Pay as you go energy meter for a nightmare tenant?

[Richyboy]

Rent two bed property and npower dual energy bill is predicted as being 2k a year so they're asking for £200 a month (for four months I've got a bill for circa £800). The idiot that I am (perhaps on a par with the tenant) I agreed the energy bill to be inclusive.

So the tenant's solution is :

1) To stop moaning.
2) Npower is ripping me off (I took the meter readings before he moved in and yesterday, used a comparison site for the cheapest provider).
3) To get a women if I want someone to moan at.
4) To F off.

This guy takes malicious behaviour to levels not experienced, in addition his brain is functioning on the level of a farm yard animal (thats possibly being generous also offensive to farm yard animals, apologies).

You should've seen this guy when I agreed to rent to him, the perfect tenant, would've done anything for me. So I can't evict him because he'd bring hell down on my life and I don't want to make anyone homeless.

Anyway for the next year of housing this fool I was thinking I should get a pay as you go meter and let him pay the bill. He seems to think a pay as you go meter for someone on low income will be at a more favourable rate than what I'm paying from comparing prices, is this correct?

[Richyboy]

Xerstead said:

To clarify;
You own a property and have the energy bills in your name.
You rented the property to someone at a rate inclusive of their energy bills.
Tenant is running up huge bills and you want a 'get-out'.

If you are paying the bills, not the tenant, why is the tenant moaning?

Surely, installing a pre-payment meter would make it much harder for you to pay the energy bills as agreed in the tenancy agreement?

Edited by Xerstead on Saturday 27th September 19:22

I'm the one moaning lol, tenant told me to stop moaning and F OFF.

I don't know what he's doing to use so much electric (gas use seems okay). I'm thinking I should get an electrician in to check the place over.

Tenancy agreement is only 1 year, next year will amend it so tenant pays bills but tenant wants a pre-pay meter.

[Richyboy]

So further investigation it appears the digital meter might be faulty. From Saturday to today meter shows 50 units used and the tenant has hardly been there. He still thinks I'm implying something untoward but all I want is to find out whats going on.

[Richyboy]

Maxf said:

Immersion heater left on 24/7 so he has lovely scalding hot water maybe?

Finally, I think this is it. Hot water has been on for months like this:



Turned it off and the water is still hot. I hope this is the culprit but its a gas central heating system so have no idea.

[Richyboy]

Finally sorted this, thanks people. It's in the round white cover right, I followed its wire to the switch and turned it off. The meter is no longer flashing every second.

[Richyboy]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

And how are you going to ensure the tenant doesn't simply turn it back on again?

Only two months left of tenancy so will keep a check on meter. This is probably mostly my fault, jumping to conclusions lol.