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Difficulty with Electricity Tariff at Rented Workshop

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Hi

I'm renting a workshop on a farm and as a non-domestic property the electricity billing falls into the business category, even though I'm not using it for commercial purposes

SSE currently have me on their variable rate tariff which is currently £1.60/day and 46p/unit, but in order to get a deal they say I need to contact Experian and register myself as a business/sole trader in order that they can carry out a credit check.

Does this sound right? Looking to buy my first property next year so don't want any anomolies on my credit file. The application form obviously asks for info such as nature of business, number of employees etc which I don't see I can really provide an answer to.

Can't find any info on this on the web, there must be thousands of individuals in the UK renting non-domestic properties for private use? Can you help?

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