Daughter given wrong information by private landlord

The_shuffs

The LL never put it in writing that the G And E bills were included he just told my daughter word of mouth and she trusted him 18 years old new mum it never crossed her mind to take it further and get it in writing EDF haven't sent out any bills and didn't seem to know why but with the current meter reading managed to get that outstanding amount which as the LL is now not taking responsbility for it my daughter will have too she was the one using the G and E for the last year I'm not sure there is anything more I can do except make sure she doesn't do anything financial without coming too me her mum first oh and to never trust that easy again

Sparx

The_shuffs wrote: »

Well managed to sort the problem her LL told her he was not going to help pay the G and E arrears of £1059.96 even tho he admitted he made a mistake nice man not anyway EDF have agreed a weekly payment for the arrears and on going G and E once again thanks for all your advice a very hard lesson for my daughter

You call that sorting the problem?

Did you even read anyone's responses here offering their help and assistance? :eek:

The_shuffs

I did read all the advice given and did what I could to help my daughter like it said if she makes too much of an issue of this he could serve her with a notice to leave this is not an ideal situation but the best we can do at the present

The_shuffs

topdaddy wrote: »

So no one paid the bills for all that time?

Nobody paid the bills a bill was never sent to my daughter she thought as the LL said it was included in the rent the bills were being sent to him

G_M

The_shuffs wrote: »

Nobody paid the bills a bill was never sent to my daughter she thought as the LL said it was included in the rent the bills were being sent to him

Well, as explained before, the bills were clearly included.

Try reading the advice given (since you came here to ask for it), and then try sorting it a bit more forcefully.

Oh - small point: please try using some punctuation & paragraphs as your posts come over as an outpouring of half-thought-out ideas, which may explain the half-thought-out 'solution' you've achieved.

DRP

The_shuffs wrote: »

Nobody paid the bills a bill was never sent to my daughter she thought as the LL said it was included in the rent the bills were being sent to him

So they were in his name?

Isn't he lucky to have someone else pay his bills for the last year! :money:

outofmoney

My goodness. He has really fallen on his feet with your daughter. Surely when he received the first bill he would have twigged if it was a genuine mistake. To wait this long before deciding to mention it does not suggest he made a mistake. It suggests he has decided he can't/won't pay the bill and saw your daughter as an easy target. Wasn't he right!

ouchy2012

The_shuffs wrote: »

There is nothing in her contract it was the landlord who said it was included and is now saying he made a mistake and got her flat confused with another one so no she has nothing in writing just a text

What did the text say? Does it state he made the mistake?

silvercar

Seems like her other option was to tell EDF that she was registering as a new customer with them and pay the bills going forward. That would leave EDF chase the landlord for the outstanding amount.

Whether that would prompt the landlord to get rid of tenant is debatable, as he would now have a tenant paying the bills going forward, so no reason to change tenant.

MamaMoo_2

OP, is your daughter in receipt of housing benefit?