Your lawyer should get this done when purchasing the property.

Aside from land title transfer, the lawyer can arrange the name transfer for water and electricity utilities and also indah water and town council (for cukai pintu). The outstanding bills are paid first by the previous owner or deducted by the lawyer.

Aside from the land/property title transfer (which of course any outstanding in the cukai tanah would be cleared first), the lawyer can transfer too the utilities and other bills tied to the property.

Then only you accept vacant procession of the house. Then only you check whether the tnb meter is running accurately after staying there a few months, then only you call a electrician if it's not accurate (based on your own estimation of your consumption and the monthly bill) or make complain to tnb of meter rosak.

The old way is let-it-be, with the water bill and electricity bill still under previous house owner.

Nowadays, all these can be taken care by the lawyer. The house seller will just need to sign some forms and lawyer will get the names changed. And the lawyer will request the latest bills to check if there's any outstanding amounts... before the lawyer finally release the last payment to the house seller.

Do them step by step.... house seller terminates the utilities accounts and get back the deposits. Then only new account is created.

Indah water, you pay... because they invoice 3 or 6 months in advance.

Cukai tanah of course will be cleared before the land title is amended, pejabat tanah not stupid.