Sunny Burns
Prevent Frozen Washer Machines
So we built a laundry room in an Unheated portion of the building... I live in NJ where we do have abundant below freezing days. I did just finish installing heat cable on the cold and hot water running from the house...
Brenda Lee
Lease agreement - lawn maintenance and upgraded home electronics
We purchased a home that comes with a ring doorbell and nest thermostat. Is it possible to write on the lease agreement that if these items break it is the responsibility of the tenant to maintain since these are upgr...
Ryan G.
Landlord ? for CA Rental with util included
I have a SFR with 2 units. There is only 1 meter for utilities at this property so utilities are included in the monthly rent. I have verbiage in the signed lease as follows:
Utilities – Reasonable utilities are in...
Will Adams Jr
Ideas for adding zoning to single HVAC Unit
Hi All,I have a property that has a single family upstairs (3b 1.5ba) with a partially finished basement (3b, 1ba) that I will be finishing and turning into a separate unit. The whole house is on one HVAC system. Addi...
David A.
Splitting Oil-Powered Hot Water Radiator?
I just had an accepted offer on a 3-story 2-family house in Connecticut (2br first floor, 3-4br flex on the second/third floors) and in checking out the basement, all utilities were split besides heat, which is powere...
Paul Kuhn
How to split/control heating cost on old triplex boiler
I am in the process of buying a double brick triplex built in early 1900's (southern Virginia/historic district), 1650 square feet 2 bed/1 bath units stacked on top of each other. The whole house is heated by a boiler...
Soniel Estime
What would you do - Tenant broke AC
Hello, I have a tenant who stated that their AC was not working. This was strange because I had the AC assessed last year and refilled with Freon. It’s an older unit and I was planing on replacing in 2 to 3 years but ...
Kawsar Ali
Tenant Keeps complaining it is too cold, even after 74
We just recently moved into to a new house we purchased 2 months ago and a new tenant moved in on the 2nd floor on the 5th last month. For past the two weeks or so she has been driving me insane about the heat. By NY ...
Joseph Weisenbloom
How do you handle tenant AC costs?
Tenants love to crank AC systems to absurdly low temperatures which creates a high likelihood of breaking the AC unit. In my area HVAC techs charge $1000s just to look at the unit after it breaks. I have a 3 year old ...
Michael Tempel
Remote Thermostat For Office Building
I am looking to add a remote thermostat system for an office building similar to Nest. Has anyone done this successfully?Would want to be able to turn utilities up or down in the evening to cut cost. If so what sys...