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Chris V. Sub-metering a small residential building
3 January 2018 | 4 replies

Hi All,Hope this is the right place to ask; I am in the process of buying some additional property and one of the new properties is a Triplex that does not have individual meters for Gas/Electric/Water for each unit. ...

Mike P. Water sub-metering, monitoring and billing
20 January 2018 | 5 replies

I own a duplex. The previous owner had the water line split after it enters the basement. Each unit has it's own line and those lines have Sensus digital water meters on them. Old landlord had Guardian Water and Power...

Connor Deneen Another question about RUBS/sub-metering
20 November 2019 | 2 replies

Hi everyone, I am currently under contract for a 4 unit property, looking to bill back the tenants for their utilities each month via RUBS if I find the cost to install individual sub meters to be too high (In the pro...

Justin Spillers Utility Allocation if No Sub-Meters
18 July 2016 | 4 replies

Hello, I have a 7-unit apartment complex and currently the water and sewage are not sub-metered per unit, we get one bill for the whole building without a breakdown. Can I legally require each tenant to pay for a shar...

Darren Budahn Sub-metering a Multifamily in Milwaukee
11 June 2016 | 8 replies

Does anyone have any experience sub-metering a 4plex in Milwaukee?  I was just curious if anyone had a ballpark figure as to how much this would cost and what the variables would be that would factor into the cost to ...

Steven Scott Tenants Not Paying Sub Metered Property
25 September 2016 | 3 replies

Hello BP Community.I am in talks to purchase a 20+ unit apartment building in So Cal for 1,450,000. I went over the property operations and agent just disclosed units are sub-metered for electricity.  Agent said that ...

Elizabeth L. Sub Meter for tenants Water Bill
20 January 2020 | 14 replies

Hi, does anyone have experience with installing a sub-meter for their rental property so you can bill your tenants for water? I'm looking to do this for my 3 family home in New Jersey but don't know where to start. Do...

Ardel Alegre Sub-metering for water on mulifamily
5 April 2023 | 3 replies

Just got under contract for my first investment property! The property does not come with submetering for water. Is it best to install a submeter, and how much does that usually cost? I also read somewhere that there ...

Karl Kauper Water sub-metering - Is there a way for me to sub-meter my older, brick 12-unit?
26 March 2023 | 2 replies

I own a 12-unit, 3-story brick MF in Euclid, OH. I am paying the water bills because the units are not individually metered for water. I believe that to install conventional water meters would be cost-prohibitive, but...

Joey Newton How to sub meter H2O in multifamily?
8 January 2019 | 9 replies

Good morning BP universe!I recently purchased a pair of 4 families in the St. Louis county area, and I am a total virgin when it comes to this. I want to sub meter each unit's water, so I would non longer have to bear...