Tenancy agreement question

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Hi guys
Bit of a funny one but here goes..
My girlfriend is going to be handing in her notice on her rented house in the near future so we've just been looking over her tenancy agreement.
I noticed it says..
"The landlord will pay the water charges for the property..."
There's no mention of water charges under the tenant obligations. However, my girlfriend has been paying water rates the whole time she's been there which is about 4 years!
Where would she stand legally with this? Would she be entitled to this money back from the landlord? Over 4 years it adds up to a fair amount!
Bit of a funny one but here goes..
My girlfriend is going to be handing in her notice on her rented house in the near future so we've just been looking over her tenancy agreement.
I noticed it says..
"The landlord will pay the water charges for the property..."
There's no mention of water charges under the tenant obligations. However, my girlfriend has been paying water rates the whole time she's been there which is about 4 years!
Where would she stand legally with this? Would she be entitled to this money back from the landlord? Over 4 years it adds up to a fair amount!
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Obtaining a refund of all charges paid, however, may require her to pursue a civil action against the LL.
Is her deposit protected?
Who drew up the agreement? The Landlord or the Letting agent?
However it would be an unusual arrangement in which the tenant paid the gas/electricity bills but not the water-is this a metered supply, or is the property a bodged conversion where the supply has not been properly divided? It's not an HMO?