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Any idea what "Public Authority" charges entails?

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  • 24-09-2012 12:06pm
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    smcelhinney
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    Am in the process of renting a place, and am just curious about this clause:
    2. THE TENANT AGREES WITH THE LANDLORD:
    2.2. To pay any Public Authority charges relating to the Dwelling including any which are imposed after the date of this agreement.

    Apparently, further up
    1.8. PUBLIC AUTHORITY includes a local authority.

    Wording is very strange. As in, it "includes" but does not "specify" what a public authority is. Am I being pernicky here? I dont want to be liable for this guys property tax or water charges etc.

    Any advice?


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    TOMP
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    Waste collection charges
    Water charges
    Property tax


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    edellc
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    Before you sign anything get that clarified with the landlord

    if your in a house then yes you have to pay for refuge collection but you dont in most apartments

    as for water charges - we dont have them yet but you will have to pay them once they come in

    property tax - tell the LL to go take a run and jump on that one, he owns the property he pays it


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    D3PO
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    edellc wrote: »
    Before you sign anything get that clarified with the landlord

    Terrible advise. Clarifying isnt worth the paper its written on. Tell him to remove the clause or your not signing. Such an open ended clause leaves you on the hook for everything regardless of any clarifications a chat with the landlord will make.


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    Jo King
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    edellc wrote: »

    property tax - tell the LL to go take a run and jump on that one, he owns the property he pays it
    The landlord is only responsible for paying over the property tax to the local authority. No reason he can't pass it on to the tenants if he wants to. The tenants are the ones living in the house and enjoying the local amenities.


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    Cuddlesworth
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    Jo King wrote: »
    The landlord is only responsible for paying over the property tax to the local authority. No reason he can't pass it on to the tenants if he wants to. The tenants are the ones living in the house and enjoying the local amenities.

    Meh, if you think it that easy to pass on your responsibilities to tenants your sadly mistaken. Any landlord that tries will spend more time with their property empty then the tax will cost.


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    Jo King
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    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Meh, if you think it that easy to pass on your responsibilities to tenants your sadly mistaken. Any landlord that tries will spend more time with their property empty then the tax will cost.

    One way or another the tenants will be paying it.


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    edellc
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    D3PO wrote: »
    Terrible advise. Clarifying isnt worth the paper its written on. Tell him to remove the clause or your not signing. Such an open ended clause leaves you on the hook for everything regardless of any clarifications a chat with the landlord will make.

    No its not terrible advice, its just not advice that you approve of


    if PUBLIC AUTHORITY includes a local authority.
    means any of the following

    Waste collection charges
    Water charges
    Property tax

    then why should it be excluded the tenant is responsible for two out of three of them and does have to pay them...so yes the tenant should get it clarified as to what the landlord is implying by adding such a clause and maybe the wording should be changed to clarify what is meant...when you dont understand something you dont just ask for it to be removed, god forbid if everyone was to live their life like that, the world would be in an even worse state than it is

    I think its you that needs to re-evaluate the terrible advice your offering


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