Tampered electric meter

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chloe1705 said:

Just for the landlord to admit they were in the wrong would be a good start, they have been a nightmare since we moved in and this is just a part of what we have been through. Never an apology or anything so we would like to to have to take responsibility.
Having eon turn up and treat me like a criminal was horrible. I was asked questions whilst being recorded. But all along the landlord knew about this and it should have been dealt with. We didn’t find out it was already listed in the original electrical certificate until after on had been.

chloe1705 said:

It does now, it was done after eon came as they advised the rest of the electrics to be checked so estate agent sent an electrician and new report was done. The original report from 2021 shows pictures of the tampered metre and this was expired in 2024 apparently but I’m going to get copies from estate agent tomorrow. I expect them to have reported the tampered metre when told that it was originally bypassed and tampered back in 2021 it should have been sorted by eon back in 2021 instead of us being left with a dangerous metre.

The thing is you don't know what was done between 2021 and 2023.  It is possible the electrician reported the meter tampering to eon, or the DNO, and they (eon/DNO) may even have looked at it and decided nothing needed to be done.

If you were hoping to use the 'dangerous' meter as a way of punishing the landlord for the other stuff then you need to be absolutely sure the landlord is at fault here.  If they have done other things that are wrong then you need to use that/those as the basis of any claim you make, rather than using the meter as a proxy.

If the landlord is the type that doesn't feel the need to apologise then pushing them to give an apology won't necessarily get you the 'sorry' you want.  If they think you might use this to start some form of legal action the last thing they are likely to do (if they have any sense) is to admit any responsibility.

Lorian

Care to share the picture before it was swapped out? At that point presumably the bypass had already been removed?

Ratkin007

You should have been provided with a copy of the EICR when you signed for the tenancy.  Are you sure you do not have a copy already? Have you checked all the documents you were provided with at time of tenancy sign up?

chloe1705

This is a picture of the meter that eon took on my phone as they wouldn’t allow me anywhere near meter

chloe1705

I have been through all my emails and all I can find is tenancy agreement. I’m going to get estate agents to send copies today.

MeteredOut

OP, did the meter tampering cause it to under-read actual usage? If so, have EON ask for additional payments yet? Because, even though you did not tamper with the meter, you are still legally liable to energy used since you moved in but not recorded by the meter - which would probably have to be estimated/agreed to between you and EON.

chloe1705

As far as I’m aware the meter was reading correctly bypass had been removed but still waiting for them to complete investigation. We have been paying what I believe would be the going rate around £150 month we have been paying.

MeteredOut

chloe1705 said:

As far as I’m aware the meter was reading correctly bypass had been removed but still waiting for them to complete investigation. We have been paying what I believe would be the going rate around £150 month we have been paying.

That's good to hear. For peace of mind, I'd be checking the old meter usage (in kWh, not £s) and the equivalent usage with the new meter, to ensure there's not a big discrepancy.