Hi all.
I have a rental that is a four bedder with a single bedder attached. In the past i have been a nice landlord and paid the extra water bills. They normally dont go over $20-$30 per quarter for my other property.
Now the property above has a nice quiet bloke in the unit but it has a bunch of workers in the main house. water usage on this property is $150 per quarter
Problem being is the flat does not have a seperate meter. Has anyone come across this issue before ??. How do i get the tennants to pay there fair share
Options
1#
Apparently to get a council installed water meter means you pay an extra service charge tecnically cancelling out anything you get from the tennants.This is not an option
2#Add fixed amount to rent to cover most of the water charge. Bugger all for the unit but maybe $10 a week for the house ?
3# Install my own water meter for unit and proportion costs . A bit more labour intensive as i would have to check meters each time i get a bill and do the maths
Any thoughts guys and girls.
I have a rental that is a four bedder with a single bedder attached. In the past i have been a nice landlord and paid the extra water bills. They normally dont go over $20-$30 per quarter for my other property.
Now the property above has a nice quiet bloke in the unit but it has a bunch of workers in the main house. water usage on this property is $150 per quarter
Problem being is the flat does not have a seperate meter. Has anyone come across this issue before ??. How do i get the tennants to pay there fair share
Options
1#
Apparently to get a council installed water meter means you pay an extra service charge tecnically cancelling out anything you get from the tennants.This is not an option
2#Add fixed amount to rent to cover most of the water charge. Bugger all for the unit but maybe $10 a week for the house ?
3# Install my own water meter for unit and proportion costs . A bit more labour intensive as i would have to check meters each time i get a bill and do the maths
Any thoughts guys and girls.