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Crazy bills and electricity meter in the adjacent rental property

PW3371 · 2020-03-19 14:05:40

Please can anyone help with advice? Sorry this is a bit long winded .... My sister rents a 1 bed flat which only has an electricity supply. The meter is in the flat next door and she can only get a meter reading via the tenant there. For a start is this actually legal to rent a property with no access to the meter? When…

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RelievedSheff Posts: 12,691 Forumite

20 March 2020 at 1:13PM

It is not beyond the realms of possibility for a small all electric flat to gobble through £150 per month during the colder months. Electric is by far the most expensive way to heat a building.

Ignore the £40 estimate and work on actual kWh used and the price per kWh.

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