EDF broke into my home and fitted a payment meter

sharquois

I just came home from work and there it was! They left a right mess too - no notification or arrangement with me when they might be coming. Are they allowed to do this? When I called they said the warrant meant they were legally allowed to enter my home.

Farway

sharquois wrote: »

I just came home from work and there it was! They left a right mess too - no notification or arrangement with me when they might be coming. Are they allowed to do this? When I called they said the warrant meant they were legally allowed to enter my home.

Yes they are allowed, the warrant did not just appear out of thin air, you must have had many warnings and demands for payments, including one about court action

Did you think it was some sort of prank and you would not have to pay the money you owed them?

HappyMJ

Ahhh the lovely prepayment meter. Now the first thing you do is compare tariffs and switch. EDF aren't really good for prepayment meters so switch to a better tariff so it doesn't cost you an arm an a leg to turn things on. The inital credit and the emergency will last a while as no amount is deducted for debt until you top up the key and put it in the meter and it should give you enough time to switch.

KimYeovil

Well done, EDF.

morganedge

how do they get into your house?

KimYeovil

They break in through the front door, usually. A bad idea to let happen if you are renting as you also have the cost of repairing and replacing the door on top of the fuel debt.

DUTR

sharquois wrote: »

I just came home from work and there it was! They left a right mess too - no notification or arrangement with me when they might be coming. Are they allowed to do this? When I called they said the warrant meant they were legally allowed to enter my home.

Looks like they can and did :j

HalloweenJack

KimYeovil wrote: »

Well done, EDF.

every company will do this if you ignore them long enough - not just EDF

TwittersPVFC

The question is, why did they take a warrant in the first place? This may give us some idea as to why they did this and if it was fair or not?

grahamc2003

HappyMJ wrote: »

Ahhh the lovely prepayment meter. Now the first thing you do is compare tariffs and switch. EDF aren't really good for prepayment meters so switch to a better tariff so it doesn't cost you an arm an a leg to turn things on. The inital credit and the emergency will last a while as no amount is deducted for debt until you top up the key and put it in the meter and it should give you enough time to switch.

He probably got a prepayemnt meter because he has debts with EDF. He won't be able to switch until he clears those debts. Pre-payment meter rates are the highest around, so best avoided at all costs.

mattcanary

What does OP expect if he/she doesn't pay and doesn't contact the utility company about it? Unless there is something else he/she isn't telling us?