flat mates not paying their share of the bills

[clipperjay]

piss in her shampoo

[rob.043]

fair one, though i do have his sofa bed here so might just be as much of a d*ck as him and sell it

Before you do this, let him know. It's not your property, and you can be done for selling stolen property.

Send a letter preferably, but any reasonable form of communication will do (that you can trace) giving him a reasonable amount of time to pay up, and let him know that the sofabed will be sold to cover his costs.

Covers you, and prevents future aggro.

Sounds like a sensibel way to recoup something!

[Dan_GTi8v]

how do your other flat mates feel about the situation? she sounds like a bit of a c*nt, if they agree with you, tell her to pay up or f**k off. I'm sure all of you together could make her feel unwelcome enough

[Len]

As a matter of interest how much did you pay out for the previous quarter bills?
Did they go up considerably with the extra person?
Have the other 3 permanent flatmates had a result?

[raptorSE]

fair one, though i do have his sofa bed here so might just be as much of a d*ck as him and sell it

Before you do this, let him know. It's not your property, and you can be done for selling stolen property.

Send a letter preferably, but any reasonable form of communication will do (that you can trace) giving him a reasonable amount of time to pay up, and let him know that the sofabed will be sold to cover his costs.

Covers you, and prevents future aggro.

.

How can he send him a letter when he dont know where he lives otherwise he would be round asking for the money.

Make her pay the money mate takes the piss

[clipperjay]

Or you try small claims against him
The piss in the other flat mates shampoo until they all share the costs 
In my book if the other flat mates accepted the dosser, they should share the responsibillty! 

[Cory]

it is just me thats out of pocket. he was staying here over the summer months when i had gone back home to devon to work my ass to to pay the rent and bills whilst he sat on his arse drinking beer all day 

the bills did change quite significantly as he was using all the utilities just as much as the rest of us.

on the flip side ive got his parents phone number, and hopefully an address soon so will get in contact with them to find out his whereabouts

[Dan_GTi8v]

you wernt even there when he was staying there?

why the f**k did you pay for him then?!

[Cory]

because all the bills are set up as monthly and quarterly direct debits from my bank account, and then my flat mates pay me back. plus he was only supposed to be staying a couple of weeks, which would have been fine as the rest of our partners visit. plus i only realised there was something up when the quarterly water bills came through.

[The Mighty Elvi]

Right then. Lets cut through the nonsense.

Cory.

If you are the sole named person on the bills, the you are the sole person legally responsible for paying them. End of.

I take it you have a typical arrangement with your flat mates, in so much that, you "pay" for some bills, they for others, and you each pay back your equal share.

Unless you have this in writing, you haven't got a leg to stand on if someone decides they don't want to pay you back.

The boyfriend would fall into this category.

Your only option is to get the girlfriend to pay his share, or get him to.

Jonathan.