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House Sharing - Gas & ESB Bills

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  • 17-04-2010 1:13pm
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    Cork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,924 ✭✭✭


    I am sharing a house with 2 others. We have a couple of unpaid bills (ESB+Gas). One guy quit the house last week - leaving his share of those 2 bills unpaid.

    I rang the landlord and he said that he does not want to get involved.

    The landlord would have got a deposit at the start from this guy.

    Where do I stand?


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    douglashyde
    Registered Users Posts: 694 ✭✭✭douglashyde


    Who's name is the bill in?


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    Cork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,924 ✭✭✭Cork


    The bills are in the lardlords name.


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    Landlord dealt separately with each individual and took deposits off them. Bills are in landlords name - then its between him and the person that left. YOU don't want to get involved ....he IS involved ;)
    He should not have given him his deposit back without checking that bills were paid.


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    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    makeorbrake wrote: »
    Landlord dealt separately with each individual and took deposits off them. Bills are in landlords name - then its between him and the person that left. YOU don't want to get involved ....he IS involved ;)
    He should not have given him his deposit back without checking that bills were paid.
    Agreed!

    Next time you're paying the bills just pay your share and leave the balance outstanding! hopefully the LL will see sense.


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    Cork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,924 ✭✭✭Cork


    He is now has mentioned putting the bills in the names of the tennents.

    They guy that moved out has sent me a couple of texts that he will drop in the money for the bills but he has not arrived yet.

    I have no intention of paying his share.


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    edellc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭edellc


    tenchi-fan wrote: »
    Agreed!

    Next time you're paying the bills just pay your share and leave the balance outstanding! hopefully the LL will see sense.

    i agree with tenchi-fan you just pay your share of bill do not pay the outstanding balance that will be on the bill from the last unpaid one and yes if the landlords name is on the bill then he is responsible for the balance he should never have given deposit back in full me thinks he needs to learn a lesson here and the only way some of them do is by hitting them in their pockets
    as long as you pay your rent and your half of the bills you are doing nothing wrong


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    Cork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,924 ✭✭✭Cork


    My 1/2 of utility bills was on the kitchen table for a month.

    He rang me last week - I told him that I was not liable for the utility bills of others.

    He gave me the money for the other half of the bills and said that he was selling the house & gave me a months notice.

    All of his phone calls and hassle was upsetting.

    He consistantly threatened to put the bills in my name while leaving the other guy off.


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    edellc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭edellc


    one to remember in the future a landlord can not put a bill in your name no company will let some one set up a credit account in another persons name

    and thats crap about him selling the house especially when it was not your fault probably a bit dramatic on his behalf with the current market and all that good look with the moving and make sure you get your deposit back


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    Cork wrote: »
    He gave me the money for the other half of the bills and said that he was selling the house & gave me a months notice.

    All of his phone calls and hassle was upsetting.

    He consistantly threatened to put the bills in my name while leaving the other guy off.
    Sorry to hear this - but the guy was wrong. Same principal always applies - if you allow yourself to be trodden on once, then it would be something else the next time. You may have the hassle of finding a new place but better off in the long run.

    Good luck with it.


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    mathie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,102 ✭✭✭mathie


    I would guess that he's not selling the house and that he's only saying that to kick you out.

    Where would the tenant stand legally?


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    mathie wrote: »
    I would guess that he's not selling the house and that he's only saying that to kick you out.

    Where would the tenant stand legally?
    If he's working from within the terms of whatever tenancy agreement is in place, then just move on. He will suffer also - but is smarting from a mistake that he made (he may or may not realise that it is his mistake - but thats his problem).


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    Bob Z
    Registered Users Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    Cork wrote: »
    My 1/2 of utility bills was on the kitchen table for a month.

    He rang me last week - I told him that I was not liable for the utility bills of others.

    He gave me the money for the other half of the bills and said that he was selling the house & gave me a months notice.

    All of his phone calls and hassle was upsetting.

    He consistantly threatened to put the bills in my name while leaving the other guy off.


    You were still right to stand up for yourself even though he is being an asshole about it.


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Cork wrote: »
    He is now has mentioned putting the bills in the names of the tennents.

    They guy that moved out has sent me a couple of texts that he will drop in the money for the bills but he has not arrived yet.

    I have no intention of paying his share.

    Haha, well if he does this then a new meter reading should be taken. You don't take on old bills as far as I know.

    Don't pay anything you don't owe.
    Cork wrote: »
    My 1/2 of utility bills was on the kitchen table for a month.

    He rang me last week - I told him that I was not liable for the utility bills of others.

    He gave me the money for the other half of the bills and said that he was selling the house & gave me a months notice.

    All of his phone calls and hassle was upsetting.

    He consistantly threatened to put the bills in my name while leaving the other guy off.

    Selling the house? Good one. He can't sell the house unless he is giving it away.

    I went 2 years like this with my landlord. I only paid my share of the bill, 3 people left the house and didn't pay anything towards the last coulple months bills. I didn't really care. Once you pay off some of the bill, the ESB won't cut you off. Maybe I was lucky? I don't know, but you are not liable for others, as you say. LL is a lazy fool for keeping the bills in his name.


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