Working from home? That will be extra. Renters rage over new fee

jnyst1985 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t understand. If you’re home more, you’re already likely to pay more in utilities. But now landlords want to charge more for “wear”? Sounds like greed to me.

	▲	pdimitar 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nothing more to understand, your reading sounds exactly right to me. Rent-seekers wanting ever more income, color me surprised.

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chiph 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is because of additional power & water costs? The landlord should install individual meters on the units. Or at least sub-meter, so they can be paid accurately by the residents. Offering unlimited utilities is a stupid mistake by a landlord.

	▲	DangitBobby 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But if they do that they can't pocket the difference between what they charge and what the utilities actually cost

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jerlam 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49027039 (34 comments)

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digitalsushi 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Makes sense. Retired people already pay a surcharge because they're home all day so why not work from home people too?

	▲	mikhailfranco 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think the basis of this is the same as WFH, which has not been mentioned in the article or the comments: insurance, mostly on probabilities of fire and injury.
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