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Changing ESB to tenants name

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  • 02-03-2011 6:01pm
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    Shelflife
    Registered Users Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭


    My Tenant wants to change the esb bill which is in arrears into his name as he says the welfare officer will help them with the arrears if its in his name.

    Is there any downside to this for me as Landlord apart from being kept out of the loop as regards the indebtedness?

    Cheers


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    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    Why's the bill in your name? Only LL's I have ever known who have done this as the one's not declaring rent for tax purposes?


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    Shelflife
    Registered Users Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭Shelflife


    RentDayBlues wrote: »
    Why's the bill in your name? Only LL's I have ever known who have done this as the one's not declaring rent for tax purposes?

    Everything is being declared, never saw a reason to change it, tenants read the meter at the start and at the end and every one paid the bills. Bill is sent to the house and the tenant paid it, simple as that.


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    Penguino
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭Penguino


    ESB should always be in the tenants name. If they don't pay, the debt follows them not the landlord.


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    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭testicle


    Shelflife wrote: »
    My Tenant wants to change the esb bill which is in arrears into his name as he says the welfare officer will help them with the arrears if its in his name.

    Is there any downside to this for me as Landlord apart from being kept out of the loop as regards the indebtedness?

    Cheers

    It shouldn't be in your name in the first place.


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    Baralis1
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭Baralis1


    I think its to your advantage OP. As it stands, the debt is yours as the bill in your name. As far as I know, the tenant will set up a new account in their name and transfer the debt as they wish. After that you needn't worry about it. When the tenant leaves, inform the ESB that they have left and detach the account from your house as the tenant will no longer be resident there.

    It's actually a good idea to get tenants to put the ESB in their name as it encourages longer term tenants.


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Will the ESB allow the debt to be transferred into a new name? I would say they'll allow the new person to pay the arrears, but they may not allow the debt to be transferred, as the new named person could bugger off and seen the debts been transferred, the original person couldn't be perused.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,278 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Just make sure the debt transfers also.


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