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Average electricity bill for a 4 bedroom flat
I am moving into a student 4 bedroom flat in september, with 10 Pound of electricity pw included in rent- what is the average electricity bill per week?? will it be feasible to budget for only 10 a week?? Thanks!
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Energy provider hiking my direct debit!
Scottish power have sent me an email saying I need to increase my DD to cover my usage costs, now I understand this would be neccesary if my DD was not covering my usage but I am currently paying £15 pcm above my usage costs and as a result been in credit for the past two months!!! The way I see it the winter is…
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Pay as you go gas issues, daily £1.40 charge?
I'm on my phone and having trouble finding any useful information on this issue so I'd be glad of any advice as it's not something I'm at all familiar with. My younger has moved into a rented flat which has both prepay gas and electricity, I believe both are supplied by British Gas. When he topped up the gas meter with ten…
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what to do ?? gas or electric
Our house at present only has electric on an economy 7 tarrif , no gas has ever been at the house . there is a small capped pipe near the electric meter but thats it . My question is , is it worth having gas supplied to the house and then central heating and combi boiler installed what with the price of gas rising more…
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Boiler replacement
Hi Everyone We bought a house last year which had a 3 year old boiler (so now 4 years old). Turns out the boiler is a pile of rubbish its an ideal isar combi condensing unit. Without boring you all the details we have been using a kettle for the hot water for the last 6 months, luckily we have an electric shower. So we…
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Bought new hew,gas and electric meter's fitted
Good Morning everyone, I have just bought a house which has gas and electric pre pay meter's fitted,should I leave them in or is it cheaper to go down the dual fuel direct debit route? Any advice greatly welcomed.
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Landlord telling us to move supplier
Been in a rented house for 3 months now, recently changed from npower to EOn for £83 per month for dual fuel. Had a letter this morning from the landlord saying that they are proposing all of their properties go to Southern Electric for their gas and electricity supply, that they have already set the ball rolling AND we…
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Money Owed To NPower
Hi I moved into a two bed flat around 16 months ago and agreed to a dual fuel tariff. The actual gas readings were 1810 kWh for 18 days (was in May) and that was the last reading. Npower estimated that I would need to pay £30 a month for Gas via direct debit. So I paid it and never took another meter reading until now (BIG…
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conversion help!
So today i have received a new bill advising despite the fact of paying £220 per month for dual fuel (£160 gas/£60 electric) for past year, that we still need to pay £189 for this recent bill. Npower are also upping our monthly direct debit to £237 per month yet our annual statement advises they estimate for us to use…
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Npower reverted me to standard tariff
Following the green light on this site i used one of the switching websites and switched to Npower in june. I received various e mails asking me to view my acount online but never bothered. Anyway finally did it this morning but as a new customer with no bills there wasn't any useful info and nowhere did it say what tariff…
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EON Fixed Prices
Hi there I'm a bit confused as to what to do. I have been with EON for a few years now and been happy enough, no problems, so far. Today we received a note asking if we want to fix our prices with them until October 2013. I'm not sure what to do really as I have been reading in the press that energy prices may be set to…
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Say No to price comparison
We are paying these so-called price comparison web sites through higher utility bills. Not all utility firms supply their tarrifs and deals to comparison sites. The quote you get from comparison sites mean nothing. You can find all the utility companies tariffs on their own web sites. Find the best prices yourself and cut…
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EON - price rise 13th Sept - READ YOUR Meter
Read your meter on the 12th and if you want to save a little add a bit to buy at the old rate. :p
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new central heating copper tank taken
Hi guys just wanted to get some opinion on this. I've recently had a new central heating system installed and thought i may be able to make a little back from the copper hot water tank. However the engineer doing the install started on day 1 and when i went to see how he was getting on the tank had gone and he said that it…
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e-on take the biscuit
Ok.... I dont usually hang out on these boards but I need a rant and help with my strongly worded letter. I'm with them and I pay £70ish a month for me in a 2 bed flat. High I know but they said it works out right over the winter... I got a letter saying that they were putting the DD up to £169! Seriously! And they…
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British Gas final bill problem
Recently changed my supplier from British Gas for gas and electric to sse the final gas bill was fine but the electric bg have sent an "estimated final bill which is over by some £16 I worked out. I have has my first bill from sse which the starting readings are the correct but British gas want me to pay on an estimated…
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Question about EDF contract
My parents are in the process of changing supplier to EDF, they've gone for the fixed price 2014 deal. Now they've had another chance to mull over the t&c's they've noticed that EDF reserve the right to alter their unit prices or even end the deal - I think it might be clause 12. Is that pretty standard wording on a fixed…
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Electricity pole - Am I entitled to wayleave
Hi, purchasing a house with a paddock that has a powerline on a pole at the far end that then drops underground - I believe the owner get a wayleave payment for allowing this, will this be transfered over to me during the sale ?
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Essentials tariff and comparison websites
My gas and electric is supplied by British Gas. Being disabled i am on their essential tarriff. Was looking at comparison websites like uswitch and could not see either essential tariff or warm home discount scheme which replaces it. What should i select to get an accurate price comparison? Or does the essentail tariff…
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Energy Saving tips?
With the autumn and winter approaching. any good ideas of how to cut down on the gas an electricity bill but still keep warm?