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Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by olisaEze(m): 3:23pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
If you can afford to purchase a property you can afford to negotiate to pay off its debts. Due diligence or not, the property is yours now along with it’s liabilities. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by eneyoduke(m): 3:23pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
Forget about their power supply and start generating your own power for consumption, which means from Production to Consumption 😜😁😜 |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by zomoears(m): 3:24pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief: https://nerc.gov.ng/index.php/home/consumers/consumer-rights-obligations Number 11 is very key to your situation. You should inform the DisCo of any outstanding bills before occupying a new premises, whether bought or rented. 1. Obligations of electricity consumers 2. Pay bills for electricity consumed 3. Provide requirements for connection as stipulated by NERC and DisCo 4. Vigilant protection of electrical installations 5. Cordiality towards electricity workers 6. Customer compliance to the requirements of the Distribution code 7. Pay for electricity used within the stipulated time frame. 8. Ensure receipt of monthly electricity bills if not on prepaid meters and lodge a complaint to the DisCo serving you should you not get your bills. 9. Ensure that metering and other electrical equipment within your premises belonging to the DisCo not tampered with, or by-passed. 10. Notify the DisCo serving you of any tampering or bypass of electricity installations. 11. Notify the DisCo serving you of any outstanding electricity bill before moving into new premises.
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Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by oluwafreshkid(m): 3:24pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
If you bought the house with proper documentation and the use of a lawyer, contact your lawyer. This is not the business of the IBEDC. Your lawyer should start a process of recovering part of the fees you paid the seller to offset the bills. It's a breach of contract if it wasn't declared. Contact your lawyer ASAP! 1 Like |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by Donesuccess(m): 3:25pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief: ACCORDING TO ELECTRICITY ACT , You are not not LIABLE AT ALL as a New Owner of the House! See a Legal Practitioner for Confirmation! THE BILL HAS GONE! |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by NLchief: 3:25pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
sleekybaba:How was the debt cleared sir? Was the percentage they deducted monthly heavy? |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by Legalaffairs(m): 3:25pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
This is a gross oversight. I am certain you did not consult a Lawyer to do a due diligence before you make this purchase. Hope you have checked the Land Use Charge too. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by jcflex(m): 3:25pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief: Stop wasting your time, The meter was registered with someone name and phone number. Do your renovation on the house, remove the meter and apply for new one on your own name. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by NLchief: 3:25pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
free2ryhme:Ibadan. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by michlins(m): 3:26pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
Add money and run yourself solar energy and rest. Instead of going to beg anyone,find solar installers to get you estimate on what it will cost you to fully get off the grid |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by atobs4real(m): 3:26pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
The seller has the obligation to pay the debt |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by NLchief: 3:26pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
FireUpNow:I was aware of that. I just never thought of that. Might have stemmed from the fact that I have never owed electricity bills. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by MasterTee007: 3:26pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
So this happened to me but with a different twist. Total bill was about N300k. First, I requested the bills and they were different and some of the things I discovered were 1. Only one bill had the name of the seller but that was not even tied to the house address 2. Other bills were not really tied to the street or house and was in other names ....they claim these names were possibly tenants. 3. One of the names on the bills was also tied to several properties and I was informed it is possible NEPA official or whatever opened bills for several houses in his name. I reached out to IBEDC and the workers wanted me to pay N150k --- 50% to clear the bills. I asked them if I would get receipt and documents to show that the bills will be vacated...they were mumbling and that was when I knew paying those bills wont eliminate them...they will probably transfer them to the new prepaid meters in the near future which is what they did to another property...the balance never really went away and no proof even the 50% will go straight to IBEDC. I had to enagage one of their Ogas with all the issues concerning the bills not in the name of the seller, the one in the seller's name is not tied to the street or house...longitude and latitude do not match, and I requested a new bill....9 new accounts were created and that was it. In your own situation -- if the bill is tied to the previous owner and tied to the house, and the purchase contract did not say as it is with all liabilities, you can sue the previous owner to pay the outstanding because its like fraud. If the contract does say that you bought it with all liabilities then he is off the hook...you can then go to IBEDC to negotiate installements but please collect all proofs and pay into IBEDC account...you can also transfer them into the prepaid meters and pay it off gradually as you load the meter. Hope this was helpful, and please always ask for all the bills...I resolved mine but I will never buy a house without checking the bills...the house I bought was old without meter, so there was no way to check the account status...all I heard was that they were paying the marketers monthly without bills. IBEDC - most of them are crooks. NLchief: |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by frowland(m): 3:28pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief: When you bought the house, you also bought the liabilities. Those are checks you needed to do before initiating the transaction. I bought a property not long ago for around 45m, and there was an unpaid land use charge bill of 400k on it: Had to clear it 🤷🏽♂️ . The legal way to me is a waste of money. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by anyicash(m): 3:30pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
