Please, please help me - EDF Back-Billing!

GingerBob_3

Cardew wrote: »

Unless you are disappearing to Outer Mongolia what good would that do?


You cannot pay 'what you owe' when you move. How can you settle your gas, electric, water, council tax bills without having them forwarded. The new occupants/landlord have to agree the readings - and if you are not contactable to settle any dispute on those readings you leave yourself wide open; you might even be due a rebate! Also most tenants have a returnable deposit with the letting agent - do you write that off?


If you attempt to disappear, any alleged debt gets passed to a Debt Collection Agency - who will usually trace you; and you will invariably have a black mark on your credit history.


It is a lot harder to dispute bills a year or two after you have moved.

You do it all by mail redirection. The Post Office mail redirection database is not available to the likes of estate agents and utility companies. The reason for not leaving forwarding addresses to all and sundry is quite apparent from the problems encountered by the OP.