Housemate refusing to pay share of bill. Help!

chanz4

A supplier wont enter into 3rd party disputes, the balance will need to be paid and BG wont care how.

FrustratedHousemate

HappyMJ wrote: »

You won't be able to transfer the remaining debt into a name that isn't on the bill. BG (and BG debt collection arm) can chase any of the named people on the bill for payment.

Exactly what I feared. Though they are saying they DO have his name on the account. But we tried finding out from them months ago if all 6 of us were on it and sometimes they said yes, sometimes they said they could only fit 3 on it...

Terrylw1 wrote: »

Why not add his name to the account? If you show the supplier the tenancy agreement,they will change this straight away as the tenancy agreement is the legal document providing the liability. The names on the account are only liable until the suppliers gets this agreement allowing them to enact the changes.

You could split the payment.

Is Jay thinking he is not liable and because his name is not on the account, thinks he will get away with it? Would telling him the tenancy agreement has been accepted and his name is on the account, make him rethink? Or is he just an idiot?

I think only our landlord could do that as he's got copies of the agreement. We've all moved out now though which makes this whole thing more difficult. He thinks he's not liable because his name is not on the account and because he moved out early. He was in the house for 20 out of 48 days that this bill covers. I can understand that to a point but throughout the whole tenancy everyone had been splitting the bill equally regardless. Only now the tenancy is up is he trying to wriggle out of paying.


Thanks to everyone for your advice so far

societys_child

He was in the house for 20 out of 48 days that this bill covers

So he actually owes about £14? (divided between 5 of you - £2.80 each)?

I know it's "the principal" and all that, but . . .

FrustratedHousemate

societys_child wrote: »

So he actually owes about £14? (divided between 5 of you - £2.80 each)?

I know it's "the principal" and all that, but . . .

Technically. We'd all agreed (I thought) to split bills equally between us. I and a few others have paid when we weren't there. Doesn't that count for anything? You go through an entire year of splitting bills equally and then one person turns round to say 'sorry guys I don't have to pay that bit because I wasn't there'. We were also all on the same length tenancy agreement and if you move out early you still have to pay the rent for the remaining time so you'd think with the bill it would be the same principle?

Out of interest how would the court see this? Not that I think I'd bother with going to court over this amount of money

societys_child

I don't disagree with you, he should pay, but is it worth the time and energy?

I'd pay, then as suggested by pmlindyloo (post 7) send him a Letter Before Action . . . name and shame on FB seems a good idea as well.

No idea what a court would think about a claim for £37.

acswales

Hasbeen wrote: »

Sorry. but we all know "students" do not live in the real world. They go to uni and after 3-4 years boozing and having a great time they get a worthless degree in arts and design or in roman arcitecure etc.
and expect the world at their feet. As previous posters have said learn from this and move on. £7 for god sake!

Is that really relevant? Being a student is a choice that many of us choose to make, and we don't deserve to be tarnished unfairly with the same brush.

PasturesNew

Write to his mum.... she'll kick his 4rse.

macman

FrustratedHousemate wrote: »

Technically. We'd all agreed (I thought) to split bills equally between us. I and a few others have paid when we weren't there. Doesn't that count for anything? You go through an entire year of splitting bills equally and then one person turns round to say 'sorry guys I don't have to pay that bit because I wasn't there'. We were also all on the same length tenancy agreement and if you move out early you still have to pay the rent for the remaining time so you'd think with the bill it would be the same principle?

Out of interest how would the court see this? Not that I think I'd bother with going to court over this amount of money

No it does not. As already stated, each one of you is jointly and severally liable for the entire remaining debt. It does not get divided up in any kind of shares.

vuvuzela

Hasbeen wrote: »

Sorry. but we all know "students" do not live in the real world. They go to uni and after 3-4 years boozing and having a great time they get a worthless degree in arts and design or in roman arcitecure etc.
and expect the world at their feet. As previous posters have said learn from this and move on. £7 for god sake!

What a load of patronising rubbish. You a Daily Mail reader by any chance, coming out with crap like that ?

Ben84

Contact the landlord ASAP, he may agree to take the debt out of this person's deposit. I've known it happen before in this kind of situation.