Flat within a house with a central meter

spiro

You would need to contact you local Distribution company and get a quote to have your own supply installed. This could easily cost thousands to be installed.

macman

Correct. Which is why it should have been picked up before exchange.
I'd expect a leasehold property with a sub-meter to be devalued vs one with it's own metering.
With a bodged-up conversion like this, you wonder what other short cuts have been taken?

nohassles

Robin9 wrote: »

An interesting scenario and one which the form does not really consider. Q 10 (ii) is probably answered "YES" but "There is none" is perhaps more truthful.

How is question 12 answered - it ought to be the person who submeters you and to whom you are paying your bill.

On a practical point on whose property is this meter ?

Sorry, I didn't see that I had received replies. I don't have any kind of questionnaire like that in my paperwork.

The main meter belongs to the freeholder/management company I imagine

Robin9

Have you been back to your conveyancer as per #10. This is a prime document that generates lots of questions.

The main meter belongs to the landlords supplier - the landlord owns the sub-meters and all the associated wiring.

nohassles

Well, the conveyancers have so far failed to reply to my emails, what's next? Make a formal complaint to them? Consult the legal ombudsman?

macman

You can't go to any Ombudsman until you have been through the conveyancer's own complaints system.
Make a formal complaint to them in writing 9not email): the procedure will be set out in the documentation you were supplied with.
Did you use a solicitor or a licensed conveyancer?

Robin9

nohassles wrote: »

I'm a flat owner but the flat is part of a larger house which has recently been converted

Have you spoken to the other flat owners ? Perhaps they have the same concerns ?

On whose property is the landlords main meter (and I presume all the other submeters ?

nohassles

Robin9 wrote: »

On whose property is the landlords main meter (and I presume all the other submeters ?

I'm not sure I understand the question. I don't know exactly where the meter is located but I would assume it's somewhere in the house to which all of the flats belong.

Robin9

You need to be able to read the meter - even if its private - and be able to switch off the supply in case of emergency. If its in another flat that could be difficult.

nohassles

macman wrote: »

Make a formal complaint to them in writing 9not email): the procedure will be set out in the documentation you were supplied with.

OK, will put the wheels in motion. According to their T&C the first stage of the complaints procedure is to write asking for a copy of the complaints procedure :think:

macman wrote: »

Did you use a solicitor or a licensed conveyancer?

I'm not sure, they're called Premier Property Laywers so I think they're solicitors first and foremost.