{"id":170518,"date":"2026-02-07T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/plainly-wrong-london-flat-dwellers-fight-shock-200000-heating-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:31:21","slug":"plainly-wrong-london-flat-dwellers-fight-shock-200000-heating-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/plainly-wrong-london-flat-dwellers-fight-shock-200000-heating-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Plainly wrong\u2019: London flat dwellers fight shock \u00a3200,000 heating bill"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAlmost 1m UK households are hooked up to heat networks. None had protection from poor service or price hikes \u2026 until last month\u2018If I could move, I would \u2013 to a place without a heat network. But I can\u2019t while this debt is hanging over me,\u201d says Anja Georgiou.The mother lives with her family in a rented flat in the River Gardens development in Greenwich in south-east London where, three years ago, residents were shocked to be presented with a surprise \u00a3200,000 bill for heating and hot water. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…\u2018Plainly wrong\u2019: London flat dwellers fight shock \u00a3200,000 heating bill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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