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help! 
my frustration level with our landlord has reached it's peak today...
we moved into our business unit last July. the lease states that we'd receive regular bills for the electricity, currently billed direct to the landlord.
i've been chasing them for months for our bills & still haven't received anything, today i've been promised they'll be with me shortly...
i've stated that they haven't kept to the details in the lease, will there be any compensation/adjustment available for the inconvenience caused? - "no. you've used it, you've got to pay for it. when you get the bill, we can come to some arrangement for payment."
on top of this, our insurance require a valid IEE certificate for the electrical supply coming into our unit, the supply within the unit was all re-wired/tested/passed at our expense when we moved in.
the main supply feeding all the units is in dire need of updating, wouldn't pass any inspection in it's current state & i've been told today that central networks/their electrician will now take up to 2 months for this to be sorted.
in the meantime, we're left with no insurance cover for anything electrical that might go wrong within the unit. i've asked the landlord if we did have to make a claim under these circumstances & it was refused, because this is down to them, would we have any come back on them? "don't know, i'll have to check your lease".
i wish we could just move but we can't afford the expense involved with moving our machines at the moment & i know everyone is saying it's an open market with so many premises up for rent, but anything suitable for us would be twice what we're paying now.
so, they haven't fulfilled their side of the lease with regards to providing electricity bills, but they are willing to make a payment arrangement. am i being unreasonable asking for a reduction?
with what's come to light with the main electrical supply, i don't think any of the units were/are in a fit state to rent out but, from what i can gather on a commercial lease, there aren't any regulatory bodies to go to for help it's all down to what was agreed in the lease & a commercial landlord just runs his business how he likes with no regulations??
my frustration level with our landlord has reached it's peak today...we moved into our business unit last July. the lease states that we'd receive regular bills for the electricity, currently billed direct to the landlord.
i've been chasing them for months for our bills & still haven't received anything, today i've been promised they'll be with me shortly...
i've stated that they haven't kept to the details in the lease, will there be any compensation/adjustment available for the inconvenience caused? - "no. you've used it, you've got to pay for it. when you get the bill, we can come to some arrangement for payment."
on top of this, our insurance require a valid IEE certificate for the electrical supply coming into our unit, the supply within the unit was all re-wired/tested/passed at our expense when we moved in.
the main supply feeding all the units is in dire need of updating, wouldn't pass any inspection in it's current state & i've been told today that central networks/their electrician will now take up to 2 months for this to be sorted.
in the meantime, we're left with no insurance cover for anything electrical that might go wrong within the unit. i've asked the landlord if we did have to make a claim under these circumstances & it was refused, because this is down to them, would we have any come back on them? "don't know, i'll have to check your lease".
i wish we could just move but we can't afford the expense involved with moving our machines at the moment & i know everyone is saying it's an open market with so many premises up for rent, but anything suitable for us would be twice what we're paying now.
so, they haven't fulfilled their side of the lease with regards to providing electricity bills, but they are willing to make a payment arrangement. am i being unreasonable asking for a reduction?
with what's come to light with the main electrical supply, i don't think any of the units were/are in a fit state to rent out but, from what i can gather on a commercial lease, there aren't any regulatory bodies to go to for help it's all down to what was agreed in the lease & a commercial landlord just runs his business how he likes with no regulations??
