miller6161
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
We have a fairly new husband/wife tenant in our small 650sqft 1br condo here in SoCal. They have an "all utilities included" option in the lease. A nice couple - he's full time miltary, she's housewife. Incredible credit, setup auto-draft payment and everything been good so far for the first couple of months.
But, within the 2nd month month - electricity (there's no gas) has jumped almost 3x - last bill even shows +161% from "same month last year" (when we had a family of 3 in there!!!) Last 2 months' bills have been $170+ each.
I can't believe it. The MOST we've EVER seen the bill at anytime, by anyone was $65, including the family of 3 (during the same 'summer' time). Average over 6 years has been literally under $45. When calculating our cost for the all utilities included options, we calculated $75. There is no A/C. It's on the coast of SoCal averaging 72deg year round. My only assumption is that they bought a window A/C and keeping the place at 50deg. (I run 2 window A/C's in my 850sqft house and never see the bill over $100) They're running $170. I honestly can't imagine what they're doing. Seriously, i've lived here for 14 yrs in small condos, homes, apartments, and even my own small 3 office business (where i do crank the A/C and get to $120). . and NEVER have seen anything near these amounts.
So, I'm here to investigate options before confronting tenant. I'm going to find out what's up, to see if anything is wrong (i doubt it) or just what? But my question is what do I do with any information found? {I've already had 2 friends ask the proverbial "WTF . . they growing pot?" lol} I want to know some options before confronting.
Our lease has no limits, stated or implied. Just the usual "all utilities included". Can there be any "reasonable limits" enforced? If they were even near $100 i'd likely let it go as it's not worth it, but we're talking over $160 .. i'm losing almost $100 month on this)
I *know* that i have to find out more details first, but I'll be more comfortable confronting them knowing options. This is a first for me after a handful of no-hassle tenants. I know one thing . . no more all utilities included options, already.
Thanks in advance for feedback.
We have a fairly new husband/wife tenant in our small 650sqft 1br condo here in SoCal. They have an "all utilities included" option in the lease. A nice couple - he's full time miltary, she's housewife. Incredible credit, setup auto-draft payment and everything been good so far for the first couple of months.
But, within the 2nd month month - electricity (there's no gas) has jumped almost 3x - last bill even shows +161% from "same month last year" (when we had a family of 3 in there!!!) Last 2 months' bills have been $170+ each.
I can't believe it. The MOST we've EVER seen the bill at anytime, by anyone was $65, including the family of 3 (during the same 'summer' time). Average over 6 years has been literally under $45. When calculating our cost for the all utilities included options, we calculated $75. There is no A/C. It's on the coast of SoCal averaging 72deg year round. My only assumption is that they bought a window A/C and keeping the place at 50deg. (I run 2 window A/C's in my 850sqft house and never see the bill over $100) They're running $170. I honestly can't imagine what they're doing. Seriously, i've lived here for 14 yrs in small condos, homes, apartments, and even my own small 3 office business (where i do crank the A/C and get to $120). . and NEVER have seen anything near these amounts.
So, I'm here to investigate options before confronting tenant. I'm going to find out what's up, to see if anything is wrong (i doubt it) or just what? But my question is what do I do with any information found? {I've already had 2 friends ask the proverbial "WTF . . they growing pot?" lol} I want to know some options before confronting.
Our lease has no limits, stated or implied. Just the usual "all utilities included". Can there be any "reasonable limits" enforced? If they were even near $100 i'd likely let it go as it's not worth it, but we're talking over $160 .. i'm losing almost $100 month on this)
I *know* that i have to find out more details first, but I'll be more comfortable confronting them knowing options. This is a first for me after a handful of no-hassle tenants. I know one thing . . no more all utilities included options, already.
Thanks in advance for feedback.