Rental Property Investor · NY · Member since 2018 · 72 posts · 20 votes
I am doing a gut reno on a 2 family house in Newark. The tenants will be responsible for their own heat and electricity. There is a shared hallway. I was not planning to heat the hallways as that cost will fall on me. Just wondering how others are handling this and if there is anything else I should consider as I make this decision.
if the hallway is individually metered you will be responsible for the electrical costs for those lights as well and would not be much more cost to pay for the heat.
I would see over the next few months as you are doing the reno if the heating on both sides will heat the hallway appropriately because if it is a non issue and both units heat the hallway fine then you are good to go. But if they don't then the monthly cost of one "house meter" 's worth of heat will be much more cost effective than time spent mitigating the damage of a potential frozen or busted pipe come winter time.