Caused by:(1) Freezing of a plumbing, heating, air conditioning or automatic fire protective sprinkler system or of a household appliance, or by discharge, leakage or overflow from within the system or appliance caused by freezing.

Leakage test.

Currently the basement has minor leakage after very bad storms.

He did shut the water down to prevent further damage.We rush there, open up the ceiling, drain all the water (collected good couple of gallons), make three holes (big enough to stick a head and look around) but find no source of leakage!

There is some water leakage in the back where the gutter is leaking but that is about it.

You can also post ads on postlets for different price points to gauge the interest from people Tip #12: Don't commingle funds from your personal and businessTip#13: Maintain a 6 month PITI reserveTip#14: Bathrooms: These are typically pain points especially with leakage etc.

This increase in the hydro bill is going to be due to either increased consumption (more kWh when compared to the same period last year) or a rate increase on the part of the utility (this would include tired pricing).If increased consumption you have basically three causes:a) Tenants keep the place warmer and/or consume more hot water than last years tenants;b) The weather in the last billing period has been colder this year than the same period last year;c) Your building envelope is less airtight than it was last year or one, or more, of your electric resistance heaters have failed (the thermostat issue raised earlier).Even though you have made no changes to the property, there is the possibility that something as simple as a piece of weatherstripping on/in a door or window has failed (or maybe window is not closed tightly) which is causing more air leakage.As mentioned earlier, a thermo camera will help you locate air leakages and heat loss through the envelope, but you still will not know which of the leaks is new and which were there last year.  

., 4 bed / 3/1 bath 2,178 sq ft. lot = 36,000; sold on 12/06/2011 for $740,000over 6 months:250 Highland Ave, 4 bed / 3 bath, 2,271 sq ft. acreage = .91, sold on 9/26/2011 for $620,000337 Highland Ave, 4 bed / 3 bath, 3,086 sq ft. acreage = .3125, sold on 7/28/2011 for $675,000Other known information, has below ground oil tank, that has pinhole leakage estimated at $6,000 (but you do not know till you get in there), seller has limited/no money to fix.

The roof looks good and no signs of any water leakage on any of the 2nd floor ceilings.Now, it is missing 2/3rd of the back fence and the remaining 1/3rd is in pretty bad shape. 

However, if there was serious leakage, to the point the decking could be damaged, valleys and or flashings need to be redone, etc, the the roof should have been peeled.