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Why do tenants demand electric sub meters? (1)

Efficient management of electricity bills benefits not only the tenants but landlords too. Jim Haliburton’s number 1 money-saving tip for landlords is to install electric sub meters – Jim finds this cut the electric bill by half. This is th...

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Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 4

 Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 3   Electric sub meters are popular in HMO buildings as a way to accurately track individual energy usage and allocate costs fairly. However, while these landlord meters can b...

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Should multi-let Landlords ditch "Bills Included"?

Should multi-let Landlords ditch "Bills Included"?   Peter Hemple asks what challenges multi-let landlords face as we enter a winter like no other.  We might start to see more individually metered rooms which some forward-thinking landlords...

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Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 3

 Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 3     Electric sub meters are popular in multi-let buildings as a way to accurately track individual energy usage and allocate costs fairly. However, while these landlord mete...

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Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 2

Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 2   Electric sub meters are popular in multi-let buildings as a way to accurately track individual energy usage and allocate costs fairly. However, while these landlord meters ...

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Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 1

Electric Sub Meters for ADU Homes: An Owner's Experience | Part 1   Electric sub meters are popular in multi-let buildings as a way to accurately track individual energy usage and allocate costs fairly. However, while these landlord meters ...

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Electric Sub Meters can reduce costs during energy price increases

winter approaches amid rising energy costs, many of us will need to take steps to save on electricity costs. You may want to consider installing electric sub meters as a way to reduce your energy costs.  Reducing energy costs with Metro Pre...

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Questions and Answers About Electric Sub Meters For Multi-let Properties

Questions and Answers About Electric Sub Meters For ADU Housing   Jim Haliburton Answers Everything You Want And Need To Know About Fitting Prepay Meters in multi-let properties. These questions and answers are from a HMO Daddy publication....

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Electric Sub Meters for Landlords and Tenants| Metro Prepaid

Electric Sub Meters for Landlords and Tenants   Metro Prepaid has developed an efficient way for US Landlords to manage electricity usage and collect payments from tenants.   Metro Prepaid electric sub meters are suitable for a range of res...

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Does your ADU property lead on climate change?

Does your ADU property lead on climate change?     Are multi-let properties more energy efficient per unit of accommodation than single residential dwellings? Anecdotal evidence suggests that by optimising the use of space and sharing cert...

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How to Install a Metro Prepaid Electric Sub Meter

How to Install a Metro Prepaid Electric Sub Meter     This blog post is an edited transcript of a video done by Girshwin on Youtube.     Please note:  you need to get a trusted local electrician or a technically competent person for the ele...

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What Jim Haliburton says about Metro Prepaid Electric Meters

What HMO Daddy, Jim Haliburton says about Metro Prepaid Electric Meters HMO Daddy, Jim Haliburton, has been a full time property investor, he owns J9 accommodation. He has used Metro Prepaid electric sub meters for his landlord elect...

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10 Ways Metro Prepaid's Electric Meters Improve ADU Management

10 Ways Metro Prepaid's Electric Meters Improve ADU Management   Some landlords address the need to control usage and collect payment for utilities with the use of check or kilowatt hour “kWh” meters. These are readable meters that typicall...

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How do tenants buy Metro Codes for Metro Prepaid meters at PayPoint stores

How do tenants buy Metro Codes for meters at PayPoint stores?     This blog post is an edited transcript of a video done by Girshwin on Youtube.     So you have just installed a Metro Prepaid electric sub meter for your tenants as a landlor...

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Metro Prepaid Sub Meter vs Check/Credit Meter

Metro Prepaid Sub Meter vs Check/Credit Meter   This blog post is an edited transcript of a video done by Girshwin on YouTube.      We're going to look at the differences between a credit meter and a Metro Prepaid electric sub meter. What a...

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How to Register a Metro Prepaid Electric Sub Meter?

  Have you as a landlord or electrician just bought a Metro Prepaid electricity sub meter from your local electrical wholesaler and want to know how to register these electric sub meters? Read on to get the answer. Ways to Register a Metro ...

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Metro Prepaid Sub Meter vs Card Meter

This blog post is an edited transcript of a video done by Girshwin on Youtube. We're going to look at the differences between a regular old card meter and the Metro Prepaid sub meter and let's see what are the pros and cons of usi...

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How To Save Money On Your ADU

How To Save Money On Your ADU   This blog post is an edited transcript of a video done by Arsh Ellahi on Youtube.     I've got something really valuable as a top tip for all multi-let owners and property owners. I'm going to be telling you ...

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Why Do Tenants Demand Prepay Meters?

Efficient management of electricity bills benefits not only the tenants but landlords too.   HMO Daddy Jim Haliburton’s number 1 money-saving tip for multi-let property landlords is to install electric sub meters – Jim finds this cut the el...

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Landlords Slash Install Costs with Electric Meters | Metro Prepaid

Some landlords are cutting their install costs by as much as 75% with pre-pay electric sub-meters. Electric Sub meters are inexpensive and can o­ften be installed using much of the existing infrastructure and without running new supply cabl...

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How Electric Sub Meters Reduce Costs Versus Coin and Card Meters

Metro Prepaid's sub meters increase efficiency vs. coin, card and check meters Metro Prepaid now gives Landlords the advantage of installing electric sub meters for tenants which can replace coin, card or check meters. With electric sub ...

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How to Install an Electric Sub Meter

How to Install an Electric Sub Meter   Landlords with tenants should contact their electrician for advice.Prepaid sub meters are available from most electrical wholesalers and hardware stores. Ensure that the meter you buy is MID certifi...

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