All Forum Posts by: Heather Standridge

If you acted on the notice of repair immediately and the pipe was fixed... then who does pay the extra cost of water? To me if there much extra cost even tho you reacted so quickly on repair, that tells me that the tenant didn’t report it very quickly which would cause that extra to be on them.

You can possibly get a more detailed breakdown on daily usage from water company and decipher who’s responsible. If it was a charge in the little time you were made aware and got plumber out there, then it would be on you, if breakdown shows it slowly leaked over the whole month and you weren’t told towards the end of month then it’s on tenants. Get the detailed breakdown from water company and go from there. I don’t agree just because you own it, it’s on you. You reacted quickly, how do you know that tenants reported quickly is my thing.

Fair is fair and right is right no matter owner or tenant. If I rent and notice this slow leak and don’t mention it for 2 weeks, it’s on me just as well as the owner for not properly reporting issues causing damage to the home and to the bill.

(And this coming from someone who’s rented several properties in my lifetime and been in those tenants shoes as well) 

I hope that helps somehow.