House mate will not pay his bills

Well it if the landlord evicts him we are going to be liable for this rent and no one wants to pay it.

Its worth looking at the tenancy agreement so someone can assess exactly what the rleationship and obligations are between the LL and tenants as well as between the tenants themselves.

Whats the point in telling debt collectors? How does that help the OP?

Unless its a bedsit; bills are almost always the liability of the tenant's.



May stop them harassing her at the property.

Without seeing the documents I couldnt say where the liability lies. If I was drafting for the LL then i'd expect it to fall with the tenants, but even then iy might give me clarification on how bills were to be split between each other and what happens in the event of one tenant not paying.

The only thing it would help with is that the letters would go to his parents house, his parents are unaware that he owes about £2,000+.

If the landlord is not liable for the bills then that is the end of their involvement. The utility bills are therefore a contract between the tenants + the utility company and so nothing in the tenancy agreement can overrule or change that.

This has been proven multiple times through the DPS where landlords have tried to interfere with tenants + utility companies (such as withholding deposits until all bills are cleared) and every time the DPS have ruled that landlords have no right to be involved.