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Splitting supply
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It's possible to have your own gas and electricity meters installed, with no need to notify the respective suppliers. There would still be the main, single, supply to the house billed as normal but your own meters would be able to show how the services are being used internally.
A separate gas meter is probably the easiest. Just have it installed in the feed to one of the boilers - by a Gas Safe engineer of course.
Electricity is probably more difficult unless both flats have separate consumer units. Consult an electrician to find out.0 -
Could be the tip of the iceberg! If there are no deeds because of no sale since registration was required, and they have been lost then everything is up to agreeing between you as to who splits costs - e.g. upkeep on communal areas, any structural changes, etc...
At present if they run up bills because moving in permanently and you suddenly get larger bills, how will they be split and will all sides agree. Lets say your use has been steady for last few years, and you keep to joint bills if there is a 150% or 200% increase in the bill because they leave everything on, how will that be split?0 -
OP, apart from the issues with the utilities, you really need to get the property registered with the Land Registry.
You can do this yourself, but without deeds this will prove to be more difficult. A document called a Statutory Declaration will be required.
I suggest that you seek proper legal advice.
If you do not register the property, then somebody else could!0 -
SeeOP, apart from the issues with the utilities, you really need to get the property registered with the Land Registry.
You can do this yourself, but without deeds this will prove to be more difficult. A document called a Statutory Declaration will be required.
I suggest that you seek proper legal advice. If you do not register the property, then somebody else could!
https://www.gov.uk/protect-land-property-from-fraud0 -
.When she passed her late father split the house into two flats because he never got on with his brother
When was it split ?
When did the brother die ?We live upstairs and a second cousin who claimed downstairs when the brother died stays there in the summerI no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
About nine years ago.0
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It was split roughly ten years ago. Just a kitchen and bathroom installed in the was then third bedroom. Only a locked Door divided both flats0
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