Moving In - What to do?

CallumAldcroft

Hello,

We are due to move into a new property on Tuesday and have identified British Gas as the supplier for Electricity and Gas. Yorkshire Water run the Water Supply.

What I want to know is....when we note down the meter readings of the gas/electricity - do we submit them straight to British Gas? I don't want this to be interpreted that we are happy with the supply and want to enter into any kind of contract with them but confused as to if I need to call them or not.

Thanks
C

Robin9

CallumAldcroft wrote: »

Hello,

We are due to move into a new property on Tuesday and have identified British Gas as the supplier for Electricity and Gas. Yorkshire Water run the Water Supply.

What I want to know is....when we note down the meter readings of the gas/electricity - do we submit them straight to British Gas? I don't want this to be interpreted that we are happy with the supply and want to enter into any kind of contract with them but confused as to if I need to call them or not.

Thanks
C

Yes you must - you then go onto a deemed supply but are free to switch.

[Deleted User]

No reason at all not to be happy with British Gas as a supplier.
Personally I would stay with them but switch to their latest "smart meter installation " tariff which has the cheapest gas tariff in the UK for my area at 2.7 p /kwh on a dual fuel fixed one year tariff .
You would have to agree to have a smart meter installed in the future, which is a plus point anyway.
. BG are the best run supplier in the UK with thousands of employees and a customer service second to none with the fastest answering call centre..Compared to Eversmart and suppliers of that ilk who ignorantly fail to answer any form of contact, knock BG all you like but they are the best run and funded supplier and hence the most popular supplier by a country mile
OP have a look on a comparison website such as CAB, Uswitch , CEC .enter average consumption in kwh s for gas and electric just to get an idea who is the cheapest. Enter 13000 kwh s for gas and 3200 kwhs for electric as a starter seeing as you will not know your true consumption until you ve gone through the winter where most of the gas will be used ..
BG will probably used the historic usage data they hold for the property which may or may not be anywhere near yours. Only after a winter , in May ,will you get a good idea of annual usage

[Deleted User]

Hi.


what you must do is take a reading/picture of each meter when you get possession, and contact BG with readings.


Then, take a reading every week, at very least every month, calculate your usage according to tariff so as you know what you are using.


If you set up a DD and supplier says 'Nice to have you, we can give you gas and electric for £40 a month, be wary, it's not a use as much as you want deal, because eventually you could be £££ in arrears.


Anyway, take regular readings and keep you eye on usage.


Good Luck.

gt94sss2

CallumAldcroft wrote: »

What I want to know is....when we note down the meter readings of the gas/electricity - do we submit them straight to British Gas? I don't want this to be interpreted that we are happy with the supply and want to enter into any kind of contract with them but confused as to if I need to call them or not.

When you move in to your new property you are automatically put into something called a ‘deemed contract’. It’s in your interests to call up British Gas and switch to a standard variable tariff as soon as possible.

Once that’s done, you can change supplier to your chosen firm.