| Comment | If the landlord hasn't been paying the council tax, then you as the tenant are liable, and this other name might just be the last person the council has registered as living there. £1700 sounds like basically an entire years payment has been ignored.
So even if you're not liable for this historical debt, if your landlord isn't taking care of anything then you will become liable for the debt of unpaid council tax for the period you have been living there.
You really really need to find out when the last time anyone paid any council tax for the property was, and talk to your landlord and soon, because in the near future the sheriffs might be coming for you instead. Same for energy bills.
You also need to make sure your landlord paying the council tax is part of the tenancy agreement - or was it just a verbal guarantee? Have you any certainty that the landlord is genuinely 'taking care of the council tax and utilities'? |
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