Hassle-free energy billing for your private rental property

Private Landlords | TopUpMeters

Q: Hassle-Free Management

Charge for Energy Without Money Handling or Risk of Theft

The Perfect Sub-Metering Solution for Annexes, Outbuildings, and Flats

Renting out a granny annex, a converted outbuilding, or a flat above your shop often means dealing with the headache of shared utility bills. Topupmeters make it easy for private landlords to separate energy costs without the need for an expensive, brand-new main grid connection. With a smart prepay sub-meter, your tenants pay for exactly what they use in advance, ensuring you are never left out of pocket or forced to guess how to split the monthly electricity bill.

User interface showing remaining balance of £14.70 with live consumption of 0.42 kWh per hour, and a thank you message for topping up £56 per month plus VAT.

Easy Cost Separation

Accurately measure energy usage for the rental unit without the expense of installing a completely separate utility grid supply.

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Comparison of electricity meter readings for start (11/04/22) and end (09/05/22) dates, both showing 9,775.1 kWh with a green bar chart below indicating usage levels.

Zero Landlord Debt

Tenants purchase their electricity upfront, ensuring you never have to chase payments or cover the cost of their energy use.

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Hassle-Free Management

Set your energy rates and monitor tenant top-ups easily from your smartphone or computer, completely eliminating the need to handle cash.

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Instant Topup

Topup online at anytime for instant energy credit

Manage Remotely

Customize tariffs, issue credit, get alerts and more from the landlord web portal

Interface showing tariff settings with current tariff at £0.28 per kWh, standing charge at £0.245 per day, effective from 1 Jan 2026, and options to edit or apply; plus a credit issue notification of £20.00 for Unit A-12.

Stay on Supply

Using friendly hours and emergency credit there’s no excuse for being left in the dark

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Cashless Prepayment

No coins, cards, or tokens. Payments are made online or over the phone.

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Designed for organisations that need reliable, scalable prepaid energy.

Social Housing Providers

Private Landlords (5+ units)

Student Accommodation

Holiday Rentals & Caravan Parks

Local Authorities & Government Sites

Asset Management Firms

“We were using historic card meters in many of our properties. Keeping a stock of £10 cards for issuing credit was causing a headache for us and our commercial and domestic tenants. Changing to Topupmeters means we can manage tenant’s energy from anywhere at anytime minimising operational costs and making our life a lot easier”

Alfredo Gouse

Mobile Park Home Operator

“Before we had to maintain a manned office for taking cash payments for issuing card tokens. Now our residents can buy energy online 24/7 for instant credit top-ups. The convenience and ease of use is impressive and Dominic’s team have been a pleasure to work with.”

Ian Walker

Property Management Company

“The ability to manage meters remotely from a web portal has been incredibly beneficial. Using smart meters has helped identify energy wastage and clamp down on fraudulent behaviour with old card meters”

Kaylynn Culhane

Business Analyst

“With Topup prepay smart meters our customers only pay for the energy they use. Previously it was part of their rental agreement where the electricity was included in the rental agremeent but some customers were using considerably more than others who were only there for a few weeks of summer. Now we have a much fairer system thanks to Topupmeters”