I have 3 x flats that have just the one meter supplied by Ovo.
I want to split into 3 x meters by Ovo. I want to avoid using power networks and getting in a 3 phase supply as they are suggesting
can this be done?
the supply is already going to all 3 so its about metering although i don’t want private meters, I would like 2 separate accounts for the tenants to pay themselves.
Various options are available for the Landlord of properties split onto multiple flats and HMO’s.
To do it properly it involves having individual supplies/accounts for each flat, or at least having private, (owned by the landlord), sub-meters.properly fitted.
Meters are the only way to tell which flat is using how much energy.
If you want PAYG sub-meters that your tenants top up themselves, then this is one of the newer options now available that avoids having to issue the tenant with tokens/cards, or having to collect cash from coin meters. (Other suppliers and options are available - a websearch will find them).
https://www.topupmeters.co.uk/
Here’s a simple ‘getting started’ guide https://www.topupmeters.co.uk/getting-started
It is ultimately the landlords energy account and the landlord pays the account bill, the top-ups paid by the tenant for their smart-metered use are then credited back to the landlord.
Remember that it is illegal to resell energy to your tenants for more than you pay for it.
Hey
Glad to see a couple of our volunteers have already stopped by with some really helpful advice for you on this so I hope that’s been of use to you already.
As they’ve mentioned, you’ll need to have an entirely new connection installed for this to happen.
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