Hi All, Might be a silly question but i will be moving interstate for 2 months and hence wondering if it possible to disconnect electric, gas/ water services to my property in order to save a few pennies as no one will be living in the property during this period.
Has anyone in the forum done it before? Any risk? thanks in advance.
Let your Insurance company know if you are going away as it can affect House and Contents Insurance cover.
It varies some policies are if >30 days and others >60.
Just turn your HWS off and any appliances that are on standby, shouldn't cost you anything then except the supply charge if your electricity retailer has one. Is it worth disconnecting everything just for that? And also you may want to put lights or something on a timer to give the impression the house is occupied?
is it possible to disconnect electric/gas in current residence?
It is possible, but the costs to disconnect and reconnect will outway the savings for 2 months.
Just turn everything off instead.
Water - Turn off at the mains, open a tap inside to let the pressure out of your pipes (one hot, one cold)
Gas - Turn off at the mains, and if you have gas HW turn that off too. Just because.
Power - Turn your breakers off at the switchboard if you don't need ANY power in the house.
Internet - depends if you can cancel or not, maybe reduce your plan down if you can't.
Leave the fridge/freezer doors ajar.
Check your insurance policy as normally there is a clause that after xx days of a place being 'empty' this will void your insurance. You need to change your policy to one that covers this (means paying extra for holiday house insurance basically). You can change it when you get back.
Bonus tip, is clean the place before you leave, as its always nice to come home to a clean place :)
Location: melbourne
Hey wait a minute, how'd you escape Dan's ring of steel?
OP said they bought an Australian Merino Sheepskin Rug previously…
Next they innocently buy a Shaun the Sheep DVD… lol
Sheep wandering back and forth across the border and nobody says Baa.
Hey wait a minute, how'd you escape Dan's ring of steel?
I do wonder what is going to happen to this place (Melbourne)? I might find my way to another state but I'm not sure if there'll be enough people moving to reduce house prices. I also wonder if Dan grasps just how much he's going to need to spend to restore things. It really is a beautiful city, but I just can't recommend it to people at the moment. :-(
Thanks all for the valuable insights.
Might give the utility companies a call just to check out the prices but most likely will not disconnect it. The insurance tip was a handy one as didn't know there were such clauses and so too the cleaning/ auto light switch. Peace out then !!
Might also be wise to lock your meter box or at least make it inaccessible if there are burglars on the prowl
I've heard it's a bit pointless because you have to use an approved lock (so power/emergency personnel can still access it) and the crims who steal meters have their own sets of keys.
I don't have a criminal mentality đđ, news to me. But makes sense if meter needs reading in that time
Never looked into it myself but have you considered house sitters for the time you are away?
Unless you get an actual disconnect from electricity, there will still be power available. When you reconnect, the meter reading will still reflect what was used.
When I have moved out of a house and told the electric co i want to disconnect the just stop the bill, not the power and so while The new owners werenât there the power was still on and they paid for the usage I guess.
Actual physical disconnection will require someone to attend and will cost.
Call your supplier and tell them you are moving out. Turn the power off at the meter. Call them up when you get back and start a new contract. Youâll save the service charge for 2 months and probably wonât get any disconnect fees.
Actual physical disconnection will require someone to attend and will cost.
Victoria = smart meters, they do remote energization/de-energization. Still charge a decent fee for it though.
There would likely be disconnection/reconnection costs that will be greater than what you would save.