You have inherited both assets and liability as the new owner.. Pay off the debts.. May God help you. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by Kenmatt(m): 3:31pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
I didn't read. But going by the top story, Bros you have to pay. Should as you bought that Property, you want to demolish it to build a new Structure, would you have been getting worried about the bill? Should as you bought that Property, and you find out that the previous person loaded more than 500k on the metre if it's pre paid, would you have been considering returning the metre to the person that sold the Property to you? You would have also come here to claim that you bought the Property and it's entire feature, including metre, inter locked, painted walls and so on... 1 Like |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by airsaylongcome: 3:32pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
Brendaniel: Similar situation. I was renting and met a 200k bill. NEPA said they will cut light. I told them to go ahead. They did. Lucky for me it was in Dry season. I bought Solar panels with inverter. Cost way more than the ₦200k. But at least I owned it completely. One year after they came to "beg" to reconnect it that they will put prepaid meter. I knew they were planning to be deducting the ₦200k until it was fully paid. I demanded for proof that the outstanding had been paid. Las Las landlord paid the 200k before they went ahead to install. Landlord had the effrontery to ask if I will leave the panels when km leaving! He tried to increase rent the following year to recoup his ₦200k. I "fought" that increase to a near standstill. But there's so far you can "fight" an indigene in his territory. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by Dididrumz(m): 3:34pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief: Simple... The debt is attached to the prepaid meter, it's not your fault that a house you just bought has so much electricity debt, meaning, the IBEDC weren't properly doing their job. So here's what You're going to do. Request that You want to buy an entirely new meter box. It shouldn't be more than 100k for the purchase and installation. Don't pay any 500k debt that isn't Your fault in any way. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by airsaylongcome: 3:35pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
michlins: It can get difficult in the rainy season o. I've been down that route. You are forced to run a lean operation in the rainy season. But it was fun while it lasted |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by tolue42(m): 3:36pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief: The house I moved into in Lagos has 660k debt on the meter. A newly completed house for that matter |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by frugal(m): 3:37pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
Brendaniel: If you're paying for a meter it'll be registered in your name, and you can take it along when moving. |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by Brendaniel: 3:39pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
airsaylongcome: You tried, I'm also planing on getting solar panels, your landord na guy man |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by sunbreaker: 3:40pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
theamazonguru:If they answer him that means he is lucky those staff behave as if you are nothing without them(just the same way public health nurses behave) 1 Like |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by SLIDEwaxie(m): 3:41pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief:just have a meeting with them, you'll reach a consensus for the payment |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by Alsenora: 3:41pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
Go apply for your own metre. NLchief: |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by Brendaniel: 3:41pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
frugal: that is for a new metered number, the house had old meter number registered with the address I am staying, so even the bill I pay is not in my name and the new meter number is the same with the old one, that is why they will still deduct from the old bill on the new meter.... |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by millionboi2: 3:46pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
PrettyRX:even the lawyer can forget |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by stacyadams: 3:48pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
[quote author=NLchief post=125306358]I made a terrible oversight of not checking electricity bills before purchasing a house. It just completely escaped my mind till after purchase. I just found out there's electricity debts of 500k unpaid to IBEDC. How do I handle this? I know it will be difficult getting such a negligent previous owner to pay such bills. [/quote just resell the house] |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by FILEBE(m): 3:49pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
NLchief: Please report to NERC. They handle issues like this. It is the law for the landlord to pay outstanding debts before a new tenant comes in |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by icankel: 3:50pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
This one na inheritance. U think sey na only properties people de inherit |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by samwillyco1(m): 3:51pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
Write to them with proof purchase. Secondly, ask the previous owner to pay for the bill |
Re: N500K Electricity Bill Debt On Newly Purchased House. by nasbidemi(m): 3:51pm On Aug 23, 2023 |
Cut the light go buy solar |
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