What can we do if we just rented a house and were not told about people who have access to the water that we pay for?
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What can we do if we just rented a house and were not told about people who have access to the water that we pay for?
The landlord and the person who rents the farmland behind my house have an arrangement that the land renters can use the water from the house (they pay the landlord for it’s use). This wasn’t told to me before I signed the lease. The water is now in my name. When I brought it up to the landlord he raged and told me it’s never been a problem before and expects me to pay for it because it’s such a small amount. Am I blowing this out of proportion? It’s a small amount, I don’t really care. I just think I should have been informed of it before I signed a lease.
Asked on August 2, 2011 Georgia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
When you entered into the lease with th landlord you agreed to pay a certain amount to the landlord for the property possessed with no hidden charges. The law is that the landlord is required to advise you of all terms about the lease be the lease written or oral.
He failed to advise you before you entered into the lease about others who use the very same water that you pay rent for and that others pay usage for to the very same landlord that you pay the water bill for.
In essence, the landlord is double charging two sets of water users for the very same water where this fact was not disclosed to you after the lease was entered into.
You could tell the landlord that from now on you are only paying one half of the agreed upon water bill.
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