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Extortionate Electricity Bill on Vacating

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  • 23-05-2017 9:26am
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    MarinersBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭


    I have just left an apartment I was renting.
    I am already in dispute with the landlord over an illegal rent rise and a seperate withholding of deposit.
    I have just received an electricity bill for more than double what I would expect in the depths of winter.
    The landlord conducted the reading after I lodged my complaint with the rtb.
    I rang electric Ireland and they said there is nothing they can do because it was a customer reading. I know the answer I will get if I ask for access to the meter box and I don't want to have any contact with the LL until after mediation.

    Any suggestions on how to proceed? Is adding this to the rtb complaint the only way to go?


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    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Ask for a copy of the bill and compare it to the bill before?
    It might have been all estimates:(


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    MarinersBlues
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    ....... wrote: »
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    I know, I know. I thought we were on good terms and that the Landlords were, at minimum, honest. Lesson learnt the hard way.
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    I'm living nearly an hour away. I don't think I'll gwet a chance before mediation. I'll just ask for a picture as a part of that process. Although it will be nearly a month after the reading at that point, it seems the only option.


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    wordofwarning
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    Call the management company for the apartment and asked for the apartment cleaner/janitor to read the meter for you. A lot of companies do it no problem, as in a fair amount of complexes, they are often the only person with the meter access


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,417 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    MarinersBlues wrote: »
    I'm living nearly an hour away.
    Well, is it worth your money?


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