Hmm... what did I buy into? Krisztina pointed me to this blog ( Read more... )

Spent a good chunk of the afternoon yesterday on the phone to First Utility, who for the last three years supply me with electricity, gas and inflated estimate bills that they send to me in duplicate as they have me with two different customer account numbers. To try and make that simpler, they have issued a third account number and decided that I ( Read more... )

Relatively quiet week-end. Went to Departure at the Elixir on Friday, where I met a few people I hadn't seen for a while, including digitalangel who unfortunately wasn't feeling very well ( Read more... )

The gas bill saga continues.

The company, First Utility, was supposed to have sorted out the second 'ghost' account, with different number, according to which I would never have paid electricity or gas in the time I've been here (about a year and a half by now). I'm still getting those bills ( Read more... )

Made another version of my mushroom and potato bake thingy, as mentioned here, only with more garlic (sorry, spangle_kitten:D) and herbs and olive oil. And lo, it was yummy.

 Took many months to get First Utility, who provide most flats in this building with electricity and gas, to acknowledge that there might be a problem with my gas meter, its readings or its billing. I pay more for gas in this tiny 36 m2 studio flat than we used to at the old, five times larger, four bedroom flat I used to live at before, with two ( Read more... )

Just spent three quarters of an hour on the phone to my gas and electricity supplier, First Utility.

Today, after a year protesting to them that I'm paying way too much for gas and there seems to be a meter swap in the building, I received two electricity and gas bills. One, where they acknowledge the mess and credit me for £400 for the overcharge ( Read more... )

 These guys supply me with gas and electricity. I have complained several times that I pay too much for what is a tiny flat, perhaps an eighth of the size of the previous, 4-bedroomed flat. Now I get a letter from some debt collectors threatening with disconnection and legal and reconnection fees in the thousands of pounds, etc. Right address, ( Read more... )

Oh, I like the new flat.

I'm not happy about the stupid parking situation (no car allowed, basically) but that issue aside, it is good to live in an almost civilised way. Or at least to be in my own space, small as it is 'n all but comfortable, warm and with everything working. I likes.

first of all, Happy Birthday, monted!! Hope it's a very good one!

At this end of things, this was a second week-end of moving house. I had moved most of my stuff last week-end but there was a lot left behind -and a horrendous mess which I had to try and clear. With a lot of help with redd_foxx and several trips to the dump recycling centre ( Read more... )