Electricity supplier during sale of house

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Xraylady

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I’m a landlord whose tenant has just left. I have final meter readings/ MPRN and want to put service into my name while property being sold. I don’t want 12 month contract. Has anyone any experience of doing this? Am I better to go with my current home supplier for ease of signup or does it matter? I can’t see non contract rates online to compare. Any advice appreciated.
 
I usually go with my home supplier to keep it easy.
And explain to them that you are a landlord who is selling the house and therefore don't want to sign up to a contract or a direct debit etc.
I did this recently with Bord Gais and I can see the my accounts now on my online account.
 
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I was in a similar position in the past year and just switched to Electric Ireland for their non fixed term contract tariff as I knew that I'd be selling the property within months and the (unoccupied) house electricity usage was minimal while I organised that so it wasn't really worth shopping around for the best deal.
 
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Thanks to all. Didn’t see other post…
Just one thing. I see it was advised not to pay by direct debit. If you don’t have d debit do you usually have to put down deposit? Isn’t dd handier?
 
I paid by direct debit for the period that the property was vacant and up for sale and didn't have any issues.
 
Email reply from EI. My current home 12 month contract rate is 23c with Flogas so this is quite a bit higher

“I can confirm that the unit price for a 24 hour standard meter, is 34.75 cent per unit inclusive of VAT charged at 9%. This is the unit price on a standard plan, without a contract. Standing charge for a 24 hour meter, in an urban area is 250.77 euro per year. For a rural area it is 314.98 euro. This is also inclusive of VAT.”
 
As I said I didn't really worry about getting the best deal because I knew that the property would sell in months and the usage would be minimal in the meantime. I don't think that you should really sweat this when the priority is to get the property sold.
 
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