Utilities in a Duplex

[Patrick Winningham]

I have searched the old forums and haven't found an answer yet...

First - I know it is ideal to have all utilities in the tenants name/they pay.

Now the 'what if'... If I have a duplex with utilities not split (and I don't want to pay to have them split) what is the best way to deal with this?

I don't want to pay them. Is it reasonable to keep the utilities in my name and require the tenants to pay half?

Please let me know how you address this situation (if you have had to...)