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QrizB

JSHarris said:

.Not sure I'd want to buy a home that had this sort of electricity supplier problem going on for 15 years, TBH. 

See, it wouldn't bother me. Energy use prior to purchase wouldn't be my problem, and the possibility of another 15 years of free electricity would be a bonus.

JSHarris

QrizB said:

JSHarris said:

.Not sure I'd want to buy a home that had this sort of electricity supplier problem going on for 15 years, TBH. 

See, it wouldn't bother me. Energy use prior to purchase wouldn't be my problem, and the possibility of another 15 years of free electricity would be a bonus.

We really need to look at this from the seller's perspective, though.  The last thing anyone needs when they have to sell their home (rather than just want to sell to move elsewhere) is anything at all that might dissuade a buyer, even if it's something that might only put off 10% of potential buyers.  I've (thankfully) never been in this situation, but I have done work in homes prior to sale where I could feel the stress bubbling out of the owner as a palpable fear that I might find something that could delay or prevent their sale.  Not at all pleasant, and I was just feeling this second-hand.  I can imagine it could be sheer hell for someone going through the process and wondering what else might come along and screw up their life.

Green_hopeful

My son bought a flat with an unregistered gas meter. It was only when he moved in and tried to switch supplier we found out it was an issue. If you search on the national register mentioned above I think it will tell you if it’s on the register. We had to get Cadent, I guess the wholesaler, to come out and resupply the gas. It was a bit of a pain due to the location of the meter. In the end they did it for a fixed fee of about £500. It’s the wholesaler that needs to be contacted to get the supply legitimised. There might be old posts. I think it’s called a shipperless supply. No point in contacting retailers if the supply is not legitimate. 

On a more exciting note Cadent said my son’s gas supply had been connected to the block of flats supply without turning off the gas. They were quite amenable by the end because they missed their target date and so just wanted it done. 

MultiFuelBurner

QrizB said:

JSHarris said:

.Not sure I'd want to buy a home that had this sort of electricity supplier problem going on for 15 years, TBH. 

See, it wouldn't bother me. Energy use prior to purchase wouldn't be my problem, and the possibility of another 15 years of free electricity would be a bonus.

Agreed it matters not one jot when buying something as big as a house who the current supplier is and it's a clean slate from the day you move in as long as you take a meter reading.

EssexHebridean

Like most things on the property information form, a “don’t know” wouldn’t necessarily stop a sale, but it would almost certainly raise a number of questions, and might just unnerve a buyer enough that they would walk away - which is clearly not a situation that is going to be helpful in this situation. 

MultiFuelBurner

EssexHebridean said:

Like most things on the property information form, a “don’t know” wouldn’t necessarily stop a sale, but it would almost certainly raise a number of questions, and might just unnerve a buyer enough that they would walk away - which is clearly not a situation that is going to be helpful in this situation. 

Yes but it shouldn't stop them getting the ball rolling with a sale when in a desperate situation and something they can answer TBC. Whilst they find out before exchange.

JSHarris

MultiFuelBurner said:

EssexHebridean said:

Like most things on the property information form, a “don’t know” wouldn’t necessarily stop a sale, but it would almost certainly raise a number of questions, and might just unnerve a buyer enough that they would walk away - which is clearly not a situation that is going to be helpful in this situation. 

Yes but it shouldn't stop them getting the ball rolling with a sale when in a desperate situation and something they can answer TBC. Whilst they find out before exchange.

That's looking at a very highly charged and deeply emotional process through the cold eyes of logic.  That doesn't come into it when someone's as stressed as hell at not being able to meet their mortgage payments and has to sell as soon as possible.  Logic flies out of the window in these situations and things that may normally seem to be  minor encumbrances can grow out of all proportion.  Far better for the seller to resolve this quickly before sale, if only to remove yet one more source of stress, IMHO.

MultiFuelBurner

JSHarris said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

EssexHebridean said:

Like most things on the property information form, a “don’t know” wouldn’t necessarily stop a sale, but it would almost certainly raise a number of questions, and might just unnerve a buyer enough that they would walk away - which is clearly not a situation that is going to be helpful in this situation. 

Yes but it shouldn't stop them getting the ball rolling with a sale when in a desperate situation and something they can answer TBC. Whilst they find out before exchange.

That's looking at a very highly charged and deeply emotional process through the cold eyes of logic.  That doesn't come into it when someone's as stressed as hell at not being able to meet their mortgage payments and has to sell as soon as possible.  Logic flies out of the window in these situations and things that may normally seem to be  minor encumbrances can grow out of all proportion.  Far better for the seller to resolve this quickly before sale, if only to remove yet one more source of stress, IMHO.

That's why they have asked the question here for the cold Logic to cut through the issues and this is what I have proposed imho the best way forward as I see it (they can read both our replies and decide but neither should be shouted down as wrong)

So to confirm for the OP. Don't delay get that house up for sale and put TBC if at the stage of filling in those details the supplier hasn't been found.

The best way already stated earlier in the thread is 

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/finding-your-energy-supplier-or-network-operator

molerat

My granddaughter moved into a rented flat with unregistered gas.  The electricity was supplied by Octopus and she asked them who supplied the gas giving them the meter number, they said it was not registered so they registered it on the national database and took on the supply with the meter reading she supplied. The supply is now showing on the database.  As simple as that.