Gas/Electricity Bill in a Shared house?

[veeeffarr]

at the moment the gas bill is in my name, and it comes through, and then people pay me and I pay the gas bill over the internet.

Getting a bit pissed off that it's just my responsbility, I've been doing it for about a year and a half now and I wanted someone to take over for a bit, but everyone's refusing...

What the fuck do I do? I'm in my Overdraft at the moment and it's not fair that I pay it out of my account as I get hammered over interest as it is... Is it possible to make a joint account?

I was late with a payment before as I was waiting for money from someone and got red letters and everything, so again I'm fucked off that possibly my credit rating is getting hammered.

What are my options?

Cheers,

T

[JodieWodie]

Call the gas company and get the fu*ker cut off
It's the only way your flatmates will listen to you
Get a lot of microwave meals in
Tell your flat'mates' that the company are sick of you not paying on time and so won't let you have an account in your name again
Then one of the others will HAVE to do something

No wonder they won't take on any responsibility! Don't be getting any red bills at your young age!

It's unfair how they are making you shoulder all of the blame
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[bob-a-job]

Get them to pay on month in advance, the you always have a buffer! Do it in a seprate current account if possible, wil keep finances seprate then..

[veeeffarr]

[Tarmacsurfer]

[cagiva gezzer]

Our student house had the bill in the name of the landlord. Bills went to the house, we paid them down the PO. Lost out on any direct debit discount, and ended up paying with coppers but no one had to have the money in their account.

Still had arguments over who'd walk the 100M into town to pay the fecker though...

Lived with people who'd put £8.67 exactly in for their share. Most normal people could put in £8.70, or even £9.00...

For just getting cut off, or draw straws.
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[veeeffarr]

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[iooi]

Give them 2 options.
Either someone else takes the paying over or you go to a token payment meter and they then each take turn at topping it up. AS has been pointed out, its going to cost each of them more. Also think about paying the bill quarterley. There is not as much saving on DD as many people think.
If everyone paid into a savings account each week, you may find that you actually make more interest than you save with DD.

Other than that i guess you could set up a seperate account to pay ALL bills and make them ALL pay into it via DD or they get evicted out of the house.
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

Think I'd go for the cut-off option, you can't let them walk all over you.

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[iooi]

Kickstart,
That all depends on how well they have worked out the payments.
My current leccy bill on DD is running at a credit of £80+ and thats after the winter bills. Add in the fact they have also over estimated my usage, so i have plenty of fuel that i have paid for but not used...
Really makes you wonder when we have lived in the same house for 20 years added nothing new either gas or leccy that would use more, as most new products now use less fuel than old ones. How they can mess up so badly....
Or is it just a ploy on their part to boost profits.

Npower recently tried to double my monthly payments despite being well into credit on both gas and leccy. When tackled about this they mentioned about recent price rises, to which i replied what over 100% rise ? and the fact both acc were in credit. They then backed down and left things as they are......
I just wonder how many people never complained, thus resulting in them raking in more money a month which will produce a healthy profit for them.
Once i get the money back into my acc at the end of the year i'm going back to 1/4 payments in arrears, NOT paying in advance, and banking the same amount each month into a high interest acc. That way at least i will get the benefit of the interest into my pocket not theirs.
Soon make that £60 back at this rate.
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[veeeffarr]

Is it possible to have multiple people on a Gas Bill? That way we can just all pay our share...

One of my flatmates has offered to pay by cheque... But it's getting late now.

Apparently she has a Scottish bank and it charges her for money transfers to British banks?

:S

[Sephiroth]

They wouldn't be able to put more than one name on the bill.

I say cancel it and let someone else take the responsiblity.

Either that or get the name changed on the account.

[Ste]

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[Al]

Can you not set up a joint bills account with your housemates, thats what I do with mine, just transfer over whats needed for all the bills into the bills account once a month.

Only proplem we have is that the statements comes addressed to Mr and Mr so we now look like gay boys
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[veeeffarr]

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Hi

Doubt it, they will probably want the payment to come from a single account.

All the best

Keith
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[veeeffarr]

Arse, one of them doesn't want to be added because he is being chased by British Gas over non payment in a flat in London from ages ago...

God dammit!

[Kickstart]

And he really thinks that they will link up his name with an unpaid bill on one of their millions of accounts?

All the best

Keith
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[veeeffarr]

[cagiva gezzer]

Buy a gas stove and cancel it.
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