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We have rented our small cottage for over ten years, during the first five years of the tenancy this was managed by landlord A.
The agreement was that the water bills for us and our next door neighbours was included in the rent and this was what happened.
When the property was taken over by landlord B five years later this agreement continued. However last year out the blue we received a text message from the new landlord demanding an extortionate £1,000 pounds in water rates which back dated three years! (He took property over three years before).
We have asked for physical bills from the water company and breakdowns and meter readings and so far we have received nothing. He's starting to bully us and even in the middle of the street asked for the bill to be paid immediately!
A) Can he backdate bills?
B) Can he make his own bills up?
We have got a tenancy agreement with the original landlord A , drawn up by a local estate agents on their standard form, but due to an clerical error it states that we have to pay utilities which includes water. (This was not picked up at the time) and now landlord B is saying pay water bill as per contract. But this was never the attention from landlord A.
Not sure if we have any legs to stand on as its in our contract but feel just to receive a text message to pay a £1,000 bill is making me uneasy!
The agreement was that the water bills for us and our next door neighbours was included in the rent and this was what happened.
When the property was taken over by landlord B five years later this agreement continued. However last year out the blue we received a text message from the new landlord demanding an extortionate £1,000 pounds in water rates which back dated three years! (He took property over three years before).
We have asked for physical bills from the water company and breakdowns and meter readings and so far we have received nothing. He's starting to bully us and even in the middle of the street asked for the bill to be paid immediately!
A) Can he backdate bills?
B) Can he make his own bills up?
We have got a tenancy agreement with the original landlord A , drawn up by a local estate agents on their standard form, but due to an clerical error it states that we have to pay utilities which includes water. (This was not picked up at the time) and now landlord B is saying pay water bill as per contract. But this was never the attention from landlord A.
Not sure if we have any legs to stand on as its in our contract but feel just to receive a text message to pay a £1,000 bill is making me uneasy!
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