EDF forced my house to change to a prepay meter?

chanz4

Terrylw1 wrote: »

But if a warrant is obtained against non payment, which I know is against the property, when the warrant officer turns up and finds a new tenant in there who has no debt or knowledge of this issue, fitting that meter is just a complaint and a quick reversal as its been served against the wrong person, despite it being for the property.

The problem with alarms is likely to be a big one. Since a lot of landlords have flats/houses which used to be standard dwellings, there won't be a communal supply for the fire alarms to be wired to. They won't pay for a seperate supply to be fitted and I wonder how this legislation stacks up in terms of the PPM's that are already out there?

So, now its going to be much harder to fit PPM's on these non payers.

But the warrant is for access to the metering equipment, inregards to the multiple occupancy it would then fall on to the landlord to ensure the meter is topped up.

Fire alarms are normaly also operated on 3 phase, although if they are cutting a supply with these they have a legal obligation to inform the fire service whom in turn report the breach.

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Check screen "S" with key inserted, this will show the total debt added, and what your landlord owes you if you can get him to agree that utilitys were included in your rent.

Terrylw1

chanz4 wrote: »

But the warrant is for access to the metering equipment, inregards to the multiple occupancy it would then fall on to the landlord to ensure the meter is topped up.

Fire alarms are normaly also operated on 3 phase, although if they are cutting a supply with these they have a legal obligation to inform the fire service whom in turn report the breach.

If the landlord has responsibility for the utilities I agree. I meant if a warrant is obtained based on the landlords non payment but the new tenant had responsibility for the utilities. The new tenant wouldn't have contributed to that warrant.

chanz4

Terrylw1 wrote: »

If the landlord has responsibility for the utilities I agree. I meant if a warrant is obtained based on the landlords non payment but the new tenant had responsibility for the utilities. The new tenant wouldn't have contributed to that warrant.

Thats correct, but if multiple occupancy things are not always so cut and dry.