For Metro Prepaid, having established itself as a trusted supplier of prepaid electricity, water, and gas sub-meters in South Africa, having ARB Holdings (Pty) Ltd acquire a majority interest makes good business sense. Metro Prepaid’s existing electrical and infrastructure business aligns closely with that of the ARB Group, making it a strong strategic fit, and …
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Metro Prepaid, already a trusted brand of prepaid sub-meters in several markets including South Africa, is expanding its branded prepaid submeters for landlords and tenants into the USA. Based in Leesburg Virginia, Metro is positioned to service customers on both the east and west coast, and already has a growing customer base in California, New …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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