Know the moment something affects your home
Your home's own live control panel. Power cuts, weather and flood warnings for your postcode, on one calm screen. Free for your own home.
Opening in October. The first 100 people on the list get in first.
- Power cut alerts from the four networks that publish live data
- Met Office and flood warnings that cover your address, usually within 15 minutes of the official source
- Tells you when a long power cut may mean compensation, and the official way to claim
- On Premium, from November (paid): money your household may be missing, found and ready to claim
- Kit sized to your household, and what's missing
The answer is in five places
- Met Office warnings
- Environment Agency floods
- Your power network
- UKHSA flu and COVID levels (on your page)
- Hosepipe bans from your water company (on your page)
One screen, one alert
We check them all for your postcode, and tell you only when something changes at your address.
What you'll see
A made-up family in Bath, with Mum's house in Stroud added on Premium. Yours fills in from your postcode and a two-minute set-up.
Preview with example data. Names, places and figures are made up.
It could pay for itself
Money a home can be owed under the official rules, and some of it you have to claim yourself. Home Alerts tells you when a long power cut may mean compensation, and the official way to claim: for your own home, free. Premium, from November (paid), goes further: it checks what your household may be entitled to and gets each claim ready to send.
If a fault leaves you without power for 12 hours or more, then £45 for every 12 hours after. The wait is longer when thousands are off (24 hours) or in a storm (24 or 48 hours, then £90). Usually paid without a claim.
If your network gives you less than 2 days' notice of planned work. You have to claim this one, within a month.
Four or more cuts of 3 hours or longer between April and March. You have to claim this one too.
A Cold Weather Payment, November to March, if you get certain benefits. Scotland pays a Winter Heating Payment instead.
Through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, or £9,000 for homes off the gas grid on oil or LPG. England and Wales.
Power cut payments are Ofgem's guaranteed standards for Great Britain from 1 April 2026; Northern Ireland's are different. Work yours out now with our power cut compensation calculator, check Cold Weather Payments for your postcode, or read how the heat pump grant works.
What it does
Alerts when it actually affects you
A power cut your network lists at your postcode, or an amber or red weather warning or a flood warning that covers your address. Usually within 15 minutes of the official source, and only when something changes.
One more address, on Premium
From November, Premium (paid) adds one more address, such as a parent's home.
Kit sized to your home
Tell us what you have and we show what's missing. Own a power station? We'll tell you how long it would run your fridge in a cut.
Fuel near home
The cheapest forecourts within 10 miles of your postcode, with the time each price was reported, from the national Fuel Finder scheme.
Calm, and from the official sources
Met Office, Environment Agency and the power networks. Every figure shows where it came from and when we read it.
How it will work
- 1Enter your postcode
We work out your council, power network, water company, flood risk and more. No forms to fill in.
- 2Answer a few questions
Who lives with you, how you heat and cook, what kit you already have. Two minutes, all optional.
- 3Get your dashboard and alerts
Your home today at a glance, and an email (or a text on Premium) when something changes.
Questions
Is it free?+
Yes. Your own home's dashboard and email alerts will be free, including a note when a long power cut may mean compensation. Premium, from November, will be paid: it checks what your household may be entitled to and gets each claim ready to send, adds text alerts, and watches one more address, such as a parent's home.
How is it different from the Met Office app?+
The Met Office app covers the weather. Home Alerts puts the weather together with power cuts from your network and flood warnings, for your address, and tells you only when something affects it.
When does it open?+
In October. The first 100 people on the list get in first, and everyone on the list gets an email the day it opens for their area.
What do you keep about me?+
Your email, your postcode and the answers you choose to give here. We use them to tell you when Home Alerts opens and to decide where to launch first. We never sell them, and you can ask us to delete them at any time.
Is it an official warning service?+
No. PreparedBritain is independent and not affiliated with HM Government. Official warnings always come first: call 105 for a power cut, Floodline on 0345 988 1188 for flooding, and 999 in an emergency.
Which areas will it cover?+
The whole UK for Met Office weather warnings. Power cut alerts at launch cover the UK Power Networks, National Grid, SSEN and Northern Powergrid areas; we can't read the live data of Electricity North West, SP Energy Networks or NIE Networks yet. Flood warnings start in England.
I run a housing association, council team or care group+
Home Alerts for organisations watches every site you look after. Tell us about it on our page for organisations. PreparedBritain for organisations.
PreparedBritain is independent and not affiliated with HM Government. Questions: hello@preparedbritain.co.uk.
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