sadly i'm on the ground!

I have, they said the flat cannot be fitted with a meter because it has 2 water intakes from separate sides of the apartment (all the flats do in these blocks) and they gave me a tiny discount as a reward for trying to get a meter.. What I need to know if they will send anyone round like they hinted in the above links to check the place is 100% unfurnished when I apply for a fully unfurnished vacant property.

Would they bother to rock up to my vacant property to check the furniture situation? Sadly Thames Water will only give me a closed account if my property is 100% unfurnished and vacant. I have no meter. I was told on the phone, even if there is a table in there, I will not be allowed to claim a vacant unfurnished property and have the account closed: http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/1051.htm Here it says they can check (would they actually attempt to check the property is empty? http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/1219.htm I am not on a meter, so I am just wondering if they will actually send anyone to check it is 100% unfurnished at any point if I claim unfurnished. The Council is just as disgusting. If my property is vacant but furnished, I am only entitled to a 10% discount! http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/councilanddemocracy/counciltax/discountsandexemptions.aspx

Thanks for the response ^^ Yes, I read the meters and this bill was the result. Seemed high to me for such a small studio, I mean, if this is my studio, £200 a quarter, what is a house? £600?? I was outraged at that bill. Is your consumption about the same as mine? I used 129 metric units in 90 days.

I live in a small studio flat, moved there in the summer. A small kitchen gas boiler feeds 3 radiators and the stove/cooker. We do not sleep with the heating on but have the heating for 1-3 hours a day in this current weather. Do cook once/twice a day also. Does this bill covering 3 months look correct to you? http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v171/reaper7/?action=view&current=Untitled-6.jpg

They admitted the mistake.

Thanks for the help.

Although once it did have my post count wrong. But I think that is unrelated.

mm never happened to me.

Heya mate.

Sorry to sound a little bitter, just the hypocritical nature of Xmas always gets to me.

Jesus was not a capitalist, didn't he attack the traders in the Temple? So why does everyone spend loads on presents for people who are not even 'in need' and name this capitalist festival after Jesus?

I noticed, there is very little difference concerning Torries and New Labour the last decade. Would anybody be interested in starting a group that votes for which ever party in the UK lowers the price of petro?l

Hello, I recently moved from my flat on the 01/Feb/2011. I left on that date because the new tennent I decided to rent to moved into the flat on that date. I moved around a little for a month in flat shares before finding my own nice place to rent in the same borough on 09/March/2011. I was there a week and decided to phone Kensington and Chelsea Council Tax Office/ I told them my new address, they wanted an email to make it official so I obliged and sent one from my work email.and I asked on the phone for the Council tax bills to be sent to my new address as they stated they needed to generate a new bill because of my change in circumstances - I just wanted to pay there and then any outstanding charges.. I also asked for a bill which included any outstanding council payments on my old address as I left before the end of the finacial year, but I knew I must owe them something and they say they would have to recalculate. Sure enough, two bills came..late..early April..for the current month (£60) and following month (£100) council tax at my new address but nothing from my old address. Remember I had asked on the phone for whatever was previously owed at my old address. I rang them after I received the letters which had two seperate charges for my new address, asked for a figure to be added together of everything I owed and paid instantly as it was getting seriously confusing. I asked themto check their systems and tell me if I was completely up to date, they said I was. However it seems they did not add the previous owed from the previous address to the new total. I just received a hand divilered summons today (sunday, slipped under the door) saying I have not paid my outstanding council tax from the I left 1st Feb, the amount they said needed to be recalculated. The amount listed in the summons is £175 (£75 court fees!!). So it turns out I did owe some back money on my previous address, about £100, but alas I have realised they sent those bills to my old address (rented since 1/feb/2011) even though I told them to send all bills to my new address in early March by email and phone (twice), including anything I owed previously! To top off their incompetence, they also sent me to my current address, my new tennent's council tax bills from Feb 1st, with his name on the letter to my new rented address!! I immediately phoned them yet again and told them to ammend this later error they seemed yet again to self generate. Sadly, because of the bank holiday I must wait until tuesday to ring them. I would like to know if they can cancel the summons and summons payments due to their incompetence, whether this will go on my credit rating and if so if I can sue them or if I have a case to sue them anyway. Thank you.