Harrassment and Blackmail from Ex-Landlord

Comms69

FBaby wrote: »

I don't consider anyone who doesn't pay their bills 'decent'. Would you have said the same if it was the other way around? Being a tenant doesn't make you less liable to paying your bills and the fact there are crap tenants owing thousands doesnt make those owing only £20 (ignoring the gardener bill in this case) pretty decent.

But it's nothing to do with the LL. and that is really that.

FBaby

Comms69 wrote: »

But it's nothing to do with the LL. and that is really that.

It is to do with the LL if the utility has charged her for it!

As said already, the utility companies don't care who owes them for the use of gas/electricity. If the person they have a contract with say that they should only pay up to period X, or up to the reading they provide, that's what they go by and then they invoice the LL for anything that is used afterwards until someone else claims to be living there. Unless the tenant gets in touch with them and amends the information they provided, they will bill the LL and expect payment from them.

This is exactly what happened to me and I had to pay the bill, even though I offered to send a copy of the ast showing that the tenant was still under contract during the time they claimed to have left. It made no difference. The only recourse was to take the tenant to court.