UK Couple Gets Rs 11 Lakh Gas Bill After 18 Years Of Uncertainty On Payment

A Staffordshire couple have been hit with a shock bill for almost Rs 11 lakh after being told they owe for 18 years worth of gas at their home.

A Staffordshire couple, Lee Haynes, 44, and partner Jo Woodley, 45, were hit with an unexpected bill of nearly 11,000 pounds, representing 18 years' worth of gas at their home. They assert that they made exhaustive attempts to ascertain the party responsible for the gas supply and how the payments should be handled when they moved into the house in 2005.

However, the confusion surrounding the responsibility for the gas supply left them without a clear solution, and they eventually abandoned their inquiries. Fast forward nearly two decades, and the couple is now facing a substantial bill of 10,824.87 pounds (Rs 10,88,883), adding more to the ongoing dilemma they've endured since settling into their Staffordshire home nearly twenty years ago.

According to The Metro News, when the couple moved into their home in 2005, they immediately tried to sort out all of the household bills but weren't able to figure out who sourced their gas. Letters from the National Grid and their housing association, both dated in 2006, confirm their struggles.