Moving house soon

markyb12

Sometime in mid June I am moving into a new build ,
i live on Orkney and am currently renting and have sse for electric only , we have bottled gas and oil heating 
new property has smart meters installed so I guess it will be a new version , and hoping it will work with most providers , 
my contract with sse came to an end in early feb, should I switch now and transfer it to the new property, or wait till we are ready for moving and get new contract for the new place . Maybe sse will have a good deal and I could renew contract ,or I’ll look at comparisons and see what’s best, I just hope we are not limited at the new place like we are with broadband , we have FTTP and are limited in which providers we can use,
also what happens to the connection at my current place , the landlady did the dirty on us so I’m not too keen on making it easy for her ,
If we decide to stay with sse or someone else will the current house connection get cut off

JJ_Egan

Switch now and save  as contract ends if you move out .

Developers of new build will have details of existing supplier as you may well be in a deemed contract .

If so sign up then free to move .

If new build has FTTP  you will find most providers dont want to supply you .

Talldave

Treat the properties as two totally separate entities each with their own connections and suppliers.  You take final readings at your current place, move out, and the supplier will send your final bill on to your new address.

At the new build, the builder will have got a supplier sorted already, when you move in you sign up with that supplier immediately (photographing all the readings on all the meters) and get an account with that supplier.  You have no choice over this supplier because they're there already.  However, once you've got an account with them, you can initiate a switch to any other supplier(s) you like.

There is no concept of "transferring" your account from one property to another.  There are lots of threads on here of people who thought they could do that, or believe had done that, trying to resolve the mess they are in.

dogshome

With some providers, a house move is a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card so far as Fixed Tariff contract penalties are concerned, with others it is not. Check this with SSE

Keep safe a record of the meter read on the day you move out, (Photo?).

Responsibility for the Elec account will revert to the landlady when you move out, but however large the beef is that you have with her, don't be tempted to fiddle the final meter read figures  

Cisco001

Probably switch to something without exit fee.

Robin9

markyb12 said:

If we decide to stay with sse or someone else will the current house connection get cut off

markyb12 said:

If we decide to stay with sse or someone else will the current house connection get cut off

Connections do not get cut off when you move out  - otherwise the new occupier would have real problems in getting it reconnected.  As others have said read & photo the meter and give to SSE.