Landlady insisting I show proof of payment of council tax and water rates

fizz4

Hi
I have moved out of a rental property and the landlady is insisting that I send her proof that I have paid council tax and water rates up until my moving out date. I understand that I am not obliged to do this and have told her do but she seems to think otherwise. I am awaiting the final bills for these and have every intention of paying them but refuse to give in to her demanding behaviour. Can anyone clarify the situation for me please?

Pixie5740

fizz4 wrote: »

Hi
I have moved out of a rental property and the landlady is insisting that I send her proof that I have paid council tax and water rates up until my moving out date. I understand that I am not obliged to do this and have told her do but she seems to think otherwise. I am awaiting the final bills for these and have every intention of paying them but refuse to give in to her demanding behaviour. Can anyone clarify the situation for me please?

Those are your bills and you there is no legal reason why you have to show her them. Is she refusing to release your deposit until she sees them by any chance?

G_M

Is this part of a deposit dispute?

Just put in a single claim for the deposit with the deposit scheme. Look up their process for this.

And read:

* Deposits: payment, protection and return

diggingdude

Kindly remind her she has no right. Suggest you might consider if she shows you three months of all her bank statements first for a laugh

00ec25

so what is the real story?

surely you can appreciate why she wants to know when her liability is going to resume to ensure that she is happy with what you have told your utility supplier and the council. - you may after all have lied to them seeing as you are looking for legalities rather than simply being co-operative. Suggests that you have another agenda.......

luvchocolate

It was in my tenancy agreement to show my final bill receipts to the letting agent.

G_M

luvchocolate wrote: »

It was in my tenancy agreement to show my final bill receipts to the letting agent.

and so.......?


Let's say you breach that term of your contract and decline to show it, for whatever reason. What loss does the landlord incur? What claim could he make against you for that loss?


Refusing to return your deposit (money which is yours) would not be justified unless you actually owed him money (eg rent arrears). Simply failing to show a bill would not constitute a financial loss, so would not justify witholding the deposit.

anselld

fizz4 wrote: »

Hi
I have moved out of a rental property and the landlady is insisting that I send her proof that I have paid council tax and water rates up until my moving out date. I understand that I am not obliged to do this and have told her do but she seems to think otherwise. I am awaiting the final bills for these and have every intention of paying them but refuse to give in to her demanding behaviour. Can anyone clarify the situation for me please?

You are correct, however the path of least resistance is to show the bills. You need to decide if you want to make a point or get your deposit back ASAP.

Jumblebumble

Yes
You could be the sort of person who gets pleasure out of making other people's life a bit easier
If I were your landlord and you took this attitude with me I would return the complement of being a pain by refusing to give you a reference I was ever asked for one.

Red-Squirrel_2

fizz4 wrote: »

Hi
I am awaiting the final bills for these and have every intention of paying them but refuse to give in to her demanding behaviour.

00ec25 wrote: »

so what is the real story?

surely you can appreciate why she wants to know when her liability is going to resume to ensure that she is happy with what you have told your utility supplier and the council. - you may after all have lied to them seeing as you are looking for legalities rather than simply being co-operative. Suggests that you have another agenda.......

They don't even have the bills yet and have clearly said they will pay, think you might be jumping the gun on the sinister motives!

00ec25

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

think you might be jumping the gun on the sinister motives!

let me help you out then by drawing your attention to the relevant wording as you seem to have missed it

fizz4 wrote: »

I understand that I am not obliged to do this and have told her do but she seems to think otherwise. I am awaiting the final bills for these and have every intention of paying them but refuse to give in to her demanding behaviour. Can anyone clarify the situation for me please?

so why do you think they are refusing to cooperate when they accept they have to pay anyway

it is in reality a perfectly reasonable request, or do you normally agree to take over a financial liability without confirming the cutoff point?