Re: WATER CONSUMPTION

@Whale said:
Peter – your tenants can’t be held responsible for amounts arising from leakage, but in NSW the Residential Tenancies Act prescribes that where a property is individually metered for water, the tenant is required to pay for all water so consumed. 

So upon receipt of each Water Supply Invoice for your property, all you need to do is pay the total amount shown which will typically be itemised for service availability (water & sewerage) and for the metered water usage, and then provide a copy of that paid Invoice to your tenants (via your Property Manager / Agent) who must then reimburse you for the metered water usage component of the total invoice (only).

Thank you. That is quite clear but I forgot to mention that the property is in Queensland! Does that change anything? Yes, of course, I’ll pay for the leak and the water but I suspect the tenants are running a business from the house but that’s another story!

Peter M.