Bostonians…… what’s the possible reason why we had almost $500 credit applied to our water bill? This is the first water bill since we bought this house and moved in.
I don’t see anything on closing statement about water bills.
Bostonians…… what’s the possible reason why we had almost $500 credit applied to our water bill? This is the first water bill since we bought this house and moved in.
I don’t see anything on closing statement about water bills.
@corgidad @universalhub If they were doing estimated billing, and then did an actual reading of the meter (and the house was empty for a month or two and not using the average amount of water) you could see possibly something like that. Though weird to see a credit on first bill unless left over from previous owners. Only way to be sure is to call them up and ask...
@corgidad @universalhub
Sounds like the last several bills paid by seller were based on estimated normal usage, but house vacant for showing used far less water than normal.
Selling RE Agent missed a trick not getting a final reading and getting the credit for the seller.
@n1vux @universalhub thank you!
@jeffluszcz @universalhub the only reason I can think of is that the previous owner overpaid ……