Student life is busy! Essays, research, reading, socialising, tutorials, Netflix and lectures take up so much time and energy, wouldn’t it be great if you could have your student house bills made simple?
Well, you can if you use a super easy bill splitting service that will take care of this for you.
There’s a lot to recommend it and one of the best reasons is that using a service like this will help you budget more easily, which could be crucial when trying to survive on a student loan.
One of the reasons for wanting to make your student house bills simple is that there are many students who have never had to organise their utility bills before – that’s the water, gas and electricity – so it can be a steep learning curve.
In the first year, student life is a lot simpler but at some point, you will need to team up with some mates and try to find a house or flat that you can all enjoy.
This then means organising endless viewing appointments. But view before you sign! We know you would much rather be doing something else, anything else – including writing your dissertation.
Now you could organise the utility provision yourself after you find somewhere to live. One of the best ways to do this is to share out the work amongst your new housemates, but can you really rely on them? This is probably the first test of all student relationships.
We do it for you
One of the best bill splitting services available is offered by Glide who will organise the utilities on your behalf, that includes the connection and organising of the billing. The Glide energy team will do this quickly and efficiently.
One of the unspoken issues when it comes to organising utility bills in a student house is the question of getting people to actually pay up. Not everyone will have lots of spare cash for when the bills land but you’ll need to pay them promptly when they do.
Imagine living in a property without gas, there will be no central heating on cold winter days and, probably more horrific for students today, no electricity for accessing the internet or Netflix.
Sharing a student house should be about fun and great memories and not arguing about who owes what and angry discussions involving one person not wanting to pay because someone else will not turn down the thermostat and help reduce the cost of the gas bill. To be fair, it’s a good point and we all could put an extra layer of clothing on instead of cranking up the thermostat but it doesn’t alter the fact that the current bill needs to be paid.
Most student homes will be a happy place with shared meals and fun nights out. The housemates will socialise, share housework and bills and just enjoy the great experiences that University provides for them.
For less harmonious houses, Glide is the perfect solution since they not only organise the utilities and their connection but they also send a bill every month to each person in the house.
Get started the easy way
All of this can be done with a simple phone call, the Glide phone number to sign up is 0333 240 9030, and one of the friendly team will be able to explain how the billing system operates.
Everybody in the house will receive a bill every month for the utilities and they are responsible for paying it – no one else is.
This means that should someone decide not to pay it’s not your problem to find the money and pay their share which will be a huge relief for many people.
The other important aspect when moving into a shared student house is the prospect of damaging your credit rating and while this is boring post-university stuff you really should get your head around why you need to pay your utility bills.
Your history of paying utility bills on time is kept – and shared – by the firm to see how well you repay your bills and establish a credit risk score on this information. If you don’t pay, your score will be very poor.
So what? Well, it’s not important now but at some point in the near future you will be leaving university and your cosy, comfortable student house to find a job and you may need to access a credit card or a car loan. This is when you may regret not being as diligent as you could be when paying utility bills.
It’s really not worth the hassle and for peace of mind, you should speak with the Glide team to learn more about having your student house bills made simple.