Gas/Electric dispute

axxxr

dunloadin wrote: »

Getting your own meters shouldnt be too much of a problem.....as long as the flats do not share the same circuits/fuseboard. Got a sneaky suspicion that they do though....and the cost of rewiring to split the flats properly is what the landlord is wanting to avoid.

There should be no need to dig in new cables as the incoming supply can be split to the flats at the point where the meter is now (provided the maximum load of the two properties allows it).

Well that is the problem both the houses do share the same everything, and your spot on the landlord is just wanting to avoid cost of doing the work.

I wonder if the landlord will do something about if i and the other tennant decide not to pay the bills? he can't do much anyway since the bills are all in his name so legally he's responsible am i right?

dunloadin

I'm not sure where you stand on this one, not my area of expertise, you could start by checking the smallprint in your tennancy agreement. Best to pay the bills in the meantime!

It does sound a bit odd that the flats dont have a means to be seperatley isolated if required. Not sure on the legallity of that, or if it is a requirement of any safetey/certification checks that should have been carried out prior to the flats being used for renting out. Perhaps the landlord aint done his homework on this and hasn't done the checks.

Hopefully theres someone out there who can advise on this better than I can.

axxxr

That's the thing i am not clear on the legality if this issue? and the tenancy agreement only states nothing about bills.Whatever we have in terms of paying for utility bills is purely verbal,I and the other tennant have gone along with it uptil now but we have decided that it isn't fair on either of us.

Do we have any lawyers or solicitors here who can advise on this issue please?

KimYeovil

I refer you to the replies given some time earlier.

Shared meters can be split according to floor area. If you stop paying only the landlord is liable for paying the bills but he can chase each of you through the courts. If you are happy with having county court judgements against your names feel free to continue with your campaign.

He can, of course, also give up being responsible for the bills at any time and put all subsequent bills in your names so that you tenants are each jointly and severally responsible for all future bills.