Tentants Right Help Plz!!

hkareno

I know tenants have the right choose gas n electricity supplier. However, do they have the right to choose to use pre pay meter or non pre pay meter, ie do they have the right to change? Or does the landload have the right to refuse such a request?

spiro

It will in part depend on your tenacy agreement, also if you get it changed he may insist that we you get it swapped back when you move out so that would be 2 exchanges at about £60 each.

You dont say which way you want to change but I am guessing PPM to CR. LLs prefer PPM because the tenant can't run up any debts.

torbrex

^^^^what spiro said^^^^

chanz4

They cant make anyone change them back, they are not the property of the landlord and it would be an unfair contract term

Wywth

Ditto what spiro and torbrex said.

Except not all LL's prefer a PPM. Some LL's actually prefer a credit meter as it can make the property more desirable to their target rental market.
I guess it depends on who they are targeting their rentals at.
(Also landlords are not responsible for any debts their tenants may run up anyway)

Likewise, where the tenant changes supplier during the course of their tenancy, the OFT believes it would be a fair term for the LL to ask that the tenant returns the supply to the original supplier at the end of that tenancy.

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/unfair_contract_terms/oft356.pdf (page 64)

hkareno

Is it illegal for landlord to refuse tenants to change gas or electric pre pay meter to standard meter?
I think it doesn’t matter what the tenancy agreement said, if it is illegal, then landlord won’t have the right to do so.
THX

spiro wrote: »

It will in part depend on your tenacy agreement, also if you get it changed he may insist that we you get it swapped back when you move out so that would be 2 exchanges at about £60 each.

You dont say which way you want to change but I am guessing PPM to CR. LLs prefer PPM because the tenant can't run up any debts.

Wywth

hkareno wrote: »

I know tenants have the right choose gas n electricity supplier. However, do they have the right to choose to use pre pay meter or non pre pay meter, ie do they have the right to change? Or does the landload have the right to refuse such a request?

hkareno wrote: »

Is it illegal for landlord to refuse tenants to change gas or electric pre pay meter to standard meter?
I think it doesn’t matter what the tenancy agreement said, if it is illegal, then landlord won’t have the right to do so.
THX

... and the purpose of this thread was...? :huh:

Terrylw1

The EU has already stopped this for multi occupancy dwellings in that a tenant can choose their own supplier, I think they would find it very hard to prove they can enforce this.

Given a landlord can choose to switch to a more expensive supplier for kickbacks knowing the pricey kwh won't impact them, would be an unfair contract term.

Its probably best to get a legal opinion to be sure as landlords can be dodgy.