Best Tariff for me?

chazzie83

Hi

Hoping you people can help me I will be buying a house in the next few months. I'm in the forces and will only be staying at the house over the weekends with my daughter and when I have leave what would the best sort of Tariff for me?

And how much would it cost me on a monthly basis, hope this makes sense and I'm posting in the right area.

Thank You

KTF

Everyones 'best' is different and the cost depends on the age of the property, insulation level, etc.

The only way to answer your question is to enter your annual usage figures in the comparison sites and see what they come up with.

chazzie83

KTF wrote: »

Everyones 'best' is different and the cost depends on the age of the property, insulation level, etc.

The only way to answer your question is to enter your annual usage figures in the comparison sites and see what they come up with.

Thank you for your help

macman

Ideally you may want an NSC tariff if you are gong to be a low user.

MillicentBystander

Precisely. The switching sites, in this instance, are probably not the best way to get to the best deal as they assume a 'uniform' and 'average' level of consumption due to assuming punters will be occupying their houses 7 days a week. An educated guess, basically.

Wywth

macman wrote: »

Ideally you may want an NSC tariff if you are gong to be a low user.

I think the cheapest would be best.

Consult a comparison site to find that, as already posted

Wywth

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Precisely. The switching sites, in this instance, are probably not the best way to get to the best deal as they assume a 'uniform' and 'average' level of consumption due to assuming punters will be occupying their houses 7 days a week. An educated guess, basically.

As 2 tier pricing is increasingly being withdrawn as per Ofgem guidelines, it will no longer matter how the price is made up i.e SC or NSC

macman

Wywth wrote: »

I think the cheapest would be best.

Consult a comparison site to find that, as already posted

Agreed, but because the OP states that they will be an infrequent and intermitent occupier, it's not going to be easy for them to enter realistic kWh figures.

KTF

macman wrote: »

Agreed, but because the OP states that they will be an infrequent and intermitent occupier, it's not going to be easy for them to enter realistic kWh figures.

It shouldn't make any difference as it is done on annual consumption. They will be able to get this from their current supplier if they are not making a note of it already.

MillicentBystander

Wywth wrote: »

As 2 tier pricing is increasingly being withdrawn as per Ofgem guidelines, it will no longer matter how the price is made up i.e SC or NSC

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me that the OP is looking at getting the best deal now/in the next few months, not when all the OFGEM guidelines are adopted by the suppliers. My advice is currently correct. Plus what if the OP has certain months when he doesn't occupy the property at all. Would he really be better getting a tariff with a SC in this respect? Imo what he needs to do is sign up for a tariff with no exit fees so he's free to go elsewhere depending on hia actual consumption...

Wywth

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me that the OP is looking at getting the best deal now/in the next few months, not when all the OFGEM guidelines are adopted by the suppliers. My advice is currently correct. Plus what if the OP has certain months when he doesn't occupy the property at all. Would he really be better getting a tariff with a SC in this respect? Imo what he needs to do is sign up for a tariff with no exit fees so he's free to go elsewhere depending on hia actual consumption...

So you don't agree the user should consult a comparison site to find the best possible deal? :huh: