State Specific Question About: ARIZONA (AZ)

I have a rental property that has a min house and a guesthouse. both are rented. The agreement was for the tenants in the main house to pay all the utlities for the main and the guesthouse(it is in the lease. I just found out the water is to be shut off on Monday. She is leaving the end on Oct. I don't want to turn on the water for her. The person in the guesthouse had been made aware of this. They understand and will use bottled water from me until she is gone. They have another place for showers.

Have you ever seen a house that has been occupied for a month with no water service?

Has the person in the main house paid rent?

What is the whole story here?

The person in the Main House has not paid rent. The person in the guesthouse has paid .

the lease on the main house ends Oct 31. They wanted to used the security deposit as last months rent. I said NO. it is spelled out in the lease sec dep is NOT rent and cannot be used for rent. The person in the main house ask me to put water in my name as they didn't have $ for Sec Dep and Rent on the new place and their utl. I am not putting the water in my name as long as they are there.

Start eviction NOW!! Get it, NOW!

You will have to abate rent for the back house until it has water again.. What is that going to cost daily?

What happens when the back house gets fed up and calls the health department and building department?

Start eviction now, and keep water on for the back tenant.

I have served the 5 day notice on the 2nd. My rents are due on the 1st and no grace period. late on the 2nd.

I guess I'll just have to wait for the 7th and go to court to get the evection started.

I have already told the guesthouse no rent until he get water.

Can I shut off the water (per the shut off valve) to the main house and just have water in the guesthouse?

So, the person in the guest house who is current on rent will use your bottle water. Are you going to pour 100 bottles of bottle water through a shower head when the tenant showers on a daily basis? I bet each toilet flush will cost you $5 in bottle water too.

It's NOT practical.

John

Me agian. I see you posted at the same time I posted my last response.

No you can not shut off the water to the main house.

I think it's time YOU hire a lawyer that specializes in evictions and take a backseat before you get sued.

John

If YOU don't pay the water bill, will the city put a lien on your property? MOST LIKELY YES.

Cool down because that is waht will get you in trouble.

John

You didn't just YELL at a bunch of landlords that are offering free advice to you did you?

Pound sand lady.. I have better things to do with MY time than help YOU sort out YOUR mess. Put a crow bar in your wallet and call a lawyer.

Judy,

No I didn't mean to Yell at anyone. all the help is very much appreciated.

In Az the City isn't involved only the water company. The water is not in my name and I have no responsablity for the current bill.

I do not have to supply the main house with water. All the ultitiles are in the tenants name not mine. I can just have it turn on for the guesthouse, which I will do on Mon.

You have a legal obligation to provide a HABITABLE unit for the guesthouse tenant. That includes running water and hot water as well.

You'd best have the water put in your name ASAP....then build the cost into the rent for the new main house tenant.

It is not fair anyway for the main house to pay for usage from other tenants in the other spaces anyway.

The main house tenant agreed to the payment of all utl for a reduced rent.

You can not be for real? I for one hope the back tenant reports you to the local zoning authorities for its landlord’s like you that places a pox on the rest of us,

It’s obvious that you have an illegal rental, it will come back to bite you again and again with the arraignment you are trying to implement, any decent tenant in the main house is going to balk at having to pay all the utilities for the back rental, so no limit on the electric bill?

the sooner zoning shuts you down the better

You may not be responsible for water to the main house but you most certainly ARE responsible for water to the guest house and must provide it before the city shuts you down for having a non-habitable rental property.

This is a habitability issue. Get the eviction going NOW with a good lawyer and get that person out. Get the water on NOW in your name and never let the tenant take it over again. Simply add the water bill fee to his rent since you have this crazy situation.

Yes, it is legal.

1. I have moved the g/h tenant to another unit at my expense. that problem GONE.

2. I have no obligation to provide water for the main house. Although I would had they paid the rent.

She is not hearing us. The problem is not gone. It is waiting to happen again until you make the right and legal decisions. With your stubborn attitude it will probably take you getting sued for you to wake up and do what is correct.

We are trying and failing to make you understand

this. So be it.