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Landlord callout charge
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did you call the electricity provider to see if they had faults logged?Debt free 4th April 2007.
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The provider sent out a letter apologising for the outage.
I meant before you called an electrician out. I think it's reasonable, if you cant see a tripped fuse, to call local electricty board so see if it is a general fault, before calling out a specialist. Just IMHO of course, but it is what I would do (and have done) if the whole house was blown.Debt free 4th April 2007.
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The moral of the story. If your electric goes and you can't find an obvious cause then check with your provider to make sure they don't have a fault even if other people's lights are still on before calling an electrician (or having somone else call one).0
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Not before no, it just appeared not to be a broad issue as nobody else was out. I guess the landlord could also have called them to check if its a problem at their end but neither of us did.0
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My landlord has told me that as the fault was not inside the flat the liability is with the provider and I should take the matter up with them. They're saying I breached this section of the contract because no fault was found, have I hit a brick wall?
(b) In the event of the Tenant reporting a defect which results in the calling out of a contractor through the offices of the Landlord and no fault is discovered or a fault is discovered which is directly attributa!ble to an act or default of the Tenant or any one of them then the Tenant shall pay and be responsible for the contractors account. Should the Tenant call out a contractor without prior permission from the Landlord the Tenant will be liable for all costs
There was a fault, the fault was not attributable to you, you did not call out a contractor without the permission of the LL, you are not liable for the cost.0 -
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