Bad Credit?

Annando

I really don't know where to post this, so sorry if this is the wrong place...

We moved into a rented house back in February. The house had been empty since December. The day we moved in we opened an account with EDF for gas and electricity with the actual reading for the counters etc. In June we received a gas bill from EDF for the period from December to April. After explaining to them that we only moved in February, they split the bill and sent us two new bills.
Because the house owner lives abroad, I gave EDF the address for the management company (letting agency) so they could also send them the bill for the period December to February. I also sent a copy of the bill to the management company myself.

For the past 5 months I have called EDF and the management company several times regarding this matter because the bill (December to February which amounts to £ 125.00) hasn't been paid. EDF sent two reminders which I sent to the management company. At the end of October a debt collection agency sent a "72 Hours" notice, I called the management agency and EDF just to make sure that they knew it was up to the owner of the house to pay for this bill. At the beginning of the week we received a letter from a solicitor demanding payment.

The bill, debt collector's notice and solicitor's notice was made out to "THE CUSTOMER" but obviously the address was for the house we presently live in.

Yesterday I sent the solicitor's letter to the management company with a strong worded letter demanding action.

My worry is that although the letters etc are addressed to "THE CUSTOMER" since we are the only people registered at this address this could end up affecting our credit rating / reference.

Am I right to worry? Could this really affect us?

Thanks for any advise.

worried_jim

Dont worry about it. You have a tenancy agreement with the date you moved in and were responsible for the bills from.
No one is ever going to come to your door for a few hundred quid- the letters are all hot air, just keep passing them on to the management company who will then do nothing with them anyway cos they don't care its not there bill either.
The power company will keep sending letters cos it cost them nothing and eventually one may reach the person responsible and they get some dosh back. This will have no effect on your credit as it doesn't even have a name on it so they don't even know who to bill. Have a nice evening !