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Setting up Home Services in Rented Accommodation
Making sure that the right utilities are there when you move in is essential. You also need to know from the landlord/letting agent if you are allowed to change the utilities at all or add new ones in. For example you may want to add broadband or cable/sky, but you are likely to need the landlord/letting agent’s approval to do so.
Tenants are usually responsible for all the utility/home service bills. Find out before you move in whether the utilities need connecting and who is paying for them.
The Landlord may be responsible for the water rates and/or water meter, but whatever the arrangements are the Landlord cannot legally cut off any of the services to make you leave the property
- Record all the meter readings.
- Try to give the utility companies two weeks’ notice, in writing
- Ideally get the companies out to read the meters.
It is easy to forget these simple tasks but they can save a lot of problems later on over who owes what.
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