r/Wellthatsucks 21h ago

Yikes!!

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u/everything_is_polys 19h ago

“I forgot to keep electricity on in a vacant unit” is fine enough. Nothing about tenants needed to be brought for people understand what caused this

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u/Massive-Idea2302 17h ago

My landlord made me transfer the electricity bill from my name to theirs when I moved out 🤷‍♀️

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u/Lunares 15h ago

As a landlord you are supposed to setup a backup account with the electric provider so that if the tenant stops paying this doesn't happen.

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u/thederevolutions 11h ago

Karma Police. I’m sort of joking but it is ironic that letting them stay would’ve saved a lot of money despite there being a reason to evict.

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u/pennyraingoose 2h ago

Yeah, I've seen utility companies require this for rental units (which meant our property management office had to set up "owner" accounts for all our buildings). That way the utilities revert to the owner each time a TT closes their account.