‘Plainly wrong’: London flat dwellers fight shock £200,000 heating bill

Residents of the River Gardens development in Greenwich, London, are disputing a surprise £200,000 heating bill issued by managing agent Rendall & Rittner (R&R). The bill stems from a debt accumulated on the development's communal heat network's energy account between 2022 and 2023. Residents like Anja Georgiou and Calum Matheson, who already paid their bills, are facing additional charges of hundreds of pounds. The development utilizes a district heating system, common in London new-builds, where heat is supplied from a central source. The timing of the dispute coincides with the recent regulation of heat networks by Ofgem, aimed at protecting consumers from unfair pricing. R&R stated that River Gardens' energy supplier, With Energy, had ceased buying gas for the building.

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