Re: Tenants not paying water bill - Landlord Forum thread 239789

Re: Tenants not paying water bill by M&M (MN) on November 6, 2011 @14:16

The lease states they are responsible for all utilities; the tenants pay directly to the service provider for gas, water, sewer, electricity, garbage, telephone and cable.

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Re: Tenants not paying water bill by Abby on November 6, 2011 @14:54	[ Reply ]

Sounds like you need to send them a notice to pay or face eviction. That's about the only thing you can do at this point. In the future, just add it to the rent and pay it yourself. This is a recurring problem for many landlords.

Re: Tenants not paying water bill by M&M (MN) on November 6, 2011 @14:58	[ Reply ]

I'm unclear how I can threaten eviction if they don't pay their utilities. Please clarify.

Re: Tenants not paying water bill by Anonymous on November 6, 2011 @17:13	[ Reply ]

They are not abiding by the terms of the lease. They have broken one of the terms of the lease They need to get out. Did you serve them with any notice to immediately cure or quit?

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Re: Tenants not paying water bill by ERIC on November 6, 2011 @19:39	[ Reply ]

All of the utilities can be put in a tenants name. How do they get the water bill? Most often, the tax payer gets the bill.

Re: Tenants not paying water bill by M&M (MN) on November 6, 2011 @19:42	[ Reply ]

They (the tenants) get the bill directly but when they don't pay, the city utility company comes after the property owner by sending the amount past due into the county where they apply a property tax assessment against the property.

Re: Tenants not paying water bill by Rh (OH) on November 8, 2011 @19:54	[ Reply ]

This law, or whatever you would call it, chafes my you know what. A tenant signs up for water with their s.s. #, yet if they fail to pay it falls on the homeowner. Doesn't make sense to me at all. I think that for rentals there should be different criteria, for example a quicker shut off if the bill is not paid, or a certain dollar amount due etc.