[ADVICE] Can they make us pay this???

[forshelby]

I forgot -

PZ - Yes I re-read the contract before I signed it. I actually decided against returning it to the agent as we weren't sure when or if we'd like to move out this year. So technically I'm not bound by a current lease, and can leave at any time as long as we give 2 weeks notice.

Which is what makes this more outrageous. According to them, I haven't agreed to ANYTHING and they're still putting their hands out for money, with absolutely no notice of the change.

[LimeSlice]

Read your full lease, it will be in there.
In WA at least it is standard to pay all water usage, landlord pays rates.

[*Belle*]

We pay for water usage only, the owner pays the rest of the bill. The bill we receive from the agent in the owners name and then the agent states how much we owe (ie the water usage).