Can’t afford advance payment to property management company for communal heat and electricity!

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PriesstesHN said:

EssexHebridean said:

The next question then is how much is the increase? Presumably she has the amount that has been payable previously available at least - also, how much notice have the agents given her of the next payment amount? There may be something in her contract about variable fees needing to be notified in a fair and timely manner. 

It might also be worth her chatting with her neighbours - I bet she won’t be the only one in this position! She could also contact her local council to see if they still have discretionary funds available - although she may fall through the gaps for this as well, it’s worth her asking. 

She will also need to re-do her budget to take account of the next quarterly bill possibly being slightly higher even than this one. 

Ok so for the same quarter last year they asked for an advance of £223.93 (this year it’s £653.23 - the amount she can’t pay). I’m not sure yet if when they then came to reconciliation if the amount they asked for in advance was correct or not. I think this is going to be hard to figure out but I think may help us if we can!

Many of the forward gas price indexes (there isn't really a wholesale heat market, so this is an analogue) have tripled since this time last year.