Hello Again,

Many thanks for your quick response. When the electric was cut off initially we were informed that it was to do with some licence issues however we have a copy of the 1st Occupation licence which was granted in December 2007 so we are unsure what they meant by "licence issues". As far as we were concerned the property was legal to be rented albeit that the electric supply was still on developers as the developers had still not finished the community areas.
Therefore we are unsure on how we should proceed with this matter regarding the owner asking the tenant for backpayments and now asking to pay a reduced rent even though he claims he is not staying there.
Thanks again for your assistance and advice.