hiihave jus purchased a reposesion and it has a prepay key meterwhich is £22 indebt, i dont know who provides the electric to the property and whether its down to me to pay off the debt???? also where do you buy the keys from or get them topped up?? any help would be good. thanks
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whoever provides electric will be whoever you decide to sign up with.. it's your choice..
as for the debt, you'd have to sort that out with them...
they will also provide you with a card if you tell them that the previous owner hasn't left one..
I didn't think that pre-pay meters let you go into debt? just the emergency credit.. ... and that's only a couple of quid per meter..
as for the debt, you'd have to sort that out with them...
they will also provide you with a card if you tell them that the previous owner hasn't left one..
I didn't think that pre-pay meters let you go into debt? just the emergency credit.. ... and that's only a couple of quid per meter..
You can rack up more than a couple of quid. The last one I did, the supplier came and reset the meter.
Speak to the supplier, assuming you have good credit etc they'll probably be happy to replace the pre-pay meter with a credit meter, and if you're really lucky they won't charge you for the privilege...
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The reason the debt is quite high is due to the standing charge which carries on being deducted from any credit / added to any debt even when the meter has gone past the £5 emergency credit...
I've been to some in the past that have been at £70 or more debt,, the new owner just gets in contact with the supplier and gets the meter reset..
I've been to some in the past that have been at £70 or more debt,, the new owner just gets in contact with the supplier and gets the meter reset..
The debt will be the standing charge racking up.
If you prove property was empty the standing charge is usually wiped.
They will provide you a new key (they will need to come to site and program it)
If you prove property was empty the standing charge is usually wiped.
They will provide you a new key (they will need to come to site and program it)
F Y I all cards are being stopped as of October - all pp meters will be key or no leccy
as I said, it doesn't make any difference.. you pick the supplier that you want to supply you and they come and reset the meter ( providing you can prove that it was unocupied.. solicitors letters / bill of sale etc will probably do ), and they'll make a note of the meter number and will likely inform the old supplier that you've switched..
As of this month, you can pick up and program a new key at any Paypoint terminal. They all have stock of blank keys and gas cards. Pop along with your supplier ref #, and they will program it for you.
If you are intending to live in this property, get the prepayment meter removed and a normal credit meter fitted.
Prepayment ones cost more, and are normally only fitted where the occupants can't / won't pay the bill.
Prepayment ones cost more, and are normally only fitted where the occupants can't / won't pay the bill.
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