I might be getting this all wrong, but here's my gist of it. You guys moved out in August and this "friend" took over your lease. Were you moving before your lease was up and had him move in to continue the lease? I've known someone that did this so it's not too far-fetched. (They didn't want to have to pay the fee for breaking their lease 4-5 months early so they had a friend who was wanting to move somewhere continue the lease. It was an apartment and I don't think they ever told the manager about it.) If so I would have just paid the $50 fee to have utilities transferred into your friends name because they would have been doing you all a favor by allowing you to break your lease. I could be TOTALLY off base with this but it's just what I'm guessing was going on.
As far as the utilities/bills issue I can see what's happening with that. You husband hasn't changed his name off the account but your friend has online access to pay the bills. I have a few bills that I pay online but I still get a paper bill in the mail - cable for example. Still I would get the account switched over to the new tenants name. I would much rather pay the $50 to switch it versus being possibly stuck with a $200+ bill down the line if the friend ever doesn't pay it. It's not in the friends name so what does he have to worry about if it's not paid? It won't come back on him..it'll come back on your husband, ya know?
Good luck with everything. I hope it works out.
My understanding was that their lease was up & they got him the next lease, making it so that the apartment owner didn't have to look for a tenant.
Post by Mrs. ChanandlerBong on Jan 28, 2015 11:33:55 GMT -5
Not going to lie, it would bother me that someone had access to an online account set up in my husband's name ( and likely SSN). do YOU guys have access to those accounts as well?
I might be getting this all wrong, but here's my gist of it. You guys moved out in August and this "friend" took over your lease. Were you moving before your lease was up and had him move in to continue the lease? I've known someone that did this so it's not too far-fetched. (They didn't want to have to pay the fee for breaking their lease 4-5 months early so they had a friend who was wanting to move somewhere continue the lease. It was an apartment and I don't think they ever told the manager about it.) If so I would have just paid the $50 fee to have utilities transferred into your friends name because they would have been doing you all a favor by allowing you to break your lease. I could be TOTALLY off base with this but it's just what I'm guessing was going on.
As far as the utilities/bills issue I can see what's happening with that. You husband hasn't changed his name off the account but your friend has online access to pay the bills. I have a few bills that I pay online but I still get a paper bill in the mail - cable for example. Still I would get the account switched over to the new tenants name. I would much rather pay the $50 to switch it versus being possibly stuck with a $200+ bill down the line if the friend ever doesn't pay it. It's not in the friends name so what does he have to worry about if it's not paid? It won't come back on him..it'll come back on your husband, ya know?
Good luck with everything. I hope it works out.
My understanding was that their lease was up & they got him the next lease, making it so that the apartment owner didn't have to look for a tenant.
Correct. And we didn't just cancel the utilities because friend was H's roommate for half of our lease. He already had all of his stuff there and had been living there, so planned to just transfer everything over to his name.
So is it one utility, or multiple. Your op sounded like one, but now it seems like you're talking about more.
He admitted that they didn't change the one utility into friend's name, because of the transfer fee. He says that all of the other utilities are in his friend's name, we are just still getting physical bills in the mail for some reason.
No. That doesn't happen. Call the utility company and play dumb. "We moved out in August, why am I still getting bills from you?"
Not going to lie, it would bother me that someone had access to an online account set up in my husband's name ( and likely SSN). do YOU guys have access to those accounts as well?
I believe my husband has gotten access to check to see if his name is really taken off the account. And he says that his name isn't anywhere on the online account? Then why would we still be getting the bills sent to his name? Who knows.
He admitted that they didn't change the one utility into friend's name, because of the transfer fee. He says that all of the other utilities are in his friend's name, we are just still getting physical bills in the mail for some reason.
No. That doesn't happen. Call the utility company and play dumb. "We moved out in August, why am I still getting bills from you?"
He claims to have done this multiple times. Next time we get a bill in the mail, I think I'm just going to make him call when I'm right there so I know it's actually getting done!
No. That doesn't happen. Call the utility company and play dumb. "We moved out in August, why am I still getting bills from you?"
He claims to have done this multiple times. Next time we get a bill in the mail, I think I'm just going to make him call when I'm right there so I know it's actually getting done!
If you have his SSN and birthdate you should be able to talk to them. At our old house everything was in my H's name, but he didn't have time during the day to talk to them. I was able to with that information.
I believe my husband has gotten access to check to see if his name is really taken off the account. And he says that his name isn't anywhere on the online account? Then why would we still be getting the bills sent to his name? Who knows.
Your hands tossed in the air, "Golly gee, who knows!" attitude is weird. This stuff isn't rocket science. Your husband is making you believe it's far more complicated than it really is. It must be frustrating to say the least. But you can help your own frustration by not accepting his bullshit excuses and apply your own common sense.
Yes, I know. The "who knows" was an exasperated expression because I don't know what to believe from him right now. When I get the next set of bills in the mail so I have the account info, I will be calling them.
So is it one utility, or multiple. Your op sounded like one, but now it seems like you're talking about more.
He admitted that they didn't change the one utility into friend's name, because of the transfer fee. He says that all of the other utilities are in his friend's name, we are just still getting physical bills in the mail for some reason.
Yeah...that's now how it works.
Are you actually seeing these bills yourself? If your husband's name is on these bills, the accounts have not been transferred.
Post by pinkiepromise on Jan 28, 2015 12:09:47 GMT -5
You can call without him home. I've called plenty of times for DH (utilities are in his name) when he wasn't home. You don't have to have the account number just some other identifying information like a SS #. I would just call. It really truly sounds to me like your DH is lying about all of this. I've moved more than my fair share of times and have never gotten a forwarded bill from an account that is no longer in my name.
Your hands tossed in the air, "Golly gee, who knows!" attitude is weird. This stuff isn't rocket science. Your husband is making you believe it's far more complicated than it really is. It must be frustrating to say the least. But you can help your own frustration by not accepting his bullshit excuses and apply your own common sense.
Yes, I know. The "who knows" was an exasperated expression because I don't know what to believe from him right now. When I get the next set of bills in the mail so I have the account info, I will be calling them.
You are really going to wait an entire month again? Ah, I'd call in a week. Maybe Tuesday.