Measuring Instruments Directive (MID) compliant coin meters are available from companies like RDL (Meters), but many older coin meters are not MID compliant. The vulnerability of coin meters to damage (theft of coins) and the administrative burden they place on landlords are drawbacks, but coin meters have for decades offered tenants budgeting flexibility and a tool to optimise usage. Some landlords address the need to control usage and collect payment for utilities with the use of check or kilowatt hour “kWh” meters. These are readable meters that typically require the landlord to take a monthly meter reading to check usage and deduct the month’s kWh usage from that of the prior month to calculate the amount to be recovered from the tenant. Today’s encrypted token meters and SMART meters boast improved technology, better reporting, convenient token purchase options and emergency credit to make life easier when you forget to top up. The token meters supplied by Metro Prepaid effectively combine the benefits of coin, card and check or kilowatt hour meters into a single meter. Prepay meters save money for everyone, reduce through usage optimisation environmental impacts, and offer a host of convenience benefits to tenants and landlords alike.
The “eat all you can” model of bundling electricity costs in with the rental is imperfect, effectively penalising those tenants that conserve electricity - whilst others enjoy a free ride. Prepay coin, card, token and SMART sub-meters allow tenants to manage their costs and offer the choice of when, and how much, to top up.
Electric prepay sub meters typically halve the electricity bill, effectively raising a property’s net income and once a capitalisation rate has been applied, its valuation.
Prepay sub meters reduce administrative overheads - no need to take monthly check meter readings, raise invoices and reconcile post-paid debtors’ receipts. Cost savings can be passed on through lower rentals. Time saved can be re-deployed into higher yield property activities.
Metro Prepaid meters remove the overhead associated with supplying coins and cards, monthly reading of check meters and managing petty cash.
Comprehensive consolidated reports track monthly top-ups per meter, and a single monthly payment simplifies your bank reconciliations.
Tenants appreciate the opportunity to better manage their usage and the convenience of purchasing electricity tokens online or at any one of almost 30,000 PayPoint outlets.
Tenants find coin meters inconvenient and distrust xed recoveries and post-use check meters. They prefer properties offering prepay token and SMART meters.
Prepay meters mean payment before use, doing away with debtors’ management and the risk of non-payment. Token encryption and SMART are more secure than many of the magstripe card meters in use.
‘Fixed monthly recovery electricity’ management gives tenants no budgeting flexibility. Prepay sub-meters help them to manage their costs.
Emergency credit is available if tenants forget to top up. Today’s modern technology prepay meters allow you to manage your property more easily from wherever you choose to be.
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