Rental agenency charges the water bill after check out

raja.kaliyannan

When i asked the LA about why the bill was not sent to for 30 months he gave the reason-'' The reason you have not received a bill is because the Management Company of the development send bills to the Landlord as they are billed as a block, then divided between properties.''


But in the deposit deduction he showed the water bill with the pattern for every 6 months.When showed the water bill with the pattern for every 6 six months why it was not invoiced for 30 months? That puzzles me.

raja.kaliyannan

tbs624 wrote: »

LLs of shared student properties often retain the water bill in their own name ( & not just for those properties which are HMOs) but the OP's set up does seem odd, if payment is held by the AST agreement to be the responsibility of the LL.

When i asked the LA about why the bill was not sent to for 30 months he gave the reason-'' The reason you have not received a bill is because the Management Company of the development send bills to the Landlord as they are billed as a block, then divided between properties.''


But in the deposit deduction he showed the water bill with the pattern for every 6 months.When showed the water bill with the pattern for every 6 six months why it was not invoiced for 30 months? That puzzles me.

tbs624

raja.kaliyannan wrote: »

When i asked the LA about why the bill was not sent to for 30 months he gave the reason-'' The reason you have not received a bill is because the Management Company of the development send bills to the Landlord as they are billed as a block, then divided between properties.''

In which case tell the LL/LA that you will clear the bill in instalments as he has put you a disadvantage by failing to pass on regular billing information during your tenancy.

If he says no, his option is to go to court, where you would be able to ask for payments to be made in instalments anyway: the court would probably take a dim view of the LL for not just accepting your suggestion in the first place.

GillsMan7

Out of interest raja, what was the reason the LA gave for the bill not being sent to for 30 months?

BitterAndTwisted

Management companies are notoriously slow in forwarding their charges on to tenants/leaseholders. It doesn't surprise me in the least that they haven't billed anyone for 30 months even if they had received and paid the bills when they were issued every six months.

My own water-charges are £8 a week for an unmetered supply so I think the OP has got off very lightly indeed. Money should have been set aside for it if the OP knew they were liable for the charges under the terms of the lease. Not receiving a bill doesn't absolve the user from responsibility for paying them.

BitterAndTwisted

tbs624 wrote: »

In which case tell the LL/LA that you will clear the bill in instalments as he has put you a disadvantage by failing to pass on regular billing information during your tenancy.

If he says no, his option is to go to court, where you would be able to ask for payments to be made in instalments anyway: the court would probably take a dim view of the LL for not just accepting your suggestion in the first place.

I can't see how that's going to work when they intend to deduct the £400 water charges from the OP's deposit

tbs624

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I can't see how that's going to work when they intend to deduct the £400 water charges from the OP's deposit

See my previous post :

tbs624 wrote: »

You could check the wording of your tenancy agreement to see if it specifically what your deposit may be used for and if nothing about bill payment is mentioned then offer to pay in instalments.

raja.kaliyannan

GillsMan7 wrote: »

Out of interest raja, what was the reason the LA gave for the bill not being sent to for 30 months?

I have sent an e-mail(4 days back) asking the reason but yet get the reply.Will update once i get the reply.Thanks for your advice in the mean time.

raja.kaliyannan

tbs624 wrote: »

OP -
You could check the wording of your tenancy agreement to see if it specifically what your deposit may be used for and if nothing about bill payment is mentioned then offer to pay in instalments.

Was your tenancy deposit scheme registered btw, assuming property is in Eng/Wales and let under an AST?

The tenency agreement says

7.9 Utilities

7.9.1 Not to tamper or interfere with or alter or add to the gas, water or electrical installations or meters in or serving the Premises.

7.9.2 To pay all charges in respect of gas, water and electricity consumed on the Premises and all charges in respect of any telephone installed on the Premises and the television licence fee. Charges falling due partly during and partly before or after the tenancy will be apportioned.


Response from LA: The reason you have not received a bill is because the Management Company of the development send bills to the Landlord as they are billed as a block, then divided between properties.

tbs624

raja.kaliyannan wrote: »

The tenency agreement says

7.9 Utilities

7.9.1 Not to tamper or interfere with or alter or add to the gas, water or electrical installations or meters in or serving the Premises.

7.9.2 To pay all charges in respect of gas, water and electricity consumed on the Premises and all charges in respect of any telephone installed on the Premises and the television licence fee. Charges falling due partly during and partly before or after the tenancy will be apportioned.


Response from LA: The reason you have not received a bill is because the Management Company of the development send bills to the Landlord as they are billed as a block, then divided between properties.

Is there a section in your tenancy agreement which clearly states what your tenancy deposit may be used for, or do you perhaps have this information in a separate document? If it says nothing about outstanding utility bills then your LL may not deduct this from your deposit and you could then, as I suggested earlier, offer to clear it in instalments.

The LA's response still doesn't explain why the LL did not pass the information to you during your tenancy, once he had received it from the Management Company/