Shop around: How renters can save on their energy bills
Last month Ofgem launched their ‚ÄòBe An Energy Shopper’ campaign to encourage tenants to switch energy suppliers when they can make savings and to overcome the hurdles that many may see perceive in the switching process.
Top 10 tips to cut your electricity bill
Thomas Karcher runs Kagoo.co.uk
With sky-high rents squeezing tenant’s budgets, bills are yet another unwelcome expense. However, it is possible to significantly reduce your electricity bill by following our Top 10 electricity saving tips.
1. Check your electricity tariff
As a tenant you are free to switch electricity suppliers without requiring permission from the landlord. Compare tariffs, duel fuel discounts and payment options to ensure you get the best deal.
Please note some agents try and tie tenants into energy deals with a preferred provider. Generation Rent would like to hear if you have been affected by this.
How to fight a rent hike in 10 steps
There’s a lot of muttering right now from the landlord lobby that they’ll be putting up rents because of changes to the tax regime and expected increases in interest rates.
The threats would sound scarier if rents weren’t already going up faster than inflation. The fact is many landlords will use any excuse to put up the rent when they get the chance. Many others value their tenants, and won’t.
If you face a rent hike, you don’t need to accept it. We’ve put together a 3 minute video on what to do to avoid paying too much.