I received the standard tenant at will lease agreement from my real estate agent.  There's this part that I don't understand."The LANDLORD shall pay all charges for water and shall reasonably supply hot water and heat...

I have a rental unit that is overdue for a new furnace. The old one runs on oil and heats the house and the hot water.

It seems like high oil prices are here to stay. I could replace it with a natural gas one, but ...

I own a duplex which currently has electric baseboard heat that was installed by the previous owner. It is an older house and electric heat is really high (no off peak as it is the only source). I live in northern ...

I have a 3 unit property in which there is only 1 thermostat across all 3 units.  It is an old hot water / cast iron radiator system.  I currently set the thermostat at 72 in the "coldest room" and pay about $3000/yea...

HiWe have a 8-unit building and it uses centralized gas heating, in winter season, we're paying around $800 each month in gas cost, in non-winter season it's about $300 in gas. We want to replace our current gas heati...

Hi,In a  legal 3 family home when each unit is separately metered (heat, water tanks, electric) who pays for what? Is it legal to have each tenant pay for their own heat, water in general, and hot water?  The property...

I just bought a 2-Flat in very cold Chicago weather.  It is winterized so the furnace(Heat) is not on.  Is there any chance of freezing if it is winterized?  I was thinking of starting furnace with my Contractor this ...

I have a once triplex converted to a duplex that I’m turning back into a triplex . hope that didn’t get too confusing.So I’m trying to figure out the best way to supply all 3 units with sufficient hot water in the mos...

I have a property that has 3/4 units heat turned on. Unfortunately, a tenant left and didn’t pay his electric bill. The soonest the electric company can come out and turn on heat to the unit is 8 days from today. The ...

Good day. Winter is coming and it's really annoying. I'm planning to buy a tankless water heater. I checked all of the water heater on Amazon and in this site http://www.elreviews.com/tankless-water-heater-reviews/. T...