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Rented Property, Faulty Toilet, Excessive Water Bill

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  • Equaliser123
    Equaliser123 Posts: 3,404 Forumite
    phoodless wrote: »
    Indeed...

    Then Landlord comes around and states "Very sorry, but there is NO fault with the toilet so I will not accept any liability" ?

    Really can't see the landlord being responsible for this in any event.
  • PZH
    PZH Posts: 1,599 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Equaliser123 wrote: »
    Really can't see the landlord being responsible for this in any event.

    Well, neither can I to be honest (See earlier posts).

    But tampering with a system that the OP claims to be "Clueless" about rather than logging the fault immediately seems to be playing right into the landlords hands.
    Proc wrote:
    Oh forget it. Just sit there, do nothing and let the bill run up even higher.

    Who said do nothing ??
    “That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
  • bris
    bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Proc wrote: »
    Does nobody have common sense these days?
    No, most tenants don't. To listen to a toilet running for 6 months and then complaining about the water bill proves that does it not.
    If the LL doesn't know how can he fix it?
  • Proc
    Proc Posts: 860 Forumite
    bris wrote: »
    No, most tenants don't. To listen to a toilet running for 6 months and then complaining about the water bill proves that does it not.
    If the LL doesn't know how can he fix it?

    Haha good point.
  • mattyk123
    mattyk123 Posts: 10 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Proc wrote: »
    Haha good point.
    Har Har Har.

    Anyway, after getting a plumber in it turns out it wasn't the toilet. He's as confused as we are so a Southern Water technician is coming down to take a proper look. Hopefully its just a fault in the meter or something else easy to identify.

    Thanks to the helpful responses.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    OP turn everyhing off in your house and then inspect the meter and see if it is still turning.

    If it is you have a leak (or your meter services the street :), which could be the case)
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