I only have basic Spanish so it's hard to communicate with them beyond a basic level "theres a leak in unit A so we're shutting water down to the whole building so we can fix it," etc. however thank you for pointing out that some people may be offended if a landlord were to recommend English classes, that's a valid point.

You will get shut down.Most that are run in the City are not zoned correctly unless Student Housing areas.Regards,Joe Scorese

& our Commercial Architect as they could render the property non-complaint & shut us down.

“telling them verbally” often times is not as effective as “telling them in writing”.The latter also protects you when you have to go to court and/or charge for damages.I like this post as it now makes me go to reinforce my own lease language by giving examples of just what the repercussions will be.My tenants are aware “NOT” to turn off heat when away for vacation during winter time as I spell this out in my lease agreement and now I am going to add to up the cost of this on my damages addendum that also spells out what they are facing in terms of damages on certain things.I always have the statement in there that the prices shown are just estimates, but management will charge the cost of the replacement using current year costs, to include labor.When tenants see a price to something, they freak out and are more inclined to comply.Another suggestion is to add yourself to their Utility accounts as a backup so that the service provider never shuts down utilities for lack of payment.In a case like that, the bill will be sent to you before they shut off utilities thereby protecting your property from pipe freeze.You can threaten to charge them half the cost just to see if they will.They may fight you on that but at least it will register and make them more responsible next time.Sounds like you have some big babies for tenants and need to do some babysitting.Ugggghhhhh.Good luck though and great post as it makes me make not to reinforce my existing lease just to ensure I am applying the same advice, I am giving to you.

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We also wire them with the light switch but also install a humidistat w/ timer in parallel ... that way if the tenants shuts the lights out when leaving the bathroom after a steam shower, the fan remains running for 20-30 minutes or until the humidity falls below the preset threshold.

Now right after a tenant leaves I get the utilities assigned over so they don't get shut off.

But then again, one nosy/angry neighbor may be all it takes to shut down the extra unit. 

IMO it would be unsettling to have it outside knowing all someone had to do was flip the main shut off out there and I have no power inside.

How are you showing properties right now during the shut down?