Yorkshire water taken me to court

[gumbobriggs]

Hi all,

 

Just wondering if anyone could give me some advice.

 

Yorkshire water have put a claim through Northampton for charges they say are unpaid. (the claim date on the N1 is 14/01/2008)

 

My house has been epmty since august last year (although I didn't inform them it was unfurnished!), but I've been picking up the mail regularly . the last I heard from them was in september saying I owed £75.55

 

When the claim pack turned up, I stupidly went onto moneyclaim and admitted the £75.55 part of the £180 they were asking for, but as I've had no other bills since, I denied the rest.

 

They've now responded to my part admission with their stuff, but also supplied duplicates of bills they say they've sent since.

 

they show that their claim is totally based on estimated readings.

 

surely they should have tried to gain entry to get a meter reading first?

 

I think I screwed up by not trying to get this allocated to a local court

 

any advice please? Where do I go next? because I did the part admission online, I can't change anything else there, but I think I should be contyesting the whole amount, plus I never did the acknowledgement of service...

 

TIA

 

GB

[gumbobriggs]

Can anyone give me a pointer for what to do next? I'm not sure what to do!

tia

[mrsfoot]

Tia, unfortunately as you failed to let them know it was unfurnished and there seems to have been bills that have gone astray you may need to start from the beginning.

 

Get a true reading and do the calculations so you have the true figure to show the court.

Contact the Water Co and ask for all their evidence to be supplied and give you an explanation as to why the readings are estimates.

Speak to the Water Co and ask them complete a reading and give you the exact amount due.....you might find the amount you actually owe may only be a little more than you have admitted and you may be able to come to a decision before th court hearing.

[gumbobriggs]

Not sure it will be worth it now. moneyclaim.gov shows it has been transferred to Sheffield on the 28th February.

 

So I better start working on a defence me thinks...

 

regards,

 

Stu