Thermostats w/ Max Temp?

Rehabbing, Fix and Flip, Rental Properties
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I own several units where heat/hot water is included in the rent. In some of them, there are individual thermostats in the units, which (of course) are much too often left on a ridiculously high temp. My question is - is there such a thing as a thermostat with a maximum temperature setting of ~75 or so degrees? I’m not talking about a traditional programmable/digital one that can be set to a schedule, etc. - but one that simply only goes up to a certain temp.

Thanks for any feedback.

2

Tenants can easily fool a thermostat to provide more heat as wanted. The trick is to give them a dummy in the unit and place the real thermostat in a location where they won’t look.

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Actually, the real solution is to spend the extra bucks to get the individual units on individual meters. The savings almost always pays for for the cost many times over.

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There are plenty.

http://landlordstat.com/

http://www.prothermostats.com/category.php/thermostats-for-landlords/?category=1620

http://www.controltempthermostats.com/?_kk=tenant%20thermostat&_kt=67808b3e-38d0-4030-a970-7f5c701ee5d4&gclid=CNX9naLMn5oCFYVM5QodTjoABw

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Throw in some baseboard heaters and let the people pay their own bills. I have seen too many landlords go under that had a bunch of property they were paying peoples bills on and overnight the electric company does a 25% increase or the gas skyrockets. Don’t subject yourself to that level of risk. Those baseboards and separate meters will pay for themselves in a year or two. You are looking at around $750 to $1,000 per thousand square feet in costs for the baseboards and two to three thousand for splitting the units electricity if you hire a couple guys that do work on the side.

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          I agree it depends on the thermostat you used to be able to determine its capacity or in terms of heat.

Thermostat

7

I agree with Salverston, sub meter the units and get window mounted HVAC units for $150 - $250 a piece. Then your worry is a mute point.

8

I have a 2/1 unit with baseboard heat only. Is it fair to say that you are required to provide heat only and not the air conditioning (window unit)?

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For Section 8, you have to provide heat. A/C is not necessary.

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That is the funniest thing I have heard in months. I can imagine them twisting and twisting the dummy thermostat.