Hmmmmm. I remember giving the tenant to House #1 a form with all the utilities and phone numbers, so that he could get everything setup. He did tell me that he set up the gas, and I transferred the water accoutn myself. Also, a few days after he moved in, the electric company sent me a bill up to the time he moved in, so that account was transferred, too. That only left one more mandatory utility he had to set up: the sewer.
In my city, the sewer, garbage, and water are all paid through one bill to the city. House #1 resides in another town where everything is split out. Sewer is maintained by the city and water is supplied by a MUD (municipal utility district). The MUD and the city have an agreement that if the user does not open a sewer account, they'll turn off the water. Anyway, when I spoke to the tenant last Friday, he said he "believed" he set up the sewer account, but wasn't 100% sure. Of course, to me that meant "no", so I called the city today to verify. Interestingly enough, they showed it as having NO ownership. IOW, when the old tenants left, they marked them off of the account, but never put me back on! After getting that straightened out, the lady said she was going to send a letter to the tenant telling them they have three days to connect service or they'll stop the water. She also said she'd backtrack the bill to start on Dec 9th (the day I told her he moved in, which he did).
Since I used -0- gallons of water in-between, she said I won't be charged anything. Whew! Some of these utility companies charge monthly fees regardless of use, so I was surprised.
If memory serves me correctly, the city charges a $100 deposit for sewer. Anyone want to bet I get an excuse on the 19th regarding the security/pet deposit the tenant is supposed to give me?
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