Any downside to turning water off at empty property?

Posted by Mr. Nonsense on October 12, 2009, 10:52 am

My tenants left and my rental property is now for sale. To keep costs
down I want to turn off the water for the winter. Any downsides to
this? Do I need to do anything special with the gas water heater?

Posted by bob haller on October 12, 2009, 10:56 am

te:

> My tenants left and my rental property is now for sale. To keep costs
> down I want to turn off the water for the winter. Any downsides to
> this? Do I need to do anything special with the gas water heater?

potential buyers might like to run the water when looking at home.

are you keeping the heat on?

Posted by mm on October 12, 2009, 6:27 pm

wrote:

>> My tenants left and my rental property is now for sale. To keep costs
>> down I want to turn off the water for the winter. Any downsides to
>> this? Do I need to do anything special with the gas water heater?

>potential buyers might like to run the water when looking at home.

They might even want to go to the toilet. The older the man is, the
more likely that is. (I don't know about women.)

But otoh, if they are serious, you could turn the water back on then.

>are you keeping the heat on?

Posted by Bill on October 12, 2009, 10:57 am

Drain the water heater. Flush the toilets so no water is in the tank. Pour
anti freeze in the bowls so the water does not freeze. Drain the water
pipes. Search google.com for the words...
winterize house

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Posted by dpb on October 12, 2009, 11:00 am

Mr. Nonsense wrote:

What cost are you actually going to defray? If it's unoccupied it's
nothing but a connection fee at most which wouldn't think would be of
any significant amount w/ no usage.

If you're actively in the selling mode, keeping the property in
habitable state is probably better plan unless it's a slumlord-type
rental that has little likelihood of selling to homeowner/occupant.

But, the answer to the original question is "winterize" --

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