I sold an property investment in Victoria in February 2016. In November 2016, I was invoiced for the servicing of a ducted gas heating system which was undertaken in April 2016, i.e. when I no longer owned the property.
Going back a couple of years into the ownership of the property, I authorised, through the property manager, biennial inspections of the heating system and the smoke detector. In the past, the property manager has paid these sorts of invoices and then taken the costs out of my rental returns.
The heating people have requested that I pay the invoice as neither I nor the property manager cancelled the regular servicing. I believe that the company couldn't get payment from the property manager (who also doesn't happen to be the property managers for the new owner of the property) so have invoiced me threatening to put the debt to a debt collector if I don't pay up.
What liability do I have to pay for the servicing of this heating system?
Going back a couple of years into the ownership of the property, I authorised, through the property manager, biennial inspections of the heating system and the smoke detector. In the past, the property manager has paid these sorts of invoices and then taken the costs out of my rental returns.
The heating people have requested that I pay the invoice as neither I nor the property manager cancelled the regular servicing. I believe that the company couldn't get payment from the property manager (who also doesn't happen to be the property managers for the new owner of the property) so have invoiced me threatening to put the debt to a debt collector if I don't pay up.
What liability do I have to pay for the servicing of this heating system?