Dear All,
I imagine you have all received the bill from Peverl with the service charge adjustment in the region of an extra £ 500 (for a 2 bed flat ) to b paid in full by next month ...
The majority of this amount is due to an unexpected ( = miscalculated ) electricity bill. From a quick look it appears that Hanover which is usually budgeted for 10 K has now received an 80K electricity bill to pay.
I believe we should take collective action and refuse to pay this adjustment until proper clarification is obtained from Peverel. I have called them yesterday and they said the amount will be taken next month.
I HAVE THEREFORE PROVISIONALLY SUSPENDED MY DIRECT DEBIT PAYMENT UNTIL CLARITY IS OBTAINED - PLEASE DO THE SAME IMMEDIATELY.
My objections are 3:
1- I would like to see these bills in great detail. I have already made a rough calculation that doesn't justify an 80K bill. This is only giving us a ball park figure and, although I believe it is right, you can not take it officially as I have run it out of my mind without any figures or data from St George
Permanent lighting
WE have 7 light bulbs per floor of 28 watts each = 200 watts
14 floors = 3000 W ; 24 hours = 72 KW; 365 days = 26K.000 KW 5 years = 131.000 KW
Assuming an average KW cost of 15 pence, the cost for running permanent lighting over 5 years is only
20.000 pounds. This is already raising the suspicion that we can't have spent 130.000 pounds electricity in 5 years.
Of course there are the lifts ( I am not that clever to calculate their consumptions just like that unfortunately) and they are very power hungry. But not used all the time I guess ?
There is the occasional use of vacuum cleaners. Some machinery I am not aware of perhaps ...
This is why I would like to have those charges demonstrated to us and the bill discussed with EDF before even considering paying.
2 - My second point is if it is professionally acceptable from Peverel to ask us to be liable for effectively their mismanagement of the charges dating back 5 years ago. If they forgot to have the meter read for 5 years this tells us a lot about theifr efficiency. Aren't they entitled to have a service charge adjustment only for the previous year? What is the penalty that they are going to pay for their mistake? Points we need to discuss and perhaps try to add this to the law case that our neighbours are taking to court against Peverel ( on that front, everybody, please please try to support them as much as you can, join the SGWRA. This week is the deadline to send the form that allows them to represent you in court. These guys are doing an amazing job going through Peverel's accounts and fighting them)
3 - My third point is asking if it is appropriate for Peverel to ask immediate payment of that amount. Not only it is unfair as we don't budget for things like that and some of us would not have access to it immediately, but this appears to be the produce of their mismanagement so at least don't be arrogant when asking fro the payment ...
These are just my just thoughts and I am not sure how we should approach PEverel about this yet so we need to discuss but it is important that we all take action and that we are seen united on this front.
Alex
F 592
a_galli@yahoo.com
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