That's my point - there isn't enough information to fairly split the bill because you do not know how much power each tenant is using.
If you want to go for a gross overall split then I would agree with the 75/25 arrangement. -- Brian Lawson On Nov 17, 2010, at 1:33 PM, richardsan wrote: > well, if you require playing with the details, it will get too complicated... > your reply seemed to only take into consideration one night. > > what if dizzy sleeps with a heating pad for one week all months, hair dryer > every day, 2 showers a day...details could make it worse... > what if johnny's routine is as you described and nightly? wouldn't things > even out? > isn't it common to split the bill... > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Brian Lawson <[email protected]> wrote: > Not enough information. A straight 75/25 split may not be right based on > usage. If Dizzy comes home and goes straight to bed while Johnny comes in, > turns on all the lights and TV and plays video games all night long, how can > you possibly tell who is using how much power from just one meter? > -- > Brian Lawson > > On Nov 17, 2010, at 1:06 PM, richardsan wrote: > >> and sundry math elitists... >> johnny rico rents a suite of 3 rooms. dizzy flores rents a single room >> suite. their landlady, carmen ibanez has all 4 rooms on a single electric >> meter...what percentage of the bill should each tenant pay? >> i say either a 50% or split 75%/25% based on 4 rooms covering 100% of >> utilities... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
