Faultly Boiler has cost me huge Electricity Bill in new rented flat!

al1180

thanks, that is very similar to my situation now.
I have been taking regular meter readings for the whole period, i have the engineer agreeing that the bill was caused my the faulty boiler, i have worked out how much extra the fauty boiler has cost (assuming that it was faulty since the first repairman came, rather than from when i moved in so i feel is quite generous).

I have let the landlord know but they seem to think that as they did not know about it then they shouldnt pay anything (i explained the problem to the managing agents as soon as it occured).
Boiler is still not fixed as well

Pssst

Are we saying that the immersion heater has a defective thermostat and therefore the water is overheating/being boiled? If so,then i would not use the appliance as it is likely to produce scalding hot water with all the dangers this entails.

Having said that,you are still only paying for energy supplied so if your water is too hot,you could use less and top up the volume with cold,thus saving the hot water for later use?

prudryden

How many units per day (and approximate cost per unit) are you using? This would allow the responders some relative comparisons.

gismo1554

al1180 wrote: »

that was my thought... I guess the frustrating thing in my mind is that the landlord sent round someone to fix the boiler in Dec - and it is now apparant that it was not fixed correctly and as a result this has cost me in the form of inflated bills...

If you could get something in writing from the new boiler man to say that the fault would have been there in December I would think you might be able to get the landlord (or even yourself) to sue the previous boiler man for not fixing the problem and he would be responsible for the bills but I doubt there is any way to prove this issue was present back then (although might be worth asking)?

al1180

Hi gismo - yup i have something in writing (well, email) from the engineer saying the fauly was there in december - i've spoken to the landlord (through the managing agent) but they are refusing to budge and i'm stuck with the bill (and still faulty boiler..)

al1180

with everything turned off in the flat (except the fridge), and me staying at my partners so no use of hot water, i am getting through 35 to 40 units a day. Which is almost double what i was using in my old flat of the same size (and i was actually using water there!)

Penelopa.Pitstop

Some comparison numbers:
-2 bed flat, 2 people, running on electricity boiler (water cylinder with immersion heater) I use 100 units per week for everything.

-when the gas heating/boiler worked (gas is disconnected now) I used around 70-80 units per week which means that my immersion heater is using around 20-30 units on top of all other appliances in my flat.

40-50 units per day would mean huge bill. Can't you turn it off when you're not in the flat/not using it?

My landlord offered me £50 discount per month until the gas boiler is fixed to cover higher electricity bills.

jojo9239

What kinda boilers do new flats have?? Are they more economical? Im moving into a new flat nxt week and just curious x

al1180

Penelope - currently i'm leaving it switched off (otherwise to get hot water in the morning have to be up an hour earlier to switch on the boost circuit - the only one that works currently - and showering at the gym).
I'm satisfied that the high bill is due to a faulty boiler, the engineer has confirmed this, and this fault was not corrected when i moved in, or on a previous engineer visit to fix the boiler. I only noticed when first taking my electric readings.
Its good that your landlord offered you a £50 discount, but mine is curerntly saying that i will have to pay the full bill due to the fault as they did not know about it.
Now two different engineers have been and suggested to the landlord that the only fix is a new boiler, otherwise if i try and use hot water it will be very costly.
It seems that as the boiler does provide hot water (tho broken/expensive) and they are insisting that i pay for any of the very high bills that this fault is causing, the landlord has no incentive to fully repair or renew the boiler...