cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?message-squaremessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down120
arrow-up1392arrow-down1message-squareMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square97linkfedilink
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMine used to give me free water and natural gas. I filled my waterbed with hot water when I moved in. Years later, they changed it over so that the whole building was metered and the price was divided.
minus-squareSirEDCaLot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s a legal. Metered utilities can be either included in the rent, or metered on a per unit basis. In this setup, if your neighbor uses a lot of utilities your bill will go up. That’s why this is illegal.
minus-squareADTJ@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt’s illegal everywhere in the world? Seems an odd thing to come together on
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agolooking into my state code, it’s legal if it’s in the lease and they did ammend the lease on renewal to include it. Morale? no. Legal here? it would appear to be.
Mine used to give me free water and natural gas. I filled my waterbed with hot water when I moved in.
Years later, they changed it over so that the whole building was metered and the price was divided.
That’s a legal. Metered utilities can be either included in the rent, or metered on a per unit basis. In this setup, if your neighbor uses a lot of utilities your bill will go up. That’s why this is illegal.
It’s illegal everywhere in the world?
Seems an odd thing to come together on
looking into my state code, it’s legal if it’s in the lease and they did ammend the lease on renewal to include it.
Morale? no. Legal here? it would appear to be.