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So my tenants rang me last week to ask if my electricity was on.
I said it was and they tell me that theres isnt.
They said the safety switch is off and when they try to flick it back on, it goes straight off again.
I asked if they had unplugged appliances and was told, yes, they have unplugged everything.
So, i call our electrician.
He says, due to the torrential rain we had had, there may be water damage in the roof or something similar.
He goes to the house, has a look around. Goes in the garage and sees a power board has been left plugged in, switched on and sitting in the garage doorway which is a big puddle of water.
He switches it off, goes inside, flicks the safety switch and it stays on.
He checks out in the roof just to be sure and checks the power board readings and sees nothing else that would cause the power to go out.
He says he will wait a few days to send the bill as we were expecting more big rain and if the power goes out again, then we know there is another problem.
Well, we had more rain. They had no black out and ive now got an electrician bill.
So, as a tenant, would you expect to pay this bill? It was completely their fault after all
Im taking it over to them tomorrow and i expect them to not be happy and i am ready to put them in their place if they have a whinge.
And if they winge too much, the next form they get will be to tell them get out
Anyyyywayyyy,
back to the actual topic.
Iza, glad to see you finally agree it is tenants responsibility 🙂
I shall let you all know how it goes tomorrow when i give the bill to them
he sent it to my address as he didnt know tenants address (even though the house is next door, its in a different street), but the invoice is labellled to tenant property owned by ____________ (us).
He's been our electrician for 15 years
