The former tenant stole the electricity bill, and I haven t been on the electricity bill for months,

First, based on the lease contract between you and the landlord, the landlord is obligated to provide the property for you to live in. The house should meet the basic living requirements and the agreed conditions of the contract. Now, the electricity of the house is cut off due to a third party, which is a breach of contract by the landlord according to the law.

You have the right to ask the landlord to turn on the electricity, otherwise, you can terminate the tenancy and ask the landlord to compensate for the damages.

Second, if you negotiate with the landlord and the landlord explicitly refuses or does not take steps to turn on the electricity within a reasonable period of time (within one week of the notice), you can terminate the contract, which is what you call "walking". You don't have to pay for 5 months of electricity, because you also need to find another house, and the landlord should compensate you for the loss of this cost, that is, the landlord and you are in debt to each other, and you can offset the 5 months' electricity bill against the loss caused to you by the termination of the contract.

Third, the landlord and you have not signed a contract, but the house has been delivered to you, forming a de facto lease relationship, and the lease contract relationship between you and the landlord is valid, and the lease period is indefinite.

In short, don't go to the electricity authority, quickly negotiate with the landlord, if the landlord explicitly refuses to restore the electricity, or does not turn on the electricity within a week after you notify, you can just leave. If the landlord has a security deposit, you can also sue the landlord for the deposit to be returned and compensated for the damages.

1. "It's okay for me to go directly, I didn't sign the contract anyway": No, if the landlord takes you to court in the future to recover the electricity bill during your residence, you still have to pay it back.

1) If you do not sign a written lease contract, it is a temporary lease, and the tenant has the right to terminate the contract at any time: you can go to the landlord and stop renting, but it is unreasonable to leave without paying the electricity bill for 5 months during your residence.

2) Failure to sign a contract: If the landlord has other evidence to prove the lease relationship between you, you are still responsible for the rent, utilities during your rent, and there is no written contract but you have the right to terminate the contract at any time, but you do not have the right not to pay the expenses incurred during your actual residence.

2. "If I just pay me for these few months, I can't do it": Of course, you can only be responsible for the 5 months of living for yourself, and you can't control the behavior of other people.

3. "What should I do":

1) Negotiate with the landlord to ask for the termination of the lease contract and another rental on the grounds that the landlord has not managed the electricity meter well and caused the power outage to make you no longer able to live, and ask the landlord to compensate you for the appropriate losses of temporarily looking for a house.

2) It is best to give the landlord a written notice: write that the house has a power outage due to the former tenant's arrears of 20,000 yuan, and you can no longer live in it, tell the landlord that you can bear the normal electricity bill for 5 months, but do not bear the fine that must be paid for illegal electricity use (this is what the landlord should recover from the former tenant, and it has nothing to do with you), and ask to terminate the contract.

3) After the notification, you can go. Be careful to inform yourself that you want to keep a copy, and it is best to find two more friends to testify with you. As for the electricity bill for 5 months:

Ask how much the electricity bill for the same or similar house is for 5 months, you can give it in comparison, and if the landlord asks for too much: you can ignore it and let the landlord go to court to sue.

Simple, find a dark and windy night for a month, and leave with great fanfare.

Since the lease contract has not been signed, the parties are not bound by the contract, and there is no legal basis for compensation. The damage caused by the landlord, if he claims against you, has no legal basis. If the electricity authority claims the damage caused by you, you are not a qualified subject of litigation (it is the landlord who is really responsible for the electricity bill).

After you are gone, if the landlord sues you with the receipt of your rent payment, saying that you owe you the electricity bill and ask you to bear it, you can defend it with the following arguments:

1. The electricity fee shall be borne by the landlord according to custom;

Second, more than 20,000 electricity bills are due to the fact that the meter has been touched and formed within 2 years, and according to the landlord's receipt, you have only rented for 5 months.

3. The landlord shall legally ensure the reasonable use of the leased property during the lease period, and shall not bear legal liability for non-fault of the tenant.

and applied to the court to investigate the situation of the electricity charges of the Electricity Bureau, as a support for the above view. File a counterclaim if necessary to demand compensation from the landlord for your losses.

If you don't sign the contract, as long as you don't pay the deposit, in order to reduce the trouble, you can cancel the contract at any time and leave, and change to another house.

Also, as a matter of fairness, you will only be liable for the rent for the duration of your stay. But to prevent trouble, it's a good idea to have proof of what time you're staying at any time. Prevent the boss from falsifying evidence that you have lived for a long time. Make you pay for your electricity.

I went to the power company to check and found out that the meter had been moved, and I hadn't paid the electricity bill for 2 years, and I had to pay more than 20,000 yuan!!

It's only been 5 months since you moved in, but the power company reported that you haven't paid it for 2 years. Obviously, the previous one has nothing to do with you at all, and you have to talk to the landlord about it.

You can afford to pay for the 5 months of water and electricity you are supposed to pay. Continue to live.

It won't stop, but this electricity bill should be paid quickly, this is a dispute between you and the house, and the power company doesn't care so much.

You, why do you want to pay it all, it's none of your business.

Just tell the host that you want to check out.

It's not close to you, but you can be affected by a power outage.

The tenant owes electricity bills and runs away illegally. It is possible to go to court and file a lawsuit. A lawsuit may be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the contract to recover the relevant utility bills.

If the other party fails to pay the water and electricity bills on time, it constitutes a breach of contract, and if the breach of contract is more serious, the contract can be terminated. Chang lacks code to terminate the contract is to allow the other party to move. Although in the signed contract, there is "Party A and Party B shall not terminate the contract in any name", and a high amount of liquidated damages is agreed, but in the court judgment, this will not be the case.

Therefore, it is possible to terminate the contract. If the other party damages something, you can ask for compensation. Article 188 of the General Provisions of the Civil Law stipulates that the statute of limitations for filing a request to the people's court for protection of civil rights is three years.

Where the law provides otherwise, follow those provisions. The limitation period is calculated from the date on which the right holder knows or should know that the right has been damaged and the obligor. Where the law provides otherwise, follow those provisions.

However, if it has been more than 20 years since the date on which the rights were infringed, the people's court will not protect it; If there are special circumstances, the people's court may decide to extend the application of the right holder.

Legal basis: Article 577 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China: If one of the parties fails to perform its contractual obligations or the performance of its contractual obligations does not conform to the agreement, it shall bear the liability for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures, or compensating for losses.

It is illegal for a tenant to run away in arrears of electricity bills. The landlord may file a lawsuit with the court with jurisdiction over the concession in accordance with the contract to recover the relevant utility bills. If the other party fails to pay the water and electricity bills on time, it constitutes a breach of contract, and if the breach of contract is more serious, the contract can be terminated.

Article 577 of the Civil Code provides that if one of the parties fails to perform its contractual obligations or the performance of its contractual obligations does not conform to the agreement, it shall bear the liability for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses.

Legal basis: Article 577 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China If one of the parties fails to perform its contractual obligations or the performance of its contractual obligations does not conform to the agreement, it shall bear the liability for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures, or compensating for losses and losses.