Landlord, Lease & Council Tax Issue

Question

I have been living in my current privately rented property for over a year now.

In my previous property (also privately rented) the landlord signed the lease along with me on my first day and gave me a copy along with all the relevent paperwork for the council tax applications.

This time I have had no lease, no information regarding the council tax - in fact nothing has been mentioned or given in writing besides you pay for your own gas, electric, telephone and internet as you require it and the rent is £x*x a month.

Just wondering how this goes with the council tax as I would be more than happy to pay it but refuse to without a lease to know where I stand yet the landlord is refusing to come across with it after almost a year of asking for it.

Answer 1

Why does the landlord have to tell you to pay council tax? I'm missing something.

If you are renting the whole property, you need to pay council tax unless it is specifically included in your rent.

Notify the council tomorrow and try to set up an arrangement to pay it off. It is unlikely to be spread further then March 2009 at best so you are going to have a big monthly bill to pay.