Estate agent is charging more Power bill..

krish2011

Hi,
I have lived in a property for 6 months. And the property is 1 bed flat (small). The heater is through GAS. The electricity is only for lights, Cooker. I am full time employee. Hence I spent only full day in the weekends. At end of six months the estate agent is asking for 180 GBP as electricity bill (30GBP per month) to deduct from the deposit.
The electricity is through British GAS.

Could you please advice me the quote asked by agent is justifiable ? And if not what should I do to proceed further ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Krish

Cardew

Welcome to the forum.

It is illegal to make a profit from re-selling gas and electricity.

How much was the gas?

You say electricity was for 'Lights and cooker.' What about TV, computer, hoover, fridge/freezer, was there a washing machine? Dryer?

ihateyes

krish2011 wrote: »

Hi,
I have lived in a property for 6 months. And the property is 1 bed flat (small). The heater is through GAS. The electricity is only for lights, Cooker. I am full time employee. Hence I spent only full day in the weekends. At end of six months the estate agent is asking for 180 GBP as electricity bill (30GBP per month) to deduct from the deposit.
The electricity is through British GAS.

Could you please advice me the quote asked by agent is justifiable ? And if not what should I do to proceed further ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Krish

£30 is fairly reasonable for a monthly elec. again, id ask the estate agent the tariff your on, and the KwPh rates, then id call BG and check.

krish2011

Cardew wrote: »

Welcome to the forum.

It is illegal to make a profit from re-selling gas and electricity.

How much was the gas?

You say electricity was for 'Lights and cooker.' What about TV, computer, hoover, fridge/freezer, was there a washing machine? Dryer?

Sorry I missed few items. The electricity covers Fridge (No Freezer), Washing machine, Laptop, hover, Cooker and lights. And there is no TV, Dryer, FAN, Air Cooler.
The GAS bill is 20 quid per month which I paid directly to British GAS based on the bill given.

Thanks.

krish2011

Thanks for the reply.

krish2011

ihateyes wrote: »

£30 is fairly reasonable for a monthly elec. again, id ask the estate agent the tariff your on, and the KwPh rates, then id call BG and check.

Ok Thanks. Do you mean Kwh rates and tariff I can ask for ?

Cardew

krish2011 wrote: »

Sorry I missed few items. The electricity covers Fridge (No Freezer), Washing machine, Laptop, hover, Cooker and lights. And there is no TV, Dryer, FAN, Air Cooler.
The GAS bill is 20 quid per month which I paid directly to British GAS based on the bill given.

Thanks.

Frankly £30 for that lot - especially Dryer and air cooler - seems reasonable.

krish2011

Sorry I didn't catch your point.. no dryer and air cooler used. 30£ is high or reasonable ?

Cardew

krish2011 wrote: »

Sorry I didn't catch your point.. no dryer and air cooler used. 30£ is high or reasonable ?

Sorry - misread your post(Was watching cricket!)

£30 monthly is highish but not excessive IMO.

spiro

The LL should provide you with an official bill which should show meter readings and per unit price, what does it say?

If the block of flats dont have individual meters then the LL will use a formula to split the total consumption between the flats, again they should advise you how they do that. I typical method is the area of the flats (m2). The problem with this is that is takes no account of high/low users so someone with the smallest flat but loads of elec gadgets/heaters/etc/etc will pay less than some in a slightly larger flat who is very frugal.

bengasman

The agent can not re-sell energy legally, but is entirely within the law when charging an admin fee, handling charge or a number of other costs. Without seeing the lease contract, all comments are entirely speculative.