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Water checking by City of Santiago ?
Just like you would do in the US...don't let anyone in that you do not know and are not expecting, bottom line.
JJ...Corasaan is pretty good at this. If you need to use the geophone to find a leak, they will charge you a little over $30 (RD$1050)+/-, and in a few days they show up with a blind guy and his geophone and a guide and go room to room. They always have lots of identification and travel in a Corasaan truck..Good service...
By far the best water system in the DR...
HB
By far the best water system in the DR...
HB
I am not a big fan of Corasaan. The bill was always the same even when for half of the month there was no water being used.
I understand they always charge you something. In our case it actually works out pretty good because we don't have a meter. We are charged around RD400 for water, RD150 for sewer and RD150 for trash pickup. Now if they would just come and get the trash more often.
Chip, that comes out to about RD700 per month without a meter. My average bill with a meter TOTALS an average of 425 per month for everything, and we use a LOT of water. Maybe it's better to have a meter.
B in Santiago
Barry
It's possible, but then again I have three girls and a big house and my wife washes daily for hours not to mention the half hour long baths my girls take. Funny how I can shower in three minutes. Must have been that military training, jeje.
It's possible, but then again I have three girls and a big house and my wife washes daily for hours not to mention the half hour long baths my girls take. Funny how I can shower in three minutes. Must have been that military training, jeje.
Nah! It's just that you don't have asmuch fun in the bathroom any more!!
I pay around 800 for the house out back, for normal usage: there is a minimum fee, you know. Plus garbage and sewers. And I am paying about double that for the big house, which includes the restaurant and the apartment.
Corasaan is pretty fair, IMO...
HB
I pay around 800 for the house out back, for normal usage: there is a minimum fee, you know. Plus garbage and sewers. And I am paying about double that for the big house, which includes the restaurant and the apartment.
Corasaan is pretty fair, IMO...
HB
It?s funny how I just happen to turn-on the computer and ran into this thread. Just getting back from paying Corasaan $11,300 pesos for water they billed me while I was out of the country and the house was empty. Im sorry HillBilly, but to me they are not fair.
One question: How long were you out of the country? Do you have a leak? or several?
That bill does not make a lot of sense...and you can negotiate it, of course. You can go to the commission on Tuesday and state your case...
To go and pay a bill that large, with the house empty....and not make a plea is not correct procedure. ....maybe someone hooked up to your water and opened a car wash!! It is plausable..
HB
That bill does not make a lot of sense...and you can negotiate it, of course. You can go to the commission on Tuesday and state your case...
To go and pay a bill that large, with the house empty....and not make a plea is not correct procedure. ....maybe someone hooked up to your water and opened a car wash!! It is plausable..
HB
I think I found the leak, HB was right, here's where your water went.....
B in Santiago
Those girls don't understand the rules of
"Wet T-Shirt"
"Wet T-Shirt"
I think I found the leak, HB was right, here's where your water went.....
B in Santiago
Without making a long story longer, I?ll try to answer all your questions with as few words as possible. I was out of the country for six months working in Argentina, while I was gone my wife decided to visit family members in New Jersey. My current water bill is $3,500 pesos a month, I dont have a meter, although I?ve asked them to install one many times in the past.
When my wife and myself returned to the country on July of this year we both saw the bill and immediately went to Corasaan to make our grievance. The total bill was actually $21,000 pesos, however, by going to the commission as you clearly stated, we showed them copies of our passport to state the fact that we wore out of the country during that time. Their attitude was that we should have informed them of our absence, which is totally absurd from my stand point. Anyhow, after months of going back and forth with them we decided to pay the $11,300 pesos of the original $21,000 pesos they wore charging us.
Hope this clears things for you, and as I stated in my previous post fair is not a word I would us to describe Corasaan.
Thats the outcome of having a really big swimming-pool, Jacuzzi, and a guy who washes four cars on a daily basis.:tired: