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A few hundred-ish per room - maybe $500? Definitely an investment, but if you're in it for the long term, a worthwhile one.that's actually really good advice. what does it cost to get #2 done per room roughly?
Remove the powerpoints from all bedrooms. That will fix those nasty tenants!
How much's that in nandos?
it really is that simple. what would you do in their situation? buy an expensive heater for a place you might only be in for a few months?
Think outside the box man.
Buy all your student tenants some Snuggies, they will love you for it too.
They are students and I am sure every penny is more important to them than even yours are to you. You would find it very hard to pass a charge on, I think, as how can you prove which room is the guilty party?
Maybe after you have 12 months of power bills rework your charges for the inclusions and adjust the room rate accordingly.
Having had a licenced student accommodation (16 rooms x 7 years), I suggest you:
1) install reverse-cycle air-con,
2) get a sparky to wire up each room on a separate meter (all under one master meter, i.e. one account, but enabling you to pass on costs for individual room electricity), or
3) both (which is what I did).
Seriously, students and their crazy habits with electricity usage is one of the most well-known and obvious challenges of this kind of property. What preparation or research did you do?
I heard of a student accomdation where only the gas from the stove was not metered and students were turning all 5 burners on and leaving them on all day for free heating. Not sure if they opened a window for fresh air but its something to think about when giving something away to a student.
Fully lucky, the most practical way of preventing the tenants using too much power is to ensure that there are only two power circuits available that is 2 x 15 amp circuits. A heater uses 2400 w which is 10 amps x 240V, that means that they can only plug one heater into each circuit.
soon as they turn on the kettle and microwave oven, they will blow the fuse. They will soon learn how not to use too much power rather than having to go out in the cold to reset the fusebox.
Next time I'm talking with the Student Accommodation Industry Association, perhaps I can suggest they get you on as a consultant. Clearly, they can benefit from your wisdom and vast experience. How many Nandos per hour do you charge?I'm SME in this field.
lol!ok, we get it you have the ability to stalk and follow people from thread to thread. Well done. Don't need to over do it to death.
At least i'm generating new content and interesting discussion.