What happens to a vacant unit’s share?
It stays with the owner. Vacant days are never spread across the tenants who were living in the building.
From the guide Utility Billing: Splitting a Building’s Utility Bill Between Its Units.
What stays with the owner
- Days a unit stood empty. A tenant pays only for the days their lease covered, and a vacant unit’s share is never spread across the tenants who were living there.
- The common-area percentage you set.
- A lease that cannot be billed — one with no tenant on file, or one ending before its next rent charge, so there is nothing to add the share to.
- Every figure is worked out in whole cents, and the shares always add up exactly to the bill.
Read the whole guide: Utility Billing: Splitting a Building’s Utility Bill Between Its Units