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Do's and don'ts for moving day
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I suspect reading the meters and recording the answers takes about 47.3 seconds on Day 1 so you would have to have a good reason not to do it. Perhaps making up excuses e.g. I can't buy one for 66p because my credit card will be stopped qualifies as one!0
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tim123456789 wrote: »Really!
I've now been in my new house three weeks and am still rushing around finding space for all of the stuff that arrived in boxes. Priority number 1 was most definitely buying/fitting all of the new shelving that I required.
Still haven't read the gas meter (don't have on of their magic keys and the trick of opening it with a pair or pliers didn't work).
It'll sort itself out
REALLY ! you have the rest of your life to put up shelving but not reading the meters can lead to all sorts of mix ups and unnecessary aggravation.
read the meter op every thing else can be done gradually.you can pick up service keys every where.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
Why don't you ask a neighbour to borrow their meter key? During one of my moves, I did ask my neighbour for it and she was more than happy.
Don't have an issue this time as my property had a meter cupboard key issued to me. Its kept in a small tray along with the key to the loft hatch (similar to the meter key but longer)0
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