gas and electric - first time buyer

sarah198719

Hi, i was womdering if anyone had any advice on which tariff or company to go with for gas and electric. The supplier for my house is british gas and this will be my first ever gas and electric bill as im a first time buyer and we are due to move in this month. myself and my partmer are unsure what tariff we should go on as we dont have any prevouis bills ro go from. any advice help would be great..thanks.

Wywth

sarah198719 wrote: »

Hi, i was womdering if anyone had any advice on which tariff or company to go with for gas and electric. The supplier for my house is british gas and this will be my first ever gas and electric bill as im a first time buyer and we are due to move in this month. myself and my partmer are unsure what tariff we should go on as we dont have any prevouis bills ro go from. any advice help would be great..thanks.

Any particular reason why your not wishing to switch to the cheapest since you just signed up to moneysavingexpert.com??? :huh:

StuC75

without any kind of usage history its difficult to determine what is the best..

Have you thought to ask the current occupant what there 'approximate' usage is.. as that would give a reasonable idea of what it will be like to run.

How new is the boiler , is it full central heating, effective double glazing, what type of house is it? how well insulated etc..

The british gas site does allow for comparing the house to others - anddid actually show historical readings for my house..

Its best to budget for maybe £100-120 per month combined cost.. try to avoid having a long tie in so that you have time to maybe monitor what you are actually using and work it out from there..

Its maybe not to your advantage that its nearing 'autumn' so heading into time of year when higher gas usage - so will start out using more so may not be in credit in spring.. E.g. my gas usage has been about £12 per month over summary, but over £120 a month in coldest dec\jan, but i pay about £70 per month and it averages out to be just in credit in spring time (so im now going into autumn with a healthy credit balance)..

electric usage tends to average about £35 per month - except for if use drier (but avoid that)..

energy monitors and 'regular' readings help to ensure no bill shocks...

sarah198719

Yeah our boiler/central heating windows are all new. Its a two bedhouse. we wernt sure if we should fix or pay as we go with not having any bills before its hard to say what is best and what is cheap etc. thanks for ur advice.