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Business parks are busy places with dozens of tenants, different operating hours, varying levels of electricity use, and a shared responsibility for keeping the lights on. When you manage a collection of commercial units, one of the biggest challenges is making sure each tenant pays fairly for what they use, without drowning in admin or …

Why Prepaid Meters Make Sense in a Business Park Read More »

Keeping track of electricity in shared or multi-unit properties can be challenging. One tenant swears they barely switch on the lights, another loves a long shower and a constantly boiling kettle, and somehow the landlord ends up stuck in the middle trying to work out who owes what. That’s exactly the kind of headache sub-metering …

Introduction to Metro Prepaid and sub-metering Read More »

Ask any South African landlord or homeowner what stresses them out most about renting out space and you’ll find that prompt payment of municipal bills ranks right up there with burst geysers and that tenant who insists the gate remote “just stopped working”. Electricity and water costs have become unpredictable, and with load shedding, tariff …

Making Utility Costs Simple: A Look at Metro Prepaid sub-meters & water meters in South Africa Read More »

A private landlord in Cape Town is using Metro Prepay submeters to recover electricity costs fairly from tenants while running a private solar-powered microgrid that is tied into the City of Cape Town’s network. This approach has not only stabilised his cash flow on utilities, but has also turned energy reliability into a key selling …

Landlord in Cape Town is using Metro Prepay Read More »

Whether you are the owner, manager, or tenant of property in South Africa, chances are you’ve had at least one long conversation about utilities that ended with a sigh. Electricity and water costs are rising, people are changing how they are living, and properties are becoming more flexible in how they’re utilised. Landlords and tenants …

Prepaid meters: A South African perspective Read More »