How To Find The Cheapest Gas/Elec On A New Build House?

mew

I am moving to a new build house which has British Gas as the supplier and presumably on their standard tariff (waiting for any paperwork).

How would I compare which would be the cheapest supplier without any usage details?
Obviously I could use my usage from my current house but despite the fact it's been given an EPC of D, it is larger, colder and has only partial double gazing.

lstar337

Use the EPC to get an estimation of annual usage, then a comparison site to find the cheapest. It's not super accurate, but it's about the best you can do until you have a years worth to compare.

I just moved into a new build (from a EPC cat E), and have decided to stick with BG (for gas) for the first year. Our usage is low anyway, and their online portal gives lots of control over DD amounts. Nice and easy to get it right the first year. When I have enough usage, I'll see what my switching options are.

Electric wont change much from your old place, unless you significantly change your habits or equipment.

mew

lstar337 wrote: »

Use the EPC to get an estimation of annual usage, then a comparison site to find the cheapest. It's not super accurate, but it's about the best you can do until you have a years worth to compare.

I just moved into a new build (from a EPC cat E), and have decided to stick with BG (for gas) for the first year. Our usage is low anyway, and their online portal gives lots of control over DD amounts. Nice and easy to get it right the first year. When I have enough usage, I'll see what my switching options are.

Electric wont change much from your old place, unless you significantly change your habits or equipment.

I didn't think of using the EPC for usage guidance but that is probably the best way to estimate usage.


I might not save much by switching away from British gas but I dislike the company due to their incompetence at my current house (Just got a Gas Safe certificate from the install they did in 2005, as I needed it to sell the house. Also on two occasions when they have fixed the boiler, I have had to call out emergency engineers due to gas leaks).