But when I say full gut and rehab I'm talking: taring everything down to the studs, updating plumbing and electrical throughout, probably upgrading the panel, adding duct work for heating and cooling, new mechanicals (boiler, A/C, etc) , hardwood floors, new kitchen, new dry wall and insulation, paint, finish work, etc.

@Prakash Bhatta  The two most common ways people steal electricity are:  1) by tampering with the electrical panel and bypassing the meter  2) or by fraudulently establishing service in someone else's name (i.e. identity theft) and then not paying the bill and just running it up until the service is shut off due to non-payment. 

A few, Bring separate circuits to the third floor rather than providing a sub-panel and local circuits. 

I see a house in my city that appears to be abandoned, the doors and windows have been shut up with steel panels for months and the pool has been boarded up as well. 

Now to throw a curve ball, what if the property runs off of solar energy?? 

Wood paneling, green shag carpet, floral wallpaper, and yellowed curtains dominated the natural beauty of our 1912 beast.

So these solar panels are akin to someone having to pay for a grinder pump when getting city/county water/sewer service, right? 

There is a solar panel system on a lease and the lease is terrible.

The downstairs still has old paneling on the walls and this house was built in 1909.

Electrical was done beautifully, one panel for common areas and then one panel for each floor. 3 easy access water tanks and furnaces.