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Metered estate means no switch? HELP!

Millie_B · 2014-03-07 11:21:38

I really need some help! I moved into a property in December on a 12 month lease. No mention was made to energy suppliers except that i have a right to switch suppliers once. I have tried on numerous occasions to change the details of my gas supplier and have found out it is LPG from Flogas and i am on a metered estate so…

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matelodave Posts: 9,272 Forumite

15 March 2015 at 11:32AM

I'd guess you'd need a lot of negotiating with the landlord to fit a heatpump in rented accommodation especially if the flat isn't on the ground floor and it isn't the sort of thing you can take with you when you move.

As suggested £225 a month just for gas is mad (full price leccy might be cheaper) - our total energy bill for a three bedroom deatched bungalow (with a heatpump) is less than £80 per month.

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