Landlord using my supply for communal lighting

flibblesan

Norman_Castle wrote: »

If the electricity for your flat is supplied entirely through the submeter, surely that is what your bill should be based on.Is it possible that is why the submeter was fitted?.When you moved in who decided which meter is yours?.

Both the landlord and the letting agent did. The meter has always been registered to the tenant in the flat, never to the landlord. So it's entirely possible that the landlords electrician made a mistake when installing the sub meter and was originally intended for the landlords electricity usage, not mine.

I'm still unable to get in contact with the landlord regarding this and the letting agent has her usual 'can't be bothered' attitude. So most likely I'll have to just put up with this. I'm out of work so currently cannot afford to find another place. Legal action is out of the question also as i'm on an assured shorthold and I've read that a landlord doesn't have to provide a reason to evict. So if I took action he would probably just evict me then allow some other mug to pay for his electricity.

Norman_Castle

As the submeter measures the electricity you use, take reading from this monthly and work out your usage from this.You can then decide if its worth chasing the landlord.On an old type spinning dial meter their will be a line of numbers.These are units of electricity.Ignore the numbers after the decimal point.

Fire_Fox

Why can't you get hold of the landlord, are they ignoring your recorded delivery letters?