Gas and electric meters

Mickyc

Hi,

Me and my partner have jus bought a house. We are doing lots of work on it and wont be living there for at least 6 months. We hav turned the gas off. And only use the electric when working on the house for a few hours a day.
So we are sorting gas and electric suppliers. What is best to do? Get a fixed rate tariff. Or hav pay as you go meters. Bare in mind. We wont b using gas for 6 month. And minimal electricity.
Thank you.

MovingForwards

Maybe find a supplier who doesn't charge a standing fee? Just slightly higher unit price of gas / electric.

Why would you want a prepay meter when you are doing work on the property? You will be trying to find somewhere to top up and inconvenient times.

As it's heading into winter you will want heating on occasionally when you are not there as the home will get very cold, feel cold, feel empty, and feel like someone died there!

Mickyc

Thanks for your reply.

The boiler and radiators have all gone now. As we are knockin walls down.
The topping up electric wouldnt be a problem.
I was just worried if we go on a fix tariff say £80 a month. We would be paying for nothing? Wont we?

RelievedSheff

You need to do more research.

You are charged for the power you use. Hence the meters.

Gerry1

You could consider dual fuel Ebico Zero Fixed Green v4 which is a fixed 1-year tariff with no standing charge and no exit fees.

However, if you leave it without any heating, have you thought about how much fun burst pipes and floods can be? At least you'll end up with nice new ceilings, but not quite in the way you expected... :eek:

Bark01

Mickyc wrote: »

Thanks for your reply.
I was just worried if we go on a fix tariff say £80 a month. We would be paying for nothing? Wont we?

Thats not what a fixed price means. I t means a fixed cost per unit. if you use more you pay more in total but the same price per unit. It means you are not impacted when the price of energy changes.

If you pay by DD you will normally be set up on a fixed a payment plan say £50 a month but if after 5 months you'd have paid £250 but had only only used £200 worth of energy your energy supplier will either credit you the £50 back or lower your DD. Like wise if you had used £300 worth's of energy buy only paid £250 by DD you'd be in debt to your supplier.

Mickyc

There is no pipes in the house. Apart from one runnin cold water. Everythin else is cut out and capped off.

Robin9

Unless you have already done so you must sign up with the existing suppliers. Read the meters and take photos.

Then it looks like a zero standing charge supplier will suit your gas; its surprising what electric you may use so put a consumption of say 1000kwh into a comparison site and see what comes up.

Gerry1

Mickyc wrote: »

There is no pipes in the house. Apart from one runnin cold water.

And what happens when that freezes and bursts?