First time buyer, help!

Danielle8

I am currently in the process of buying my first property and have no idea about what I should be paying for energy bills. The house I'm buying has prepayment meters with EDF energy which I want to change to pay monthly payments via direct debit but don't know how to insert this change on the online comparison sites. Also when I try to get a quote online for my energy bills I can't put in how much I use as I don't know and for this reason the quotes seem expensive. Can anyone suggest what to do in this situation to find the cheapest energy. Myself and my partner are moving into the property, we are a young couple at work most of the time and use very little energy.

dogshome

The rule is that you must sign-up with the dwellings present supplier as soon as you move in, then only after they have sent you a Welcome Pack and your own a meter top-up card, are you free to change to another supplier.


EDF are as good as any supplier, and better than some, when it comes to changing a Pre-payment meter for a credit meter, but it does take time and a bit of chasing up

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One thing about EDF is that they are known for being one of the easiest soft touch supplier for switching prepays to credit meters without doing an accurate credit history check.They don`t seem to mind taking on serial debtors unlike the sensible rest of the big 6 who all do pretty tight checks.
At the moment prepay tariffs are not that expensive due to the capped rates they are on which put them well down on the suppliers standard/variable tariff.
Stick with EDF for now until you get your 2 credit meters fitted then join in the rough and tumble of dealing with the small suppliers who usually dominate the cheapest supplier list