For rental owners in Charlottesville, Virginia, water submetering is the simplest way to recover your full water bill instead of paying for water your tenants use but never see. Charlottesville’s rental market runs on the University of Virginia, and the off-campus housing is dominated by student rentals owned by individual landlords. These run from converted houses and duplexes to small apartment buildings near Grounds. A student renter with no water bill has little reason to shorten a shower or report a leak, and with new tenants each fall, the waste starts over on every lease. True Submeter gives Charlottesville owners a straightforward way to put an individual water meter on each unit, so each tenant is billed only for what they actually run. Usage comes down, billing disputes go away, and your net operating income improves, with most owners recovering the full cost within about six months. In a market that fills and empties with the UVA calendar, billing each unit for its own water keeps that turnover from eating your margin.
