How Do Landlords Pay Water Bills?
I have a rental in a town where the bill always comes in the name of the Landlord. Because of this, I think it will be prudent to pay the water bill myself rather than worry about it with the tenants.
For those Landlords who pay the water bill themselves, how do you discourage indiscriminate use of water? Do you set a monthly usage (quantity) limit? Or a monthly bill amount?
Or do you just pay the bill and turn around to bill the tenant? Some new tenants are interested in the property but want the Landlord to pay the water bill. They claim that there Landlord at their previous rentals always paid the water bill.
I read somewhere that average use of water is 100 gallons per person per day. For a three member family, that would come to about 9000 gallons per month. Does this seem to be a reasonable limit to set on a property that has a yard?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
JS.
You might want to check out different prices. 1400 to use a power jet pump is a bit pricey, we can get ours done for a lot cheaper.
Are the tenants paying for this repair or you?
Here there are companies that clean vent-a-hoods and grease traps for restaurants. They use a power washer and super duty de-greaser. Have you thought about calling one of these companies and asking what they might charge? Just a thought.
Go to Lowes or Home Depot, acquire some K57 or K67 place in drain overnight. Also since you used the Draino type stuff did you use the foaming kind AFTER the plumber cleared a run. That is the idea. I use K67 all the time. NON CAUSTIC safe for all pipes and you can use it on a schedule when you go to bed. I supply the first container to all my tenants.[ Edited by getitqwik on Date 01/11/2006 ]
Just a thought. How about turning up the thermostat on the hot water heater and letting the 40 or 50 gallons of hot, hot, hot water through.