Mr. Zhang from Hohhot City recently encountered trouble, his restaurant has been open for three months, but the water bill has reached tens of thousands of yuan, if he does not pay the money, he will face a water outage, what can he do?
Mr. Zhang, restaurant operator: On April 26th, the Water Supply and Drainage Administration came to check the water bill with me, went to take a look, and gave me a bill of more than 30,000 yuan, I said that I have only been in business for more than three months, how can I have so many water bills, I have not paid the water bill for seven or eight years, and I have not paid a dime, it is my last tenant, because the store has been open for seven or eight years.
Mr. Zhang, who opened a restaurant in Hongsheng Living Community, Xincheng District, Hohhot, can be seen from the rental contract, he signed the transfer contract in November last year and only started business at the end of January this year. According to Mr. Zhang, when the contract was signed, the other party had raised the issue of non-payment of water bills.
Mr. Zhang, Restaurant Manager: He told me that he didn't spend money on the water bill, and that I didn't have to care, and that people said that, and I thought that he was such a big person, and it wasn't a child's words, and then I didn't take it seriously.
Mr. Zhang told reporters that the shop was transferred from the previous operator to himself at a price of 350,000 yuan, and when the contract was signed, the other party verbally promised that he would not be responsible for the outstanding water bills, but this is not the case now.
Mr. Zhang, restaurant operator: Now I am faced with the water I have used for more than three months, and people will now charge me more than 30,000 yuan for water, and they will not charge me just for these four months, and they will give me a notice of water outage, and if I don't solve the problem of water outage within 15 days, the water outage will affect my normal business.
Now that there is such a problem, can the previous tenant handle this expense? Mr. Zhang told reporters that the previous operator had opened a new restaurant next to his store, and the reporter then found him.
Mr. Niu, the former manager: Because I transferred out as a whole, because I also told him that I haven't paid the water bill for several years, you have to say that if you determine this water bill, let's go and check it, and I will rent it after the check, so I won't rent it so much, because I sublet it is even the whole thing in the house, and I don't want anything, I said it clearly. I said before that I hadn't paid the water bill for seven or eight years, so you didn't tell me at the time that you would rent it after checking the water meter.
According to Mr. Niu, the sublease fee included the outstanding water bill, but this part was not specified in the contract.
Mr. Niu Former operator: The contract is not clear, I said that I have not paid the water bill, you have a fluke mentality, then why didn't I ask me to deal with all the water, electricity and heating property fees, and I will pay the final payment, (shouldn't this be you take the initiative to solve the problem and then rent) No, because I told him, (then you also have a fluke mentality) I transferred out and said, because it is all included, I don't know that there are 30,000 yuan of water bills, how many years have you opened a chain store, you want to the hotel, you haven't paid the water bill for seven years, (I can't use experience to tell others about the situation of your store, the fact is that how to solve the problem of so many water bills) I don't know how to deal with this matter.
After several communications, Mr. Niu did not think that the cost should be borne by himself. So he hasn't paid the water bill for such a long time, does the water supply and drainage company understand?
Hohhot City Water Supply and Drainage Company staff: two or three years, our meter checker used to check the meter has been closed, before the meter checker record on the written closed, has not been able to enter the store, the meter locked in the user's home, if no one we can not enter, is a barbecue restaurant, we have not been able to see the water meter for a long time.
So why didn't the water supply and drainage company impose a penalty on this store before?
Hohhot City Water Supply and Drainage Company staff: There is a battery in the water meter, our smart meter is inserted into the card, and then others artificially cut the black line, that is, the connection line is cut, if under normal circumstances, if you owe the fee, the automatic water stop prompts you to pay, he can't stop the water after this cut, overdraft the water bill.
According to the staff, the water meter is indeed in arrears of more than 32,000 yuan in water bills, and the water supply and drainage company can only suggest that Mr. Zhang solve the dispute over the sublease of the house.
Hohhot City Water Supply and Drainage Company staff: I just said the general situation, the water meter water bill is indeed more than 30,000 yuan in arrears, I dealt with the opinion at the time is to negotiate with the new tenant to let him negotiate mediation, the previous tenant, is not also open a shop near him, he can also find, call up, let's negotiate with the three parties together, see how this water fee is handled.
At present, the water supply and drainage company is coordinating with the two parties to meet and discuss who should pay this fee, and we will continue to monitor the follow-up progress.
Source: Pentium Fusion Media Urban Full Contact