UK Landlord Forum / Life

We have one supply of electricity via a card meter in the hall. When we have three tenants how will an online agency police how it is paid for?

Or, indeed, any Agency.

Or, indeed, the Police.

Or, indeed, Police Force.

Not even Space Force (online or not) could resolve this one.

How would you police it?  Seems like an I possible task.  Is this a HMO?  If it is the bills are usually included in this scenario,  I wouldn't fancy paying the electricity bill of 3 strangers though, bad enough with the kids leaving stuff on.  Sub meters would be the only other alternative.

Thank you. A sub meter does sound the best way. We had this problem with previous tenants who would not agree on how much electricity they were using. It's a card meter so money has to be put in to make it operate.

Quote from: Riptide on August 28, 2018, 10:16:42 PM
How would you police it?  Seems like an I possible task.  Is this a HMO?  If it is the bills are usually included in this scenario,  I wouldn't fancy paying the electricity bill of 3 strangers though, bad enough with the kids leaving stuff on.  Sub meters would be the only other alternative.

Thank you. A sub meter does sound the best way. We had this problem with previous tenants who would not agree on how much electricity they were using. It's a card meter so money has to be put in to make it operate.

Quote from: Pevans on August 29, 2018, 11:25:04 AM
Thank you. A sub meter does sound the best way. We had this problem with previous tenants who would not agree on how much electricity they were using. It's a card meter so money has to be put in to make it operate.

I'm familiar with the concept of a card meter, one tenant goes to the shop, puts £10 on the card and charges the meter, then has to try and extract the money from the other tenants or live in darkness.