Ok..so I am renting a house and the hot water is leaking. The landlord is doing repairs but due to the leak my gas bill is instead of $40.00 its $241.99. Should the landlord take the difference off my rent?
2007-12-16 07:55:27 · 6 answers · asked by mama2three 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Your bill increase is either due to your heater being on more with the cold weather or a mistake by your gas company. A hot water leak may cause the bill to increase by a couple of bucks (1-5% increase), but not jump like that.
2007-12-16 08:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by Landlord 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A hot water leak will increase the amount of time your water heater stays on, and your gas bill will go up. You say the outside of the heater should "already be hot", but water heaters are heavily insulated to reduce environmental influence, so the outside temperature has little to do with the temperature of the water inside the tank, especially when a leak is slowly draining the tank. The cold water that replaces what trickles out lowers the water temperature, and the heater kicks on. If all your leaks plumbing leaks have been fixed, have you considered that maybe you have a gas leak? You might get down by the fixtures and sniff around for gas.
2016-05-24 05:54:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long have you been at the place? It is next to impossible for the gas bill to go from $40 to $241, just due to a leak. Due you have several bills to show for the jump?
Since your bill jumped so much, you should call the gas company, and have them do an inspection. It is free of charge, and may give you something to negotiate with your landlord. I think that the chance of him paying it, is next to none. However, you can always ask.
2007-12-16 08:08:07 · answer #3 · answered by pnk517 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect that your gas bill isn't going to be as low as $40.00 after the leak is repaired. You'd have to have huge amounts of water leaking in order to run up $200 in water heating costs.
In my landlording experience, I don't give in to demands such as you suggest, purely because they are generally grossly inflated. I will make a reasonable adjustment, but I'm guessing yours isn't reasonable.
2007-12-16 08:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by acermill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would ? that bill . cause that is a lot of hot water which can be verified by the water bills. u would have to have a constant faucet open not a leak. does the rental have water damage?
check with utlities and see if it was not an 'actual reading adjustment.'
looking for an adjustment on bill , nay.
2007-12-16 08:08:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course. your other choice is
to contact your utility company and
offer to make 120% payments for
6 mo; so, you would be making
40 + $8 and in 24 mo, you would
be paid up to date--or in full.
or......quickly seek insurance to
cover this mess.
[for what it is worth, you can write this
off your taxes]
2007-12-16 08:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by kemperk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