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I'm hoping I can find a person to help me with my council tax problem or point me in the right direction.
I moved into a HMO ( house in multiple occupation ) property in September. I share the house with 2 other tenants. I'm paying for the only single bed room in the house. My contract doesn't include council tax or any bills. When asked about the council tax payments upon moving in the letting agent told me that I have to call the council and sort out the council tax payment with them. However the council told me that I should tell my landlord to give them a call as he is the owner of the house and not me. I left the issue with the letting agent and after few months me and my housemates received a council email forwarded from the letting agent saying that in an HMO type property it's the landlord who is liable to pay the tax and not the tenants. Me and my housemates were already few months into the tenancy agreement with no additional costs included.
Today we received an invoice from the landlord saying that we are due to pay for the overdue council tax (£846.22). The agent requested me to pay £317.7 (which doesn't even add up as there are 3 tenants in the house so 846.22 : 3 = 282, not 317.7). My housemate called the council today and they told him to not pay the money as it's not his name that's on the receipt. He told that to the letting agent however the agent keeps saying that the ''tenants are liable to pay any tax including the council tax'' clause in our contract makes us liable to pay the money.
Is anyone able to help me with this issue, or knows who I can contact about this? Thank you for your time x
I'm hoping I can find a person to help me with my council tax problem or point me in the right direction.
I moved into a HMO ( house in multiple occupation ) property in September. I share the house with 2 other tenants. I'm paying for the only single bed room in the house. My contract doesn't include council tax or any bills. When asked about the council tax payments upon moving in the letting agent told me that I have to call the council and sort out the council tax payment with them. However the council told me that I should tell my landlord to give them a call as he is the owner of the house and not me. I left the issue with the letting agent and after few months me and my housemates received a council email forwarded from the letting agent saying that in an HMO type property it's the landlord who is liable to pay the tax and not the tenants. Me and my housemates were already few months into the tenancy agreement with no additional costs included.
Today we received an invoice from the landlord saying that we are due to pay for the overdue council tax (£846.22). The agent requested me to pay £317.7 (which doesn't even add up as there are 3 tenants in the house so 846.22 : 3 = 282, not 317.7). My housemate called the council today and they told him to not pay the money as it's not his name that's on the receipt. He told that to the letting agent however the agent keeps saying that the ''tenants are liable to pay any tax including the council tax'' clause in our contract makes us liable to pay the money.
Is anyone able to help me with this issue, or knows who I can contact about this? Thank you for your time x
