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All Forum Posts by: Nathan Sherwood

Nathan Sherwood has started 2 posts and replied 4 times.

Post: Options for managing tenants heating oil tank

Nathan Sherwood
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Thanks and that makes sense (and is similar process to some of our other units)

The issue is we would like documented verification that the tank has gone below the established threshold (ie 10%). 
This documentation would allow us to avoid a he-said-she-said type situation.

You are going about this the wrong way. It's the tenant's responsibility to maintain the oil levels. If they fail and it requires a service call, that's also their responsibility.

Give all your tenants a written notice that is clear about their responsibilities. They must maintain the oil levels above 10% (or whatever you decide). If the oil runs out and results in damage to the system, the tenant will pay for the repair.

I also recommend you be clear about this in your written lease for future renters.

If there are repeated violations, terminate their lease and start with a new renter.


Post: Options for managing tenants heating oil tank

Nathan Sherwood
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We have a multi family rental unit which uses oil for home/water heating.

Our tenants are responsible for purchasing their own heating oil.

We are trying to figure out a way to determine when/if our tenant is running out of fuel.

Our maintenance person has communicated that one unit has repeatedly run out of fuel, creating an increase service cost on their boiler.

I know there are WiFi options to meter usage. Unfortunately we do not pay for (or manage) WiFi for this property so that is not an option.

We don’t need to need to see a “live measurement” of the tank. We are simple looking for a documented method to determine if a furnace issue was the result of our tenant running out of fuel (thus sucking sludge into the system.

Any suggestions????

Nathan

Post: Connecticut Property Manager suggestions?

Nathan Sherwood
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Thanks for the info Craig!

Post: Connecticut Property Manager suggestions?

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I am looking at options for Property Management in the New Haven/West Haven area. I have 4 3-family homes. Self Management is becoming a bit cumbersome....so I am trying to weight out some options. 
Any suggestions?
Nate