Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill - Landlord Forum thread 340158

Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill by JamesM (Arizona) on October 22, 2015 @21:09

In my case, the water pipe was broken at the meter. I had a $400 water bill which was the first thing I noticed, and then a $300 water bill the following month after it had been fixed. I had already vacated the property by the time I received the second bill. I was considering paying the $400 bill, just out of good faith, but it's beyond that now. I wasn't negligent, there was nothing to notice. Water worked inside the house, with good pressure. There was no noise. Even when the water was shut off to the house, the leakage persisted. This is adding insult to injury because the high water bill (usually $50-60) comes as I am moving out, and interfered with my duty to clean the house. The reason I was moving out was due to a roof collapse after storm damage, so I have had some ridiculously high and sudden moving costs. The $729 water bill comes on top of that. I think that the property owners should take some responsibility, since it was their defective plumbing and their defective roof that caused all my problems.

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Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill by Anonymous on September 26, 2016 @16:48	[ Reply ]

I am a renter have been in this house since January, my water bills are a steady 50$... Well one day I see the water company running across my front porch... I didn't know who it was at first so I ran outside to see what the problem was, first off they tell me I have a hellatious water leak,an it was inside the meter box... They told me that it had been leaking for awhile, but there was no loss in pressure to water in the house nor had my bill gone up at all..as soon as they told me it was a water leak an they said it was on my side I called my property manager an then the land Lord.... The water company said that,that leak caused me to use 258000 gallons of water... My water bill is 910$ they did a reduction to 600$... My rent is 650$.. How I see it is either the landlord is either responsible for the bill, or I pay the whole bill an just pay the landlord 50$ cause that would be my whole rent.. Not to mention I'm a single mother raising three children.. How does my landlord expect me to pay the full water bill plus all the rent.... Just wondering what should be done needing advice...thanks