I have had a few responses from DM and D4D.

That definitely is the appropriate response from your agent.

Thanks for your response Brian. 

Make sure on your rental agreement that people understand they are renting a room with shared access and responsibility for the common areas.

I contacted my water company and said that I could submeter but that responsibility is on me.

The more responsible siblings have even more recently taken over management from the less responsible siblings, as they try to bring things back into order after a rough couple years.They've provided me some initial number that cover their year until Nov 30, 2017.

His response was "I'll sell this thing tomorrow if I can!"

I would tend to change my answers a little bit if you did have that responsibility. 

Hi,I have a basic question on how to go about evaluating responses form architects.

@Brian Garrett I appreciate the quick response.