Gas bill/debt collection letters to my address

buzzyzoe

Hi all,

Wasn't sure where to post this so apologies if this is in the wrong place!

A bit of background - I bought a flat in a converted house last year. There are 3 flats in the building, I generally call mine top flat on any correspondence. Let's say that the property address is 15 Yemen Road. All my correspondence comes to 'my name, top floor flat, 15 Yemen Road.' I set up my energy supply when I moved in and have been paying ever since.

In the mailbox this week, there was a letter addressed to 'The occupier, 15 Yemen Road' There was no flat specified. I opened it up and it was a bill from British Gas for £816.21 with a note saying 'your gas bill is long overdue. It is important you contact us immediately.'

At the bottom of the letter it says that continued non payment will leave no choice but to obtain and serve a legal warrant of entry.

So my question is what should I do about this? As such, there is No 15 Yemen Road that should be getting an energy supply, only the three flats. I know that everyone else in the other flats are up to date on their energy bills. British Gas obviously don't have any contact details for whoever they believe owes this money as the letter is just addressed to the occupier.

Should I contact them and say that in essence the address that they are billing for doesn't exist, or should I just ignore it?

Thanks in advance!

fatbelly

You would think B Gas would realise that there were 3 different supply addresses under that heading.

Normally I would just say 'return to sender' but it is probable (despite what you say) that someone at some time in one of the flats has accumulated some arrears.

British Gas need to be more specific.

I'd probably return it marked 'which flat?' rather than spend time arguing on the phone with someone and risk them trying to pin it on my flat as an easy target