Definitely check your not paying someone else's debt. Have a look and see if and what you could save. It may be worth paying the £30-60 exit fees if you'll save a few £100.
Ah, we've been here 15 months now. It's annoying that we've to provide them with there previous occupants new address. Like you we didn't have it. This is twice it's happened now. If we move again, I will be requesting proof or a clause that this won't happen again! That the current owners will pay their bills off. We always have. I'm honest and couldn't sleep worrying we'd get into trouble.
Brilliant Thankyou! Looks like a good place to start!That sounds insane... I suggest making a list of all the items in your house which use electricity or gas and go through each one by one working out if you are using it a lot, how you can cut down, is there any faults with it.
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Yes I believe we have one locally. I might seek their advice. We've questioned them regarding the previous debt. They deny it. Make an off the cuff remark that they even sounded surprised at our electric bill. But claim it's right. We gave them our meter reading the day after moving in. And have since in November. I feel it's like David and Goliath...that they're too big to beat.
No. They were in when we moved in but weren't working and subsequently removed.
You could always try going to the Ombudsman but that is a daunting prospect when things feel too much already. But the Ombudsman would be able to look into why they are so high, why they wont provide you with answers and why you cant leave. It is all very unfair on you.
I would really like clarification that we are only paying what we owe. Wading through bills and looking to find answers is very daunting too. I also need an explanation of why they wouldn't let us move after paying out final bills. Seems fishy to me. I suppose I don't feel capable of providing anything x
Hope you get sorted out!Looks like we might have gotten somewhere on why my electric bill is so high (128pm) when I live alone in a tiny one bed flat...
turns out part of the electricity for the communal hallway is being run off my flat!! They’re now going to do an investigation into what I’m actually paying for out there as there are all sorts of sockets with things plugged in!
No, mine is correct. We are in a large house and we run a pool filter/heater pretty much 24/7.
I'm going to square up my bill and try. They blocked it last time we tried. If they do so again I'm going to citizens advice bureau!
That’s £37 per day, that definitely can’t be right!
If we hadn't if paid £200 off with our payment cards it would have been £800 a quarter
The more I think about it, the shadier it sounds. One day we received a huge water bill (£409 for 3 months). It turned out we had a hidden leak. The water company actually called us to first check if it wasn’t a meter problem or a problem their end. Nos that’s good service!If we hadn't if paid £200 off with our payment cards it would have been £800 a quarter
I hate when they do that. You must have been accumulating that credit for quite a while. Normally their supposed to regularly check and give it back to you if it’s over a certain amount.
