Long term visitors raise water bill

[Jose Quinones]

Bottom line up front: how much time is too much time for visitors? 25%-50% of the month? 75%?? 

My water bills are high…I think it’s because my tenants have their bf/gf there all the time. Not “living” but stay there a lot. 

I’d like to send a notification addressing this to my tenants. Any suggestions on how to word it? I’m gonna add a clause to the leases too but again, how much time? What should it say?

Don’t want it to sound like a threat of some “finger wagging” or “slap on the wrist”

[Greg Scott]

Most of the NAA-based leases that I have seen have specific language about how long a guest can stay.  Does yours?

The absolute best thing you can do is reinforce and enforce language that is in your lease.  That way it is not nagging or scolding. You are simply making them uphold their end of the contract.