On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 7:36:00 PM UTC-4, taxed and spent wrote:
"trader_4" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 4:49:33 PM UTC-4, taxed and spent wrote:
"Tekkie®" wrote in message
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John G posted for all of us...



I share a well with my neighbor we have 2 dwelling condo. My unit
concest
of myself, and her unit has 3 people as of now. We share the
following
which are all connected to my electric
Meter... well pump, water conditioner system, electric base board
heater
that keeps the pump room warm during the winter all in a room in my
garage. Also a sprinkle system that shared on the front property.
It's
a
50/50 shared property. She had nationally agreed with hand shake
when
she bought the unit next to me back November 2014, I came up with a
charge $ 50.00 which she agreed and was paying this till past May
2015
she stopped paying her monthly obligation To me. I was willing to
drop
the price down, she putting up a fight. She is reneging On
everything, I
had no choice put to seek legal advice and the issue is still not
resolved. She wanted to use a kill- a- watt gizmo in my garage, I'm
Not her landlord to be checking each day that this gizmo is
functioning
Right, and again given her the convenience Every month timeing this
and
that off my electric bill. I think not... It's not the long term
solution,
especially if I want to sell my unit no one wants to be involved with
a
gizmo. Then my neighbors chopped up with a internet chart from
Runstone
Electric Association energy from
Alexandra M,N from 2014, We live here in New Jersey not M,N. The
chart
says it varies from family to family. She only wants to pay $ 15.00
a
month for her Calculations We're wrong from that chart, also there
was
no mention how much a sprinkler system runs on electric, my neighbor
has
no idea.... I think the best solution would be a second well... Do
you
have any other ideas, well can be costly, she would have to pay half
since it's a shared property..

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Is there no mention of this arrangement in the property deeds?

I think it would be easier and cheaper to put in a separate electric
meter for the common elements. Another thought is to have your own
private water meters installed. Get a quote from a plumber and maybe
they can be installed where everyone can read them.

John Grabowski
http://www.MrElectrician.TV


+1
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big bucks to the utility company for the new service, though.

And who pays for that? Plus it only solves a part of the problem.
Who paid for the well, pump, water softener, sprinkler system
and maintenance, replacement as needed, etc? If the OP is responsible
for that, paying for the salt for the water softener, doing the work,
I say the electric usage is largely irrelevant, $50 a months sounds
very reasonable to me even if the electric portion is only $15.

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Nothing is reasonable without facts. OP has none. OP doesn't want to
determine what the facts are. And I think he would be nuts to take an
amount in excess of the actual electric costs without the FACTS regarding
capital costs, reserve requirements, etc.

In other words, he should be doing this in a responsible manner, like condos
(and others) do. But he resists. I'm done with him. This is a simple
matter. Get 'er done!

I disagree. If he's lugging the salt home, paying for it, maintaining
the softener, the neighbor has no responsibility for paying for repairs
to the system, the pump, the well, the heater, etc, then $50 is a
reasonable price for softened water for a household of 3. It's not
out of line for many municipal water bills.

To gather the hard data isn't a trivial or inexpensive exercise.
And then, assuming the neighbor is not responsible for splitting
the above system costs, you're still left with what is a reasonable
charge for unexpected maintenance, depreciation, etc. I'd have
no problem paying $50 a month for softened water for a family of
three plus watering of a large yard. The neighbor doesn't like it,
maybe she should come up with the detailed investigation and analysis
of all of the above.