Reconnecting Gas & Electric

Junbug23

Hello,
I’ve purchased a repossessed property in Scotland and the gas & electricity have been disconnected. 

I am responsible for reconnection charges and wondered if anyone has information on what the cost and timeframe looks like?

Thank you

CSI_Yorkshire

Entirely depends how it was disconnected.

If will be very different if it was just fuse out / valve shut compared to cables/pipes removed back to the main.

wrf12345

Usually they take away the meters so could be free to put them back in and should get the latest smart meters, depends on the company involved. House I bought had newish wiring but someone had sabotaged a bit of it so they would not fit the electric meter until it was sorted - luckily I was able to track down the problem.

If the previous people had jumped the electric leads with no meter they may have cut it off elsewhere as well but I think the companies have a legal obligation to provide energy to the new owners.

CSI_Yorkshire

They have to offer a connection, but not for free or at any sensible price.

There have been people told it will cost £50k or more.