Money Moral Dilemma: Should we pass on any of the £400 energy bill grant to our tenant?

Magstar1001

Cant really believe you have to ask!
You definitely 100% should, just to be clear on my feelings.

I was your Tennant, I would ask for it from you

Robbo66

Sorry but the £400 is to help cover the cost of energy, if you pay the gas & electric then yes why not but if the tenant pays it the of course it should go to them. Anyway the £400 is to be paid directly to the energy companies and credited to the accounts so you decision has been made for you and by the sounds of a good job too.

Brianlew

I think you answered your own question here.
give them a 1/4 of it (£100) if thats how you deal with standing charge payment. 

The rent is a separate discussion and deal with that as you will. 

Bibette

Ditto ditto ditto   apart from SuseOrm.  It's about your relationship with your tennant and how   either good or crap you'd feel depending on which way you decide.  

chesvegas

Yes you should pass it on - suggest as he pays approx one quarter, give him one quarter of the grant.  Additionally, look at recharging his portion of VAT

diystarter7

Based on the info, a big no.

MsMoon

SuseOrm said:

Well I wouldn’t personally if that had gone the other way and you were £400 out of pocket would you be asking for them to make up the difference ? 

Oh and put the rent up,  No good deed goes unpunished

er no - they could leave & the OP could end up with terrible tenants. I sincerely hope you are not a landlord yourself.

diystarter7

MsMoon said:

SuseOrm said:

Well I wouldn’t personally if that had gone the other way and you were £400 out of pocket would you be asking for them to make up the difference ? 

Oh and put the rent up,  No good deed goes unpunished

er no - they could leave & the OP could end up with terrible tenants. I sincerely hope you are not a landlord yourself.

Let them leave as rents are going up where we live. It's not as though they are renting the whole house is it.
LL's that in that scenario keep the money, good for them. If I was a T and in the MSE scenario, I would not expect the LL to give me the money.

steampowered

diystarter7 said:

Let them leave as rents are going up where we live. It's not as though they are renting the whole house is it.
LL's that in that scenario keep the money, good for them. If I was a T and in the MSE scenario, I would not expect the LL to give me the money.

If I was a T and in the MSE scenario, and the LL kept the money, I would simply stop paying the energy bill until my share had been recouped.

After all the energy bill is in the LL's name.

glitzy72

Absolutely you should give it to them. If you charge them 25% then they should receive 25% of the grant. I’m surprised that this question even had to be asked!