When it comes to organising your utility services provider for a student property, this can be something of a nightmare. Particularly if you’ve never had to do it before.
While many students will find the process of searching for and then signing up to a student property a little complex, stressful and a time-consuming process, they will need to commit time and more energy to organising utilities.
For a lot of students, this can be easier said than done.
Let’s face it, the idea of having to compare packages for the utilities such as gas, electricity, water as well as the TV licence will not be the most exciting thing in the world.
Searching for excellent student broadband deals
On top of this, looking for student broadband deals to suit everyone living in the property is a definitely recommended, especially as you’ll spend a lot of time using your broadband when studying.
Again, searching for a good student broadband deal on top of finding the best deals for utilities can be pretty stressful.
It’s also good to get an understanding on the fact that once the best deal has been found you will need to contact the utility and broadband provider directly to arrange connection.
You will also need to decide which names are being placed on which bills, though many students tend to put all of the housemates’ names on the bill.
This means they will all be responsible equally for paying it on time. Non-payment of utility bills can lead to serious ramifications, so make sure payments are always made on time.
Non-payment of student gas bills
For example, for the non-payment of student gas bills means the provider will leave a poor credit score on the property’s address which means everyone living there may struggle to access credit, such as bank loans in future.
To avoid this, the student housemates will need to organise themselves to budget effectively throughout their stay in the property and ensure that the bills are paid promptly.
However, this can also lead to awkward conversations and arguments with someone being responsible deciding who owes what and to who.
Fortunately, there is an easier way of dealing with all of these issues and that is to contact the team at Glide, who really know their stuff.
There are loads of reasons for doing so, a good reason is that Glide have access to some of the best student broadband and utility offerings around and can organise the connection of these and then collect the money every month from everyone living in the property. That means the worry about sorting bills is taken away and you can start enjoying your life at uni.
So, if you are a student looking to organise your utilities service provider then it is worthwhile speaking with the Glide team to see what they can offer which will include convenience, cheap deals and an easy way of budgeting and paying for the utilities and broadband.
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