Extra oil in tank at end of rental.

Toooks

When we move into this rental it was agreed between the Letting Agent and myself that there were 500 litres in the oil tank, of a 2500 capacity tank.

Our last day here is 18th October, and I currently estimate there will be about 1300 extra litres in the tank, which cost me 43p a litre to put in there. The company that put it in will not remove it, and the LL is refusing to pay for it.

There is nothing in the agreement mentioned about the oil tank, the only bit might be "items are to be returned to their original positions", but I thought this was furniture.

Where do I stand? At the moment it feels like I am about to be legally robbed of £560.

Thanks

Leory

would you also try and claim back any salt and rinse aid you have put in the dishwasher, over what was in to start with?

there is no gain for the landlord to have any more than the minimum amiunt of oil in there so why should they pay for it.

You made the mistake of putting too much oil in there in the first place unfortunately

N79

Legally, the extra oil is yours. You can:

1. Give the oil to your LL.
2. Offer to sell the oil to your LL (they are under no obligation to buy it).
3. If you don't want to do 1 and the LL does not want to do 2 then just drain off the extra 800l and take it with you to use in your next house.

Or you can just accept that you put more oil in than you need and stop the hysterical talk of being robbed!

theartfullodger

As it was (presumably) you that had the additional oil put in the tank then surely it is your problem, unless you had made a prior arrangement with landlord to be re-reimbursed for any extra oil.

I guess you have the right the remove "your" Oil, but what the regulations are for the extract & storage of heating oil I have no idea.

It may be an odd thought but, sometimes one makes mistakes in life then has to live with those mistakes and pay for them. It is not always "someone else's" fault or to be paid for by "them"..

Cheers!

Lodger

PS When I moved out of a house for tenants moving in I left behind a 1/2 bottle of (good) voddie, 8 bottles of Becks and many items unlisted on the Inventory. Should I expect them back when the tenants move out??

googler

Why did you go to the trouble of checking it when you moved in, if there's nothing in the agreement about it?

Did it occur to you at that time that there was at least the unspoken assumption that you would leave at least 500 litres in it when you left?

If you estimated that there would be 250 litres at the date you leave, would you be phoning the oil company right now to order another 250, or would you just be leaving 250 and 'robbing' the landlord of half of the oil?

sequence

Drain the excess of into old oil drums and flog it on ebay. That's what I'd do, seriously.

These are hard times and someone will surely want some discounted fuel.

andy208833

You miscalculated, end of story. If you have storage capacity to take it with you then do so, if not put it down to experience.

poppysarah

Take it with you.

martindow

If you are in a rural area there will be no problem getting a farmer or someone else with the means of moving it to pay you to pump out 500 litres. I would put a card in your local shop offering it at a half or two thirds of its cost to make it worth their while.

neas

i'd drain it off and sell it :O

Arthritic_Toe

You can run a diesel car on that stuff you know - no modification required. It is however illegal!