Changes To StayWarm

Aries

I am with staywarm I pay £41.00 a month for dual fuel.This is based on 1 person living in a 2 bedroom semi detatched house in West Yorkshire with central Heating.
I am also getting free cavity wall insulation,and do not claim any benefits apart from my State Pension.
I am happy with Staywarm so far. :T

Derek_A.

In a previous post i have warned that Staywarm is not always the cheapest for the over 60s.

I am leaving staywarm as over the past year i have payed out over £730 and only used £540 worth of energy.

I am not saying it is a bad scheme, it is always a good idea to take your readings every month.and work out your consuption over the year.

I did this and found it was not for me.

margaretclare

YvonneCrossland wrote:

My 72 year old single Dad will be moving into an all electric first floor flat, which is likely to be the best company to use?

Hi Yvonne

Have a look at this:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1103281560,22751,

HTH

Aunty Margaret

Woodville

I have been on Staywarm for about three years, and the annual cost has gone up to £66.50 per month. I enquired how much I had used over the previous year, and found that if I switched over to Ebico then my annual bill would be reduced by about £100, compared to the Staywarm prices, so I have swapped over. The increase in my costs for this year were over 16%, so Goodbye Staywarm. It is well worth having a good look around for the best supplier. Although Staywarm offer no restriction as to use for the set price during the current year, they certainly hit you hard as soon as your bills come up for re-assessment. At least Ebico seem to be a straight up firm. Cheers, Woodville.

bwmoore

What is the reaction to elderly people with a high dependancy on keeping warm ... Whatever the weatherman says ? ... Will Staywarm kick them off ?
Will Staywarm look at each individuals needs before taking any action ?
Also, what does Staywarm say is a 'High User' ? Any indication or reaction on that please ? BWM.

margaretclare

bwmoore wrote:

Also what does Staywarm say is a 'High User' ? Any indication or reaction on that please ? BWM.

This is from Martin's article:

"1. Ofgem defines a high user as a household which uses more than:

· 28,000kWh of gas, per year, and/or;

· 4,950kWh of electricity per year on an unrestricted meter, or;

· 9,900kWh of electricity per year on an Economy 7 meter;"

Aunty Margaret

f107btx

Woodville wrote:

I have been on Staywarm for about three years, and the annual cost has gone up to £66.50 per month. I enquired how much I had used over the previous year, and found that if I switched over to Ebico then my annual bill would be reduced by about £100, compared to the Staywarm prices, so I have swapped over. The increase in my costs for this year were over 16%, so Goodbye Staywarm. It is well worth having a good look around for the best supplier. Although Staywarm offer no restriction as to use for the set price during the current year, they certainly hit you hard as soon as your bills come up for re-assessment. At least Ebico seem to be a straight up firm. Cheers, Woodville.

Staywarm have increased their prices by 16% what does that tell you about the other utilities.I for one am not taking the chance a bird in the hand springs to mind.

Woodville

I have been with Staywarm for 3 years, and the increases have been going up annually. I am on electricity only, and the cost for a 3 bedroom bungalow has just gone up to £66.50 per month. I enquired regarding my consumption, (Kilowatt hours etc.,) for the year, and low and behold, I could have got it at least £100 annually cheaper with Ebico. Staywarm allow you no restriction of usage, so the wife and I did just that and used it with no thought of the costs, and it stilll worked out cheaper elsewhere, not only with Ebico. Think twice before joining Staywarm!

lovelyjubbly

I too used to be with staywarm untill they told us we were high users and that they would no longer 'let' us stay on staywarm, so much for looking after the elderly! we were not high users as I read my meter every month and know exactly how much I use. They would not let me argue the point and said they were going to put me on their normal powergen rate, this I couldn't allow, so I changed straight away to southern electric, which I am very happy with and saving about £10 a month even though we are using the same amount of electric

panther

I visited my elderly parents and they are worried about a recent letter from Staywarm. Apart from the monthly price increase to £71.75, Staywarm also say my parents use too much energy for the number of people in the home (2 people living in a 3 bed bungalow).

Staywarm have given a consumption summary for the last 12 months @:
Elec: 3,584.64 kWh
Gas: 54,264.78 kWh

According to the Ofgem definition of a high user that Martin posted, it appears my parents are within the elec limits of 4,950 but have exceeded the gas limit of 28,000. We don't understand how the gas can be almost double the limits as they have been with Staywarm for 3 or 4 years with no previous warnings of high use. The only gas consumed is for central heating which is off most of the summer months? I'm wondering if there has been a mix up with the meter readings because I don't understand how they can exceed by almost double!