Need some advice please...

Kristoph

Kristoph

Kristoph

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Ok, this sort of carries on from a previous thread:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11995184&postcount=1

About a housemate that hid a bill and took the cash.


Fast forward to now, me and 2 other housemates have paid three quarters of each bill we had.

We had a freeze on all accounts up until the 30th of July, and told the housemate who hadn't paid - he had until then.

Today I received a letter threatening county court judgement or a debt collector visit.

I've phoned the letting agency who gave me his house number, I rang that and got 'Sorry, this number does not accept incoming calls'. I then rang back and got his address so I can possibly forward on the bill.

I'm starting to wonder if he'll pay in time - I dont want a bad credit history, or a trip to court... I've been told I could take him to a small claims court, but I don't really know enough about this yet.


Any advice from people who have been in this situation or possibly someone who works within this field?


Thanks,

Kris / mp3kla
 
scorza said:
Pay the bill and put it down to experience. Sucks but that's people for ya.
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No chance.

We've already paid an extra £40 he stole from us.

No chance the three of us are gnna pick up £150 of his bills.



So would we have to pay the whole sum and then take him to a small claims court? I can't be doing with this, he's turned out to be a complete and utter ****-(adoodledo..) - he's just cut contact with us.
 
The water bill is in my name and his name, of which £120 of the £160 has been paid from my debit card...

Gas bill is in all of our names - 3/4s has been paid from my debit card...

Sewerage bill is in all of our names, 3/4s has been paid from my debit card...
 
Well hopefully it doesn't get that far.

I've just left a message on his facebook - which I know he uses - because he wont answer his mobile or house phone. I'm going to phone the bill companies and ask them to forward all bills to his address too.

Hopefully this message might scare him a little?

Hi, could ya phone me asap? Just received a letter warning of a county court judgement with our names on it. Will forward it on to you @ Monson Way?
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He's going to wonder how the hell I know where he lives.
 
Hmm I just remembered something.

I'm the main tenant for dealing with the deposit protection and how it should be divided at the end of our tenancy.

I wonder if I'd be within my rights to withhold £150 of his remaining deposit to reimburse myself and the other two tenants for having to pay his bills?
 
Vixen said:
Have you tried speaking to his parents? Some people can act like complete tools, but their parents don't always agree with their actions and will harass them until they sort themselves out.
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I've tried phoning his home, but it doesn't receive incoming calls. I did have a mobile number he'd given to his dad, but no longer works.

Only thing I have to go by is an address. :(
 
Well his Dad is a bit of a dodgy guy, del-boy type.

I'll be phoning the companies regarding the bills on monday and ask them to forward a letter to his address for each bill. See if that makes him panic.

If not I guess me and my other two housemates will just have to take whatever we need from his deposit.
 
Quick update:

He's paid all the bills that were outsanding.

One more problem though... It appears when I tried to give the final meter readings to Southern Electric / Gas that we're no longer with them, and that the account was transferred to British Gas.

This was done by one of my housemates, the one in this thread who didn't pay any bills of his bills.

I'm guessing (and hoping) that when he signed the utilities over to British Gas, ONLY his name will be on the bills for Gas / Electric?

There's no way he could have put our names on the bills is there?

Its just I can't be arsed to do any more chasing around, I'd rather let British Gas hunt him down if its just his name on the bill.
 
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