landlady has sold house

daphne_descends

my landlord has recently sold the house i'm renting and i was asked for a copy of the water bill. i handed it over without question, what's the big deal here? it had my name on it, well that's not exactly top secret...

Robinmsa

A few months ago this happened to me, I was phoned up by my landlady to tell me that she was selling up, (Cow) it was rather a nice flat in a nice area, well I'll never get a 6 month contract again...

niceblokejohn

I'd hand it over also - if you put down a rental deposit, put yourself in the landlord's position and think about it.

peter999

taylorsmum wrote:

received a phone call today from the agents stating that the landlady's solicitor wants to know who our gas and electric suppliers are and they want a copy of our water bill, confused as to why the solicitor would want this.seems very strange to me

Minor nonsense.
It's nothing to do with usage, it's to pin down the utility readings before you move out.

I'm sure you have enough things to worry about than providing a copy of utility bills.

Someone has bought house & they can work/budget these things out for themselves depending on their usage patterns.
Seeing what someone elses usage is, is irrelevant.

peter999

Madjock

They want to advise the buyers WHO the suppliers are, not how much you pay. They haven't asked for gas and electricity bills, they've asked WHO supplies it.
They want a copy of the latest water bill to confirm THE RATEABLE VALUE AND WHETHER THE WATER IS METERED.

chant1l

Why the fuss, give him the details, he can get them elsewhere anyway.

prudryden

Madjock wrote:

They want to advise the buyers WHO the suppliers are, not how much you pay. They haven't asked for gas and electricity bills, they've asked WHO supplies it.
They want a copy of the latest water bill to confirm THE RATEABLE VALUE AND WHETHER THE WATER IS METERED.

That's it. Nothing more sinister than that.

silvercar

When selling a property you need to produce a water bill as this will show a sewerage charge. This provides the necessary proof that the property is connected to the sewerage mains.

MJMum

What silvercar said. It's proof that the property is connected to mains sewerage, nothing more sinister.

Geez, hand it over :rolleyes:

taylorsmum

prudryden wrote:

Tenants have a right to change the utility suppliers, but it probably says in the tenancy contract you agreed to that you need to advise the LL/LA, should you change the supplier.

Water: They already know who the supplier is, but probably want to know what the rateable value of the property is, which is on the bill. Either that, or they want to confirm whether it is on a meter or a flat rate charge.

have not changed gas & elec suppliers.. as for the water bill they will not be getting any bill from me, they know it is on a water meter, have had alot of problems with the agents for the past year so glad to be getting out of here, do not see why i should help them, they have not helped me when i have had problems with the property:mad: