How to move a gas meter....

Our kitchen is pretty much falling apart - the drawers gave up a couple of months ago and the remaining cupboards are ancient and bashed up. There is a bit of an issue with getting a new kitchen though - we have a lot of awkward restrictions on the kitchen space that we have - things like waste pipes, small windows, and the biggie - a larder that has to remain taking up piles of space.

So we've been having a good think - and came up with a workable solution - house the washing machine and dryer in the larder, which will enable us to have a dishwasher again, and far more cupboard space. But oh, there is a problem. The gas meter eats into the larder floorspace and needs moving to the right about 80cms.

People move gas meters all the time no doubt, so I didn't expect to find it too difficult to get a quote for having it done, or indeed to waste SO much time on the phone even finding out who does it.

You see, British Gas are inept, They have misinformed me repeatedly, and seem utterly clueless. I have been told on two occasions that Fulcrum Connections are the company who move meters - Nah. Oh, and they also told me it would be free if moving the meter less than 1 metre - Nah again. Fulcrem though are not a great deal better, I left my details for a pack that never arrived, and initially could not even talk to a real person! Thankfully, at last, one bright spark told me that Scotia are the ones for us - they were helpful and even had an online for to help speed things up.

Now we wait for a surveyor and a quote - I just know it's going to be more pricey than we'd like!