Electricity cut off due to non payment by landlord

puddy

bumping this up for you

Owain_Moneysaver

SusanEWilson wrote: »

I have a problem with a private electricity supplier, ie, the farmer....So now they have cut us off and now refuse to re connect us or grant a wayleave to enable us to connect to National Grid.

Disconnection of electricity by a landlord is harassment, which is (in England and Wales at least) a criminal offence, so you can report it to the police and obtain a crime number.

clutton_2

Susan - start a new thread for yourself... this one started 2 years ago

Owain - i suggest you re read the OP - this is a purchased property not a LL .....

OP - i suggest you get back to your conveyancing solicitor - as the vendor (farmer) has lied on his fixtures and fittings info.. this is a clear and obvious fraud on his part to make you believe that the supply was "normal"

i also think you might need the help of a litigation solicitor as the supply of electricity to your property may depend on clauses in any lease involved in your purchase.. i dont think this is going to be a short affair.....

DVardysShadow

SusanEWilson wrote: »

I have a problem with a private electricity supplier, ie, the farmer. I bought my cottage from them back in June 1999, not realising that it was a private supply, stated as "Mains" on estate agents details and on the replies from solicitor. Farmer has been very lapse in billing, only 7 in 10 years, never with a copy of their supplier's bill until last one. We queried their method of billing, not in line with Ofgem. Farmer will not accept that we are domestic, states that as they are commerical we have to pay CCL and VAT at 17.5%. Also we have been accused of tampering with meter. We reset the clock time, separate dial. So now they have cut us off and now refuse to re connect us or grant a wayleave to enable us to connect to National Grid.

We have tried Consumer Direct/Ofgem, only deal with the public suppliers. Have tried a mediation service but they are not interested.

Does any one know anything else we can try, do not have the money to go to court. Are there are laws referring to our situation of being cut off?

Thanks for reading, this is my first posting, so I apologise if this isn't as good as other ones.

Reposted as https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2531835

SusanEWilson

Thanks, but farmer isn't our landlord. We bought the property from her.

Owain_Moneysaver

clutton wrote: »

Susan - start a new thread for yourself... this one started 2 years ago

Owain - i suggest you re read the OP - this is a purchased property not a LL .....

Ooops, sorry, got confused. .