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Grumpy_chap

daekara said:

Hi, I'm a tenant and I recently had my energy company ask to replace my meter as it was at "end of life", so I arranged for an engineer to come and make the change, however at the appointment the engineer told me there was no room for any meter smart or otherwise, I was told the only option is to re-site the meter which will cost over £100, however I'm just the tenant not the owner of the property, I got in touch with the agency that runs the property for the Landlord, and they said they will tentatively ask the landlord. So who's responsibility is it?

daekara said:

Mine is the one circled.

It rather seems to me as though the individual that attended to do this meter change was rather on the lazy side, or right at end of shift with an important commitment that meant overtime was not an option on that occasion.

The flow of electricity is from the cutout (black box) to the meter to the isolator.
The cutout belongs to the DNO.
The meter belongs to the electricity supplier.
The isolator belongs to the householder.

There is no reason that the installer could not have jiggled things around to fit, or extended the to & from the meter so the meter is above the isolator on a new back board, with the cables running around the left side of the row of meters.  It might not look wonderful, but would do the job.

Swipe

I would not be paying anyone. If the landlord refuses to pay I'd simply tell him them, in that case, you'll not renew your tenancy in August and they'll end up having to pay it anyway.

Scot_39

Grumpy_chap said:

daekara said:

Hi, I'm a tenant and I recently had my energy company ask to replace my meter as it was at "end of life", so I arranged for an engineer to come and make the change, however at the appointment the engineer told me there was no room for any meter smart or otherwise, I was told the only option is to re-site the meter which will cost over £100, however I'm just the tenant not the owner of the property, I got in touch with the agency that runs the property for the Landlord, and they said they will tentatively ask the landlord. So who's responsibility is it?

daekara said:

Mine is the one circled.

It rather seems to me as though the individual that attended to do this meter change was rather on the lazy side, or right at end of shift with an important commitment that meant overtime was not an option on that occasion.

The flow of electricity is from the cutout (black box) to the meter to the isolator.
The cutout belongs to the DNO.
The meter belongs to the electricity supplier.
The isolator belongs to the householder.

There is no reason that the installer could not have jiggled things around to fit, or extended the to & from the meter so the meter is above the isolator on a new back board, with the cables running around the left side of the row of meters.  It might not look wonderful, but would do the job.

Grumpy_chap said:

daekara said:

Hi, I'm a tenant and I recently had my energy company ask to replace my meter as it was at "end of life", so I arranged for an engineer to come and make the change, however at the appointment the engineer told me there was no room for any meter smart or otherwise, I was told the only option is to re-site the meter which will cost over £100, however I'm just the tenant not the owner of the property, I got in touch with the agency that runs the property for the Landlord, and they said they will tentatively ask the landlord. So who's responsibility is it?

daekara said:

Mine is the one circled.

It rather seems to me as though the individual that attended to do this meter change was rather on the lazy side, or right at end of shift with an important commitment that meant overtime was not an option on that occasion.

The flow of electricity is from the cutout (black box) to the meter to the isolator.
The cutout belongs to the DNO.
The meter belongs to the electricity supplier.
The isolator belongs to the householder.

There is no reason that the installer could not have jiggled things around to fit, or extended the to & from the meter so the meter is above the isolator on a new back board, with the cables running around the left side of the row of meters.  It might not look wonderful, but would do the job.

I did wonder about that as above - that new board and above isolators might have been an option - but I am not an electrician - and the more detailed post above was talking about creating space in the middle - by lowering incoming fuses via DNO or moving isolators up.

But for some reason I thought the backboard was the responsibility of the owner ?

Would a meter fitter carry and fit one ?

Not they are expensive - saw them online from c£10-15 for smaller meter fire resistant chipboard boards on a quick google.

Lets see how the OP gets on with the agent.