If you’ve recently moved into a rented property, you know that you’ll be responsible to manage and pay your energy bills yourself. Generally, there are two types of meter installed in a rented property that are: regular credit meters and prepayment meters. You can get to know about other options such as economy meter or smart meter, by calling on British Gas Contact Number.
Credit Meters:
A credit meter is the most common type of meter used in the UK households. In credit meter, your energy consumption is calculated in the end of the month and a bill is sent to you based on how much energy units you’ve used in the complete month. Hence, it’s important for you to note down the meter reading of your gas and electricity meters at the earliest convenience, once you’ve moved into your rented apartment. You should then call on British Gas Contact Number to update your meter reading as well as update the name on the associated account. In case, you miss to do this, you could be paying the electricity used by the previous tenant and hence the extra money for which you haven’t used the services at all.
Once you’re done with updating the required information, make sure to check the tariff your account is put onto and also compare the available tariffs as there might be a possibility that your energy provider has put you on the standard tariff which could be the most expensive one. You will be able to save a good amount of money by doing so. You can compare every gas and electricity tariff available by calling on British Gas Contact Number.
Prepayment Meters
Prepayment meters are the most popular meters with landlords as it gives them the assurance that their tenants aren’t accumulating debt on their energy bills and won’t be able to move properties without paying the bill. With prepayment meters, a certain amount is paid in advance for your energy usage which will be added as a credit to a key or card, or by purchasing tokens.
House shares
If you’re living in a property on a sharing basis, you need to get a hold of certain points. Most of the times, energy bills in shared properties are paid by single person who arranges the bill payments and asks other people to pay an equal share of the bill. In this kind of situation, you can confirm with the person that what was the last time he’d switched the energy supplier as there might be a certain possibility of the energy tariff going expired and the property has been moved to the standard tariff.
By having a word with your energy supplier on regular intervals you can easily save a good amount of money. Please call on British Gas Contact Number to get more details.