Hey guys and girls,
I just thought i would put the situation out there for feedback and opinions. The situation goes, its a residential property with a detached garage with a granny flat on top. Both tenanted with separate metering for each occupancy, for explainations sake lets call tenant A the house and tenant B the granny flat.
Built like this from a few years back, and have not had any issues until now. The new tenants in the granny flat have raised the issue that they are being charged for usage that they are not responsible for in the garage, which is occupied by the tenant A.
Tenant B claim that they have been absent from the property for 2 weeks, with no electricals left on, and have recorded there was a leap of 50kw/hr in their metering in those 2 weeks and have calculated based on a peak rate of 50c per kw/hr, equating to around $12.5 a week. With logic they claim that so in a month their usage is up to $50 extra and are seeking a rent reduction of $15 a week to compensate.
Speaking to tenant A whom have occupied the premise since 2012, they admit that they frequently use the garage as a workshop to work on their car, and have agreed to run an extension lead from the main house out to garage to avoid using tenant B electricity.
The PM has also explained that tenant A pays for water usage for both premises since the water meter could not be divided, is this not sufficient as tenant B doesnt pay for water usage?
Being an existing, detached building and so a rewire of the electrical not financially plausible, what can be possible permanent solutions so that both tenants can live happily ever after until the end of tenant B lease. Also they have mentioned breaking the lease if nothing is done about it and that they are not compensated for the existing charges, should I be worried?
I just thought i would put the situation out there for feedback and opinions. The situation goes, its a residential property with a detached garage with a granny flat on top. Both tenanted with separate metering for each occupancy, for explainations sake lets call tenant A the house and tenant B the granny flat.
Built like this from a few years back, and have not had any issues until now. The new tenants in the granny flat have raised the issue that they are being charged for usage that they are not responsible for in the garage, which is occupied by the tenant A.
Tenant B claim that they have been absent from the property for 2 weeks, with no electricals left on, and have recorded there was a leap of 50kw/hr in their metering in those 2 weeks and have calculated based on a peak rate of 50c per kw/hr, equating to around $12.5 a week. With logic they claim that so in a month their usage is up to $50 extra and are seeking a rent reduction of $15 a week to compensate.
Speaking to tenant A whom have occupied the premise since 2012, they admit that they frequently use the garage as a workshop to work on their car, and have agreed to run an extension lead from the main house out to garage to avoid using tenant B electricity.
The PM has also explained that tenant A pays for water usage for both premises since the water meter could not be divided, is this not sufficient as tenant B doesnt pay for water usage?
Being an existing, detached building and so a rewire of the electrical not financially plausible, what can be possible permanent solutions so that both tenants can live happily ever after until the end of tenant B lease. Also they have mentioned breaking the lease if nothing is done about it and that they are not compensated for the existing charges, should I be worried?