cheating landlord and jacked-up water-electric bills

when things fall into place, it's happiness.

today, one of my wishes was granted. been through a lot for the past two months. life was hard. financially. physically. emotionally. but the third one was the hardest.

but today, news came in that i can move in my condo soon. and this time, i would no longer be putting up with the policies of the landlord, paying up jacked-up water consumption bills nor electric bills that don't reflect the least bit of our "REAL" consumption.

that damn cheat. maybe he though he'd go away with it forever. but soon, i would be liberated of this "putting up with the cheat" thing 'just because i could not find a better place closer to my work. soon, gone will be the days of silent misery, cause i already have my own. thank God.

you see, i have dumped all my money into this apartment near my work for almost a decade. twice i tried leaving, but i could not find a better one.

there is nothing wrong with the location nor the fee we pay for the rent. major problem is,  one water meter is being shared by all the other tenants in this whole 4-floor building. and each month, i get a bill that suggests i have a swimming pool right inside my apartment! 

and here's another mystery. only those at the 4th floor (just three tenants) are not allowed to have their own electric meter for each? what a cheat, right? and we don't get a copy of the official electric and water bills ourselves for reference or to have a good close look.

i don't have anything against people who run rental businesses. but some of them are real cheats! we do have an inkling that the tenants are also paying for their water consumption, including electric consumption for so called "maintenance", a.k.a current used for lamps on the staircase shared by all tenants and those in the garage and near the gates.

i could only sigh in disbelief. but now, i don't have to put up with all of these any longer. leaving that apartment would be total liberation from a cheat. i hope things will turn around on him and he would get what he deserves. 

note: if you want to know where and what is the name of this apartment to avoid unnecessary headaches, just e-mail the writer. i would gladly help you identify the place so you won't undergo the same problems i had. to give you a clue, it's a building near the Inquirer office at Yague St. cor Zapote St. in Makati. In comparison to other apartments, it's affordable, but because of the jacked-up water and electric bills, I have been paying double the price of the rent which is P15,000 a month, P7000 for the apartment, P5000 for the electric consumption and P3000 for the water consumption. isn't that injustice?

here's a pic of my soon-to-be home. it's on the third floor of the first building on the left side, near the pool. my unit is facing south, though, so you can not see it on this picture because it is on the other side of the building.