ᐅ Recording Electricity Consumption in a Rented Garage – Best Practices?
Created on: 29 Jun 2017 12:55
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MaxPower90
MaxPower9029 Jun 2017 12:55Hello everyone,
I own a small condominium with a garage in the same building. I have rented out the condominium to one person and plan to rent the garage to another. The garage has electricity, and there is a shared meter for both the condominium and the garage.
The garage tenant will not use much electricity. However, I don’t want to secretly pass these costs on to the apartment tenant. I think that would be unfair.
There are locks available for power outlets, so I could limit the garage electricity to one outlet. There are also digital power meters, although they are not officially calibrated.
Do you see a way to handle this fairly and accurately? So far, I haven’t come up with a solution I’m fully satisfied with.
I own a small condominium with a garage in the same building. I have rented out the condominium to one person and plan to rent the garage to another. The garage has electricity, and there is a shared meter for both the condominium and the garage.
The garage tenant will not use much electricity. However, I don’t want to secretly pass these costs on to the apartment tenant. I think that would be unfair.
There are locks available for power outlets, so I could limit the garage electricity to one outlet. There are also digital power meters, although they are not officially calibrated.
Do you see a way to handle this fairly and accurately? So far, I haven’t come up with a solution I’m fully satisfied with.
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Hausbauer129 Jun 2017 17:31It would only get really expensive if the tenant in the garage were to always charge their electric car there.
We experienced this in a previous apartment. Someone was always charging their electric car using the shared electricity at one of the parking spaces. Using a regular outlet seems to take a long time; the car was connected for days.
Since the underground garage was very large, and the electricity cost was spread among everyone, it hardly made a difference, so no one complained. But if it were just a single garage, I wouldn’t find it fair to have to pay for someone else’s usage.
That’s why I think your idea to separate the costs clearly is very commendable.
We experienced this in a previous apartment. Someone was always charging their electric car using the shared electricity at one of the parking spaces. Using a regular outlet seems to take a long time; the car was connected for days.
Since the underground garage was very large, and the electricity cost was spread among everyone, it hardly made a difference, so no one complained. But if it were just a single garage, I wouldn’t find it fair to have to pay for someone else’s usage.
That’s why I think your idea to separate the costs clearly is very commendable.
Did the condominium owner sign the electricity contract themselves, or did you handle it?
The latter seems quite unusual to me, but in my opinion it would be a prerequisite for you to carry out your plan. Either each unit has its own electricity supply, or you route it back through the garage.
The latter seems quite unusual to me, but in my opinion it would be a prerequisite for you to carry out your plan. Either each unit has its own electricity supply, or you route it back through the garage.
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