Just moved into new home

leewp

Afternoon all,

Myself and my wife moved into a new home last Thursday (rented)

We currently have prepayment meters for Gas and Electric with Scottish power and we have had permission from our landlord to change the meters if we wish.

I have over £40 gas and over £10 electric currently (our money, no debts etc) and I would like to know when the best time would be for switching to direct debits? (I don't want to lose out on what we have already topped up)

Our credit is fine and I'm aware Scottish Power themselves may charge to change the meters etc, so I just wanted potential advice on when it's best to start the ball rolling and swap to credit meters and possibly suppliers as well.

Thanks

Lee

matelodave

Hopefully you've already registered yourself with the existing supplier and given your meter readings otherwise you could be paying over the odds if the previous tenant had arrears.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

You won't lose what you've paid for - it'll be transferred onto your credit meter.

BG and edf still (to my knowledge) swap meters free of charge. You'll have to pass a credit check; sounds like you're ok on that front.

I'm glad the landlord is OK with it - he has as much to do with how you pay your energy bills as where you buy your groceries!

leewp

matelodave wrote: »

Hopefully you've already registered yourself with the existing supplier and given your meter readings otherwise you could be paying over the odds if the previous tenant had arrears.

I did ring up as soon as we moved and eventually paid the previous debt off over a few top ups and it was reimbursed onto my meter yesterday, so it's sorted now on that front

leewp

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

You won't lose what you've paid for - it'll be transferred onto your credit meter.

BG and edf still (to my knowledge) swap meters free of charge. You'll have to pass a credit check; sounds like you're ok on that front.

I'm glad the landlord is OK with it - he has as much to do with how you pay your energy bills as where you buy your groceries!

That's good to hear - Thankfully the letting agents own the house and because we where prompt with our applications and paying advanced rent/deposit etc, the director of the company can see we aren't fools and is willing to make things as smooth as possible on both sides.

Thanks for the quick responses guys :beer: