Forgot to update this thread. Received a letter on Saturday saying that I was £1,180 in arrears for my rent. Tried phoning the office earlier but the woman that sent the letter isn't in the office until tomorrow.
She's actually got to couple of things wrong. Firstly I'm £1,300 in arrears lol.
She's also got the payments wrong too. I've always paid my rent in arrears because the Housing Benefit is paid in arrears so my payment on the 9th January, which she's put down covering 09/01/14 to 08/02/14, is covering the rent period from 09/12/13 to 08/01/14.
So that goes in my favour. They've also got electricity paid credit incorrectly down as £670 when it should be £330, so no idea where that's come from lol.
My rent arrears are £1,300 which by the time I pay my rent on the 31st will be covered by £760 electricity receipts + £210 DET + £330, the correct figure for last year's electricity receipts.
Going to be interesting to see how this plays out. I told Josh in a text on the 28th January that I was charging them £70 per month for DET and he didn't mention it when he replied which I've taken as acceptance of my terms. Probably won't stand up in court lol. And I'm certainly not paying that £210 quid no matter what happens.
I don't think they're going to be willing to take me to court over it anyway because the flat and communal areas are in breach of several conditions that Councils have in place for private rented accommodation. And they're serious safety breaches too.
