes to the house to do this?

Or is it just a quick thing that requires no building work?

It's a straight-forward change but check your tenancy agreement to see if your permitted to do it. Your landlord may prefer pre-payment for their property so they don't have the hassle of dealing with the supplier if a tennant does a runner

Bri_2205

It requires no building work at all. Its a case of, take one meter off, put a new one in its place.

As irnbru states, check with your LL first, also check with your supplier as there may be a charge.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

My home is rented and had a prepay meter in it when I moved in. I've always been a good bill payer, so asked for it to be removed. The electric company didn't charge me to change the meter over, and I didn't discuss it with my landlord, after all it's me paying the bill, and those prepay meters are well known for ripping customers off.
Usually, it's the electric board or gas board who put the pre pay meters in homes in the first place when an individual is having trouble keeping up to date with bills. They usually don't like taking them out either, cause the money they generate is far more than what the customer is actually using.

I pay my bills weekly by a payment card. I pay so much a week at the post office and this goes towards my quartly bill, I'm now always in credit :cool:

margaretclare

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote:

I pay my bills weekly by a payment card. I pay so much a week at the post office and this goes towards my quarterly bill, I'm now always in credit :cool:

But if you're always in credit then you're 'lending' the electricity company money and not getting anything back for it!

If you pay by direct debit then they give you a discount, which adds up over time and can be very useful.

It really doesn't pay you to be too much in credit with any organisation!

Aunty Margaret