The former management couple for my apartment complex just retired and the management company bought the complex behind us. That one has had tenant behavior problems as has mine. I can understand with this new growth why the company is bearing down on us in regard to rules. That's not a bad thing in and of itself. But in this case I feel like they are trying to enforce a rule that isn't.
We don't pay for water as tenants. It's shared. I got a text message that the new manager sent en masse about another building. (I think it's just easier for her to send all rather than look up all the numbers of the people in that particular building.) She received a "water usage warning" and wants to know whose toilet or sink is running and needs to be fixed. They are threatening inspections on Friday if it's not resolved.
With 16 units in each building I don't think a running faucet is necessarily the cause. It could be long showers or extra baths or the countertop dishwashers some people have. Or it could be countertop clothes washers like mine which is the cause for concern. Running 2 to 3 loads in mine uses about as much water as a bath because it's small and due to design, needs a minimum of water that doesn't even cover all the clothing. It spins like a front-loader. Plus, I catch the rinse water from my spin dryer and use that to wash the next load.
*But I have a feeling they are looking for reasons to find washers for dishes or clothes*, against which there is no rule. Well, at least I don't think there's anything in my lease. And there is certainly no water usage limit for any tenant. How are they going to enforce that? Forbid people to take more than one bath a week? Limit people to 5 minute showers? We can only wash one load of dishes a day? (Most of us hand wash, which uses more water.)
It could totally just be that there really is a running toilet or something and that's that. It's not even my building. And then again, this could mean trouble.
I do notice that the boom is lowered only on some. In October we were told no living room furniture on the porches and banging-the-wall dude next to me has an easy chair out there. Some cars were towed and others left.
And I'm getting sick of the emails and texts and notes on our doors. Yes, I got the memo about the cover sheet on my TPS report.
We don't pay for water as tenants. It's shared. I got a text message that the new manager sent en masse about another building. (I think it's just easier for her to send all rather than look up all the numbers of the people in that particular building.) She received a "water usage warning" and wants to know whose toilet or sink is running and needs to be fixed. They are threatening inspections on Friday if it's not resolved.
With 16 units in each building I don't think a running faucet is necessarily the cause. It could be long showers or extra baths or the countertop dishwashers some people have. Or it could be countertop clothes washers like mine which is the cause for concern. Running 2 to 3 loads in mine uses about as much water as a bath because it's small and due to design, needs a minimum of water that doesn't even cover all the clothing. It spins like a front-loader. Plus, I catch the rinse water from my spin dryer and use that to wash the next load.
*But I have a feeling they are looking for reasons to find washers for dishes or clothes*, against which there is no rule. Well, at least I don't think there's anything in my lease. And there is certainly no water usage limit for any tenant. How are they going to enforce that? Forbid people to take more than one bath a week? Limit people to 5 minute showers? We can only wash one load of dishes a day? (Most of us hand wash, which uses more water.)
It could totally just be that there really is a running toilet or something and that's that. It's not even my building. And then again, this could mean trouble.
I do notice that the boom is lowered only on some. In October we were told no living room furniture on the porches and banging-the-wall dude next to me has an easy chair out there. Some cars were towed and others left.
And I'm getting sick of the emails and texts and notes on our doors. Yes, I got the memo about the cover sheet on my TPS report.
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