Not allowed to access my electricity meter, is this right?

chanz4

They could stop you on health and safety grounds due to how many meters are within the cuboard, the councils do this also in some high rise.

PurplePow

Right this is starting to annoy me now. I've been waiting days now for the handyman from the management company to come out and read the electricity meter. My readings are due for nPower, my bill is being generated. They should have came yesterday to read it but no. Now the management company are saying Monday. We demanded the code for the cupboard on the phone but they won't budge.

The code is only there to stop people storing items in the cupboard!

This is only going to get more annoying as we are currently switching to EDF so will need another meter reading soon for my closing reading.

spiro

Be there when he reads it and try and record the code (phone video camera).

molerat

What type of lock is it, if a standard combination padlock then start at 0000 and work your way up 1 at a time

[Deleted User]

Hi Purplepow, I dont blame you for getting annoyed, I get the same thing quite a lot where I have to traipse to the management office to get a code for the meter room. Is it a fire door to the meter room which has got to be kept shut ? ( but possibly not locked ) Thats the usual excuse for stopping access. I have never had a key or code refused by management so I find it a bit odd as theres a cost to them to keep coming to unlock every time, There could be half a dozen different suppliers in one cupboard all wanting readings at different times. do your best to get other flats involved also

DVardysShadow

molerat wrote: »

What type of lock is it, if a standard combination padlock then start at 0000 and work your way up 1 at a time

I suggest going to the management company pretending to be a meter reader.

withabix

PurplePow wrote: »

Right this is starting to annoy me now. I've been waiting days now

You appear to have been waiting for a year!

energycompanyemployee

Personally, I would buy a crowbar, and force entry. But thats just me. You do have a right to have access to the meter. Plus with an emergency situation, such as if you could smell gas ?.....wouldnt the management agency want you to be able to turn the supply off?...instead of it going boom!?

I do like the suggestion, to start at 0000, and work the code all the way up. time consuming, but effective.

zerog

This is why I will always check out the utility meters (as well as other things of course) before renting or buying a house.

Ms_Chocaholic

Have a close look at the buttons, some may be more worn than others and give you some idea of the digits of the number