New Home Owner

poppin_2

Hi,

I am due to move into my first house in 2 weeks and are reading/investigating about the utilities. We have details fo the current providers and they are both e-on. I have been on the price comparison websites but obviously do not have any actual figures to input so have just been putting in £50 for both gas and electricity.

I was wondering what the average energy use for 2 people living in a 3 bed semi would be. Also what will happen when we first move in, will it simply carry on with with e-on and if so will they defualt onto the most expensive and I should make it a priority to change? Any other advice would also be appreciated.

Thanks all.

Wickedkitten

It will depend on a lot of variables really. We are two people in a 3 bed semi with an electric shower, electric hob, immersion heater that is on for an hour a night at e7 rates, loft and cavity wall insulation, and all energy saving bulbs bar the kitchen and garage. Our direct debit is £49 with Scottish Power Online Energy e7 tarriff since we switched in July and we are £22 in credit atm.

Most evenings we will be in the living room with the lcd and either the v+ box, 360, or ps3 on and most things get turned off at the switch when they aren't being used and despite it getting pretty cold outside, we haven't had to turn on the heating yet.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

one thing to remember when you move in, take meter readings of both gas and electricity, notify eon, and keep a note of them, just incase.

If you have a look at various threads here you will see some of the problems that can arise, later when a whopper of a bill arrives.

Good luck.

Fire_Fox

Take readings your first day, then readings again after a month and you will have some figures to plug into a price comparison site. Don't stay on the 'standard' tariff that you will automatically be placed on as it's expensive, ask Eon to change.

elsien

Can't you ask the current owners what they're paying at the moment - the people I bought from volunteered the info to me.
I got quite a nice surprise when it turned out they liked living in a hot house and my monthly bills turned out to be half what they were paying.

E.ON_Company_Representative

Hi poppin,

You can contact E.ON in advance to say you will be moving in to a property, the wheels will then be put in motion to set up the account for the correct day you move in. :cool:

Prior to the move you can give us your name, contact details and discuss what sort of tariff suits your needs. This will ensure you start on a more competitive tariff than the standard unit rates. :T

All that is then required on the actual hand over date is the meter readings, you can call these in on the day or provide them online, the account will then be opened from the said readings.

Fire Fox has offered some great advice, taking regular readings is a good way of monitoring your own usage and keeping an eye on your consumption, very useful when shopping around for the best deal and when trying to be conscious of your usage.

As others have mentioned trying to establish an average usage figure is very difficult as there are so many variables involved.

Taking spaced readings over a month will help, but to start with E.ON may calculate a Direct Debit based on information you provide such as heating type, number of radiators, number of occupants and some appliance information.

The figure generated from this info will only be short term and can be reviewed when there is more information available.

If you have any other questions please feel free to give me a shout.

Brian

poppin_2

Thank you for all the information folks. Thats one thing I can get sorted before the moving in it seems! I'll have a read through other posts and try and decide which tariff would suit us.

Thanks again.