How to accurately estimate usage?

SeafoodLover

We have moved to a similar-sized new house in September and finished my EDF Online Saver Version 7 contract by 31 December 2011.

During the move, I had multiple nightmares dealing with EDF to move my contract from my previous address to the new address - they had repeatedly ignored my requests (at least 3 times) to move the contract and tried to charge me early termination fees as well as set me up on a higher tariff. Therefore, I'm pretty keen to move on as I don't want to deal with a dishonest company (or, are they all the same?!!!!)

Since we are still under renovation and there is still no kitchen or any appliances in the house (i.e. only installed one heater in a 3-bed small terraced house, no cooker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine, tumble dryer, etc), I find it pretty hard to estimate the energy usage in the coming 12-24 months. After reading some threads in this forum and learned that many suppliers have tricky threshold for applying discount, I don't know how should I estimate our usage to use the comparison engine.

Any tips or recommendation would be much appreciated.

Thanks you! :T :T :T

rogerblack

SeafoodLover wrote: »

Since we are still under renovation and there is still no kitchen or any appliances in the house (i.e. only installed one heater in a 3-bed small terraced house, no cooker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine, tumble dryer, etc)

Do you have gas, or is it solely electric.
I understood that purchasers of new homes got an Energy Performance Certificate.
This will indicate how much roughly it will cost to heat.
Perhaps check any paperwork?

As a first cut - an estimate using the national average won't generally be too far wrong, possibly on the high side.

If the house is electrically heated only, it may be 3* as much as gas though.

macman

You can't move a contract from one house to another. You are in a deemed contract with the existing suppliers at the new property-once you've registered with them, you can switch.

dogshome

Whoa- When you move house you cannot take the Utility supplier to your old address with you.

The way it works is that you will become a customer, even if it's a brand new house, of the Utility Co already supplying that address - Just as whoever moved into your old address had to become a customer of EDF
In the circumstances of your post EDF should have refused your request to supply the new address, but like most of the suppliers 'greed' takes over and they ignored.
the rules.

Despite the fact that EDF know all the rules, they have dropped you into hole that you will have to sort out - Sooner or later the original supplier to your new address will wake up that you live there, and start sending you bills for all the power/gas you have paid EDF for. - The way it works is that EDF give you back the cash you paid to them and you then pay the original supplier, but, your bills from the old supplier will be at Standard tariff rates without discounts

Best advice is not to Switch now - Research who that original supplier is and report the matter to them - Then when it's all sorted Switch to whoever you wish