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ontherighttrack

Myself and my partner are looking to buy our own house in the next few months, and one of the many new hurdles is which energy suppliers do we go for? We have no ties to any companies at the moment so any pointers would be great. We are living in the South East of London.

HappyMJ

I'd worry about the house first and energy supplier much later. You'll be on the default plan to start with and can then switch to another supplier once you have settled in and worked out your usage over a few weeks.

ontherighttrack

The house we were looking at had been disconnected and what is the 'default plan' exactly? thanks

macman

The default is the registered suppliers standard tariff.

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ontherighttrack wrote: »

The house we were looking at had been disconnected and what is the 'default plan' exactly? thanks

Are you sure the supplies have really been disconnected?
Was the house purchased knowing there was no electricty (or possibly gas) connected? What does the estate agents details say about services?
If they really have been disconnected, there would probably be no meters and the main electricity fuse would probably be missing.
It'll cost a small fortune to get new supplies connected if so, so I hope you allow for this in the purchase price.


Or have the supplies just been isolated which is typical for say a repossession.
If so, you can just turn them back on at the consumer box, isolation valve (at your own risk!). If in doubt, get the installation checked out by a professional.