Help re gas not paid!

charlot1977

I have just moved out of a rented property. We did not pay any gas bills as we were never sent one. (6 years)
Who is now responsible for any unpaid bills? Me or the landlord? There has never been a gas bill with my name on it.
The landlord is withholding my deposit until I provide evidence of bills paid. Is this in the event of tenants not paying bills so the deposit goes towards covering bill that the landlord is now responsible for?

Any advice greatly appreciated! This is quite an unusual situation.
I have paid all other bills

McKneff

So why didnt you contact someone 6 years ago, or 5, or 4.3,2 or 1.

Is there anywhere on your contract that says the landlord will pay for the gas.

You need to ring the gas company up, and discuss it with them.

In fairnes, you used the gas, well, you know the rest.

chanz4

Its upto you to inform the company you have moved in. The deposit wont cover your bill

[Deleted User]

you ll proberbly get away with it, I ve caught people actually fiddling meters for ages who end up getting off scot free because the suppliers are not losing any money themselves by their inactions. Its all hidden away in clever accounting so we all end up paying higher prices overall. You are resposible for not notifying the supplier of the lack of demand of a bill. they may end up selling the debt on to a debt collecting company.
I also see people who ve moved into properties with fiddled and bypassed prepay meters who don t do anything at all, they dont tell the supplier, just continue getting loads of free energy. nothing is done about it at all

McKneff

sacsquacco wrote: »

you ll proberbly get away with it, I ve caught people actually fiddling meters for ages who end up getting off scot free because the suppliers are not losing any money themselves by their inactions. Its all hidden away in clever accounting so we all end up paying higher prices overall. You are resposible for not notifying the supplier of the lack of demand of a bill. they may end up selling the debt on to a debt collecting company.
I also see people who ve moved into properties with fiddled and bypassed prepay meters who don t do anything at all, they dont tell the supplier, just continue getting loads of free energy. nothing is done about it at all

Since I joined here in 2008, this is the most irresponsble, idiotic, unhelpful post I have ever read.

charlot1977

McKneff wrote: »

So why didnt you contact someone 6 years ago, or 5, or 4.3,2 or 1.

Is there anywhere on your contract that says the landlord will pay for the gas.

You need to ring the gas company up, and discuss it with them.

In fairnes, you used the gas, well, you know the rest.

We just waited for a bill to arrive and it never came....
I wouldn't know which gas company deals with it so I'm not sure
who to contact.
The property was split into flats and there were more meters than flats so I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one getting it for free.
Thanks for the info anyway

tanith

Why on earth would you expect your landlord to pay for gas that you used for 6 YEARS? you used it you pay for it.

[Deleted User]

Sorry you found my post idiotic etc Mckneff, after years of following how idiotic and irresponsible the suppliers are regarding cases like these and of theft of energy in general, I have become very disenchanted with the privatetised energy business . I am not all accusing any untoward actions by the OP, just a totally lax attitude to suppliers making sure that their customers actually pay for what they have used. can you make your point a bit more specific ?

chanz4

Its not the suppliers, its the regulators and the likes of consumer focus that take the sides of people tampering when they get cut off.

Little_Mo_70

charlot1977 wrote: »

I have just moved out of a rented property. We did not pay any gas bills as we were never sent one. (6 years)
Who is now responsible for any unpaid bills? Me or the landlord? There has never been a gas bill with my name on it.
The landlord is withholding my deposit until I provide evidence of bills paid. Is this in the event of tenants not paying bills so the deposit goes towards covering bill that the landlord is now responsible for?

Any advice greatly appreciated! This is quite an unusual situation.
I have paid all other bills

Your tenancy agreement would have stated who was responsible for payment of the gas supply?

Your LA / landlord should have discussed fuel suppliers if it was a new property or, if the property had previously been occupied the gas company then would normally issue a letter addressed to 'the occupier' to get the new tenant on their books. You say you were never sent any gas bills with your name on but did you receive gas bills with anyone else's name on so that you, Your letting agent or your landlord might perhaps know who the provided the supply?

You really should have spoken to the landlord/LA about it as soon as you moved in. As previous posters have mentioned, you used the gas so, unless your tenancy agreement says otherwise, you are responsible for paying the bill. How did the council tax or water bills work?

[Deleted User]

Dead right Chanz4. I have recently been in contact with OFGEM in regards to the suppliers proposals to extend the 2 year meter checks to 5 years.this may be O.K. for smarts, but the prepays already never get checked to a 2 year level anyway. the suppliers, I believe, are breaking OFGEMs rules in this regard. I am at the frontline in actually seeing what is going off out there, as you are also. OFGEM at least have responded to my complaints and have said they have recieved the information I have put forward, I dont expect they will do anything, looks like the Daily Mail then for some proper publicity if I dont get some proper replies and action