New Home Owner what's best offer for a New Customer

PottoBrokko

Posing on behalf of a friend

She had just bought a new house and has never had her own account with a gas or electric supplier

Are there any comparrison sites for new account's? all i can find seem to be for people switching? Anyone know of the best deal around at the moment? Internet billing is no problem

She wants both Gas and Electric and pay by direct debit each month

Hope someone can help me

Thanks

Daz

Cardew

Initially she will need to use the gas and electricity that is connected to her property.

It is then a case of estimating her likely consumption and entering in data into a comparison website.

There are lots of factors that will determine how much she uses, size of house, insulation, type of boiler, pattern of use(in 24/7 or out at work)

The UK average is 20,500kWh gas and 3,300kWh Electricity. Use that as a guideline, then use variations on those figures and a pattern will emerge.

Look carefully at the 'small print' as some discounts are only paid after a year and/or penalties for leaving early.

The internet tariffs from EDF, EON and BG will probably figure amongst the cheapest.

PottoBrokko

Thanks for the in depth info above - The House is a New Build so will that a difference to your sudgestion?

House will be empty through the day - Living on her own, boiler probably new combi style eco thing

Cardew

I would enter 15,000kWh for gas.

There won't be a big difference if the consumption varies from 15,000kWh.