I gestured, and said come on let me improve your day a little bit and get you some coffee, and maybe something a little sweet to raise your blood sugar to help you will feel better.

While this might seem fair on the surface, it may not accurately reflect each tenant's actual water usage.Usage-Based Billing: Implementing a system where tenants are billed based on their actual water consumption could be fairer.

As it was mentioned before, Katy, Cypress, Sugar Land are more family oriented and probably better suited to rent it as a whole house.

I guarantee the month after the meters come on, the person responsible will fix their leaky toilet or cut back on consumption.

I vote for coming back to a Seagram 7 and full sugar 7-up.A 7/7....on ice with a black straw, and no garnish.

You can not bill back more than you are charged, so you need to be careful.It does save on consumption, because they become aware that they are on the hook for paying.

I keep my house at 65 deg all year long if you throw in some humidity then it can get to 68-69 deg I live in Oklahoma and it gets over 105 on a reg. if the house is insulated good and sealed up it helps a lot with energy consumption and if the ducting is done well good airflow, also if needed add a few fans to move the air more helps with cooling. 

Word on the street is that Split systems (common in . . . . a LOT of places other than the US) operate at a lower energy consumption rate per heating unit and cooling unit. 

Watch the gas usage in the winter when the heater is used as it will increase.You could do a schedule for Higher gas and water consumption months. 

I just moved out of Houston (Sugar Land) after living there for the last 12 years.