Yesterday I went to a house we own to do some maintenance with DH (replacing a fence panel that had broken)
After we finished we also wanted to make arrangements to replace the lounge carpet, while I was talking with the tenant DH went to the loo, when he came back he commented that there was no hot water and asked if there was an issue with the boiler (combi) the tenant said no but there wasn't any gas, eventually she told us that she owed the gas company a lot of money and when they came up fit a gas meter (with a warrant) the 'capped' the gas.
She said that she has no intentions of having it reconnected as she doesn't want to pay the bill so is happy to live without heating or hot water until she can sort it out with her ex.
(There is some complicated issue with him supposed to be paying the utilities instead of mantanence)
The boiler is the only gas appliance in the house and it's completely her choice if she wants to live without heating or hot water, even though she has a primary aged child and a toddler (and not her form of water heating no I'm not sure how they are bathing)
I'm worried that it has some implications for us, I told her we could have a gas safe person come and reconnect the gas but she said no as that would mean the prepayment meter would start working and it is one of those that beeps continuously when it is out of credit, and as she has no intention of topping it up (and paying the debt) it would drive her potty beeping away.
Does anyone know if there are any issues with allowing her to just live with the gas cut off like this?
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Tenant has had the gas cut off and has no intention of reconnecting it.
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DramaLamaDancing · 17/04/2016 10:51
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