HELP/ADVICE - Outstanding debt from previous tenant

Gooberdargy

Hi all......really need advice on the below!!!

Basically just had letting agent email me to say British Gas have forcibly entered my property (empty now as not got a tenant) and changed the front lock.

After speaking to British Gas they are chasing an unpaid bill for the period my ex tenant was in the property and state they have not received notification from the letting agent that ex tenant had moved out! Another sticking point is that the name on the bill isnt the ex tenants.........it isnt mine either but now I am not sure where I stand as to the debt???

Letting agent state they havent received any written notification of these outstanding bills and ex wife says she returned any mail she had to sender.

Any ideas as to what my next move is as just want it sorted!

Help:(

Wywth

Gooberdargy wrote: »

Hi all......really need advice on the below!!!

Basically just had letting agent email me to say British Gas have forcibly entered my property (empty now as not got a tenant) and changed the front lock.

After speaking to British Gas they are chasing an unpaid bill for the period my ex tenant was in the property and state they have not received notification from the letting agent that ex tenant had moved out! Another sticking point is that the name on the bill isnt the ex tenants.........it isnt mine either but now I am not sure where I stand as to the debt???

Letting agent state they havent received any written notification of these outstanding bills and ex wife says she returned any mail she had to sender.

Any ideas as to what my next move is as just want it sorted!

Help:(

I suggest you have a word with your managing agent and find out why they haven't done the job you are paying them for

i.e. to take an outgoing meter reading when a tenancy agreement ends and submit this to the utility company, changing the account back into your name if there is no new tenancy agreement immediately following.