{"id":11314,"date":"2016-04-25T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ups-and-downs-of-having-a-british-gas-homecare-contract\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T13:59:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T06:59:56","slug":"ups-and-downs-of-having-a-british-gas-homecare-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ups-and-downs-of-having-a-british-gas-homecare-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Ups and downs of having a British Gas Homecare contract"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe annual charge has increased by nearly 10%, but we only had a new boiler installed in 2013We have a British Gas HomeCare 200 central heating contract, and the annual renewal recently became due. When the paperwork arrived the annual charge had been increased from \u00a3258 to \u00a3283 \u2013 a 9.8% increase.We have been longstanding customers of HomeCare for many years, and we value the service provided, but the increase appeared excessive, particularly as we had a new boiler fitted and a central heating system upgrade carried out by British Gas in April 2013. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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