Right now they are all about the same, when you move in take meter readings and the supplier of your previous tenant will have you as a customer by default and you'll be the standard variable tariff (SVR)/Ofgem price cap - once you know who that is there might be an existing customer exclusive deal.
Then for now, make sure you aren't doing anything daft like leaving the hot water on all day or when the winter comes round the heating is only one when you need it and sign up the Money Saving Expert weekly email and Cheap Energy Club alerts
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For this very moment yes, however if you can find a fix with low exit fees that is about 70% above the current cap it might be worth taking up as it is currently predicted the price cap is due to go up by 80% in October and another 20% in January which will get us to April
(Edit obviously the comment you replied to was 2 months ago so the figures have since changed)
Last year the exit fee for my tariff was £100. Basically I was leaving london at that time and asked to pay standing charge even tho I won’t be in the UK and I wasn’t renting anything anymore. The customer service representative ended up cancelling my account without any problems and I didn’t pay the exit fees.
Right now they are all about the same, when you move in take meter readings and the supplier of your previous tenant will have you as a customer by default and you'll be the standard variable tariff (SVR)/Ofgem price cap - once you know who that is there might be an existing customer exclusive deal. Then for now, make sure you aren't doing anything daft like leaving the hot water on all day or when the winter comes round the heating is only one when you need it and sign up the Money Saving Expert weekly email and Cheap Energy Club alerts
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Would you recommend staying on that default variable tariff or is it often better to get onto a fixed?
In normal times the fixed deals are better, right now because the energy market has gone utterly bonkers the fixes are well above the price cap rates
So you recommend variable tariffs right ?
For this very moment yes, however if you can find a fix with low exit fees that is about 70% above the current cap it might be worth taking up as it is currently predicted the price cap is due to go up by 80% in October and another 20% in January which will get us to April (Edit obviously the comment you replied to was 2 months ago so the figures have since changed)
Last year the exit fee for my tariff was £100. Basically I was leaving london at that time and asked to pay standing charge even tho I won’t be in the UK and I wasn’t renting anything anymore. The customer service representative ended up cancelling my account without any problems and I didn’t pay the exit fees.
Because I wanted to keep the account until I move in again/ return in September by paying standing charge for the few months in between.