We have a tenant on an annual lease who is responsible for paying all utilities, except biweekly gardening (mows lawn). Tenant received a massive water bill 10X normal, we investigated once informed and found it was due to a broken valve in irrigation & fixed it quickly. The leak wasn’t visible because the sprinklers were under the dirt. Tenant moved in in Sept, received notice in Nov about abnormal water usage but didn’t inform us until end of Dec. Looking for advice on how to approach the bill

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No. Unfortunately it's on you. Your responsibility to monitor water usage/regular maintenance.

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I don't know my friend. Maybe you don't. Just ask her to report any abnormal billing next time ASAP

Agree with D1, whatever the bill was subtract the the tenants previous month bill amount and pay the rest. The broken valve seems like it was a result of regular ware and tare, so that should be paid the owner. Additionally the excess water usage was a direct result of the valve breaking so again falls on the owner. Unless you can prove the tenants broke the valve, it’s going to be extremely difficult to have the tenant pay for that.

Going forward, all you can really do is ask the tenants to report these things as soon as they appear to prevent any excess costs.

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Faced a similar issue and paid the difference

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The leak itself isn’t the fault of the tenant but should they assume some responsibility for not letting us know immediately that the local water utility company told them there was abnormally high usage for 2 months?

That’s fair. Thanks all

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