Moving Soon Adviced Required

Slayer-Totty

Could you advise the cheapest gas and electric suppliers as moving to a new home and have to connect before I move. I have no information on usage levels etc.

Deb73

Yes, I'm in the same situation. I don't have a current provider as I am staying at a friends while our new flat is built. All the advice and links on the site seems to involve switching rather than first time users. What about those of us setting up home for the first time?

Deb

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mad

Slayer-Totty wrote:

Could you advise the cheapest gas and electric suppliers as moving to a new home and have to connect before I move. I have no information on usage levels etc.

Hi, there are a lot of threads at the moment regarding the anomolies around switching i.e. if you are getting true comparisons / the vagaries around tarrifs etc. This all makes it very hard and confusing. I have switched a number of times over the last few years and I am not convinced I have always got the best deal. What I would say is that you do need to look at your actual KW useage and be aware of how much in total you use over a year and approachit in hat way as opposed to just price. Try this site to start with:

http://www.energywatch.org.uk/index.asp

Independent Gas and electricity watchdog, there is a section on there abouit getting the best deals

For new homes I am not sure how you go about this biut the principles for useage should be the same

oldwiring

I checked the energywatch link againdt my own consumption, I am clsoe to the medium user data they use. AFICS the site has not factored in the price increase that my dual supplier will be making at the end of the month. Take care!

Deb73

Sorry if I'm missing something, and thank you for trying to help, but you seem to have missed the point. :doh:

I don't have any history of use (in £s or KWhs) to make a comparison so I want to know how to find the best deal for a first time user.

That's what I thought Slayer-Totty was looking for too so if I've jumped on the wrong thread please let me know!

Thanks

mad

Hi

Apologies for getting the wrong end of the stick in the first instance. I still think it will be dificult to find the cheapest without an idea of useage. However if you have a look on the energywatch site or ring them they maybe able to help. Have you any friends who currently live in similar properties to what you are moving to in order to help get an estimate. Then you could decide if you fall in to one of the following bandings

TYPE OF USER:
Low user – if you generally pay £10-£19 per month or £120 to £228 per year for one fuel
Medium user – if you generally pay £20-£29 per month or £240 to £348 per year for one fuel
High user – if you generally pay £30-£39 per month or £360 to £468 per year for one fuel

You could then do a search on this page
http://www.energywatch.org.uk/help_and_advice/saving_money/index.asp

Finally, I think I have read on this board before that sometimes new homes will already be attached to providers so it might be worth checking that out. If nothing else I may have bumbed the thread up so that someone else may have more advice.