External garage electricity wrongly connected to neighbours supply

[SUNRAY]

Thinking about this further; if the house is freehold and the garage is leasehold (personally I think it seems more and more unlikely) the garage should not have a feed provided by the freeholder from the house.

 

[Why Not Indeed]

I don’t know the best way to resolve the issue, the garages are leasehold so we have a management company but I’m not sure they will see it as their issue (I have asked the question).

I suggest that if you and the neighbour have a shared problem and can split the costs 50:50, then do that and don't involve the freeholder. The freeholder's only motivation is skimming off their cut, so not involving them may be in your best interest, if you don't actually need to.
Assuming that you and your neighbour are actually using the correct garages!

 

[SUNRAY]

The lease

I suggest that if you and the neighbour have a shared problem and can split the costs 50:50, then do that and don't involve the freeholder. The freeholder's only motivation is skimming off their cut, so not involving them may be in your best interest, if you don't actually need to.
Assuming that you and your neighbour are actually using the correct garages!

The leases WILL INCLUDE A Land Registry PLAN showing the garages.

 

[davelx]

Do you think that plan would have been drawn up before, or after they numbered the garages incorrectly?

 

[SUNRAY]

Do you think that plan would have been drawn up before, or after they numbered the garages incorrectly?

That plan will show the physical location of the property the in the Land Registry lease. Regardless of any name given to it.

 

[SUNRAY]

Has there been any progress on this?

 

[SUNRAY]

Has there been any progress on this?

Has there been any progress on this?, I have encountered exactly the same situation today.

 

[ebee]

I am not sure that any liabilities will always be limited by any gaurantee/warranty anyhow.

 

[Murdochcat]

Has there been any progress on this?, I have encountered exactly the same situation today.

Swap garages is probably the easiest solution

 

[ebee]

Swap garages is probably the easiest solution

One possible consideration but maybe not.

Remember The Boswells in the TV series "Bread" they owned their Grandads House and he owned theirs so both could claim More benefits supposedly? Bonkers comedy but good fun though .

 

[JohnW2]

Swap garages is probably the easiest solution

In some senses, yes. However, it might prove to be a ('bureaucratically') expensive process, possibly more expensive than simply swapping the two supplies (which, as I understand, are very close to one another in the garages).

 

[ericmark]

2023 to 2026 would hope, by now, all sorted. So only @Ematthews can really help @SUNRAY and not seen since 29 Jan 2023. I think about my shed, and all the shelving fitted, would not want to swap it all to another shed in a hurry, and very good point was made, how could an EIC be completed without realising supply went to wrong garages? But 2005 to 2023 seems a long time, not to realise the error. So also looking at two EICR if done every 10 years as recommended also missed the error.

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Seems still around, and by 2005 one would have expected an EIC.

Part P of the Building Regulations, covering electrical safety in dwellings, originally came into force in England and Wales on January 1, 2005

So just on the edge, maybe completed 2004?

I do look at my own home. Between 200 and 600 watt being recorded as being used, five refrigeration units, so will be some for them, smart controls, so will be some for them, Sky box router etc, again some for them, but still a bit higher than I would have expected.

 

[ebee]

So just on the edge, maybe completed 2004?

Although Part P came into force on Jan 1st 2005 a noncession made by LABC that contracts in force (i.e. a written estimate dated up to 3 months prior that date would readily be accepted by as evidence LABC as done before Part P became effective (I think there was an expectation that the works would be completed April 1st 2005 to be considered as acceptable with prior notifications becomming relevant (or three moths total) so a little reasonable leeway on that one - actually my local LABC head "suggested" that if anyone was found to be not notiying by any approved route would be unlikely to be taken to task for non compliance providing an unsafe installation or trading standards were breached and if so then the compliance issue would then be added on to any miscreants sins. Purely non compliance but otherwise safe and above board it would be a "Hoy, do not do that again!" sort of situation (only bad deeds and bad intensions could find you in court at least until most folk were realistically attempting to comply).

I think that this was born out by what we saw reported from various beggars being publicised for their shoddy work.

 

[blup]

Abstraction of electricity is theft, the supplier should be informed

 

[big-all]

Abstraction of electricity is theft, the supplier should be informed

not sure where the theft is as all power is being paid for ??