Hi, everyone!
Seeking some reasonable advice.
I've been living/renting in a new build 1-bed flat for 2 years, in London. Today, out of the blue, I received an e-mail with the attachment from the agency that represents the landlord saying:
"Please find attached bills for your heating, hot and cold water. Your landlord has settled this and will need reimbursement"
The time period on the bill contained is completely random, from November 2020 till July 2021, even though I've been living here since 2019 I never received bills like that,almost £1k. + I pay my bills through bulb + water with another provider.
The actual attachment is from a random MLM property management company, and it says on the bill "Your Heat Agreement is with XYZ Residents Management company LTD bla bla bla. You're connected to a district supply scheme and have been appointed to charge for the heat supplied to this property, etc"
So my questions are..
- What options do I have? And what are my legal rights here?
- I've checked my contract and never signed any agreements with his company. Can I refuse to pay for that?
- To who I've been paying all my money for the electricity, water, this whole time for 2 years?
Thank you! Much appreciated.
SERIOUSLY. WHAT. THE FUCK.
I am sick of this shit
I am almost 40 years old. I learned about "global warming" when I was six. Horrifying. I thought we could fix it. I wanted to fix it. I climbed into a treesit at 16, went into ecology, got some degrees, started a nonprofits, protested a thousand ways, wrote and published a lot, did science about it, did sociology about it, watched climate protesters beaten and assaulted by law enforcement, breathed so much CS gas, tried so hard in every way I knew how.
The death march continues.
But we are doomed, aren't we? I can't stop capitalism - the murderous black hole that takes away everything good in the world. How can we logic our way to anything in a world where qanon is an actual political force? (I saw an old love and transformed into a cruel monster by qanon and know it's dark power)
I used to hope.
But I think this pandemic has torn every last shred of that away from me.
All my friends feel the impending doom. I know so few people my age with children. Or who even dare to hope/dream past a future more than a few years out? How can we, with a world like this? No wonder birth rates are plummeting. The death rattle of the world echoes far.
Shit is dire. I wanted to believe in the possibility of a better society - a just and sustainable, balanced and peaceful world - a kind world. It could be so easy. But we fucked it up. (It was fuxked up for us.)
No hope. Capitalism is depressing. The death of the planet makes me sad. Seeing all the suffering in the world breaks my heart every fucking day.
I won't stop living yet. Why? For sunsets and trees and flowers, the air and sky at 3am, and the smiles of my friends and the people who I love. Small moments
Still it fucking hurts. It tears my heart to shreds every day.
Why can't we do better? For ourselves? For each other? For the children who are and who we all once were? For the forests and the oceans and the birds and flowers and possums and trees and flowers growing up through the concrete? For the moon and the rivers and the fish and each other? Why not for each other?
Why?
SIL has just showed up unannounced and dumped her ADD 7 year old son on us because she "needs to talk" to her husband and doesn't want him there.
He's been here 30 minutes. I have a headache, I have had to turn off what I was watching as it's not child friendly, and he has gone through the house like a tornado already. There are nerf darts everywhere and the cat is under the bed.
Why would anyone want this life permanently?
