If its a fixed charge it doesn't really matter if its landlords or tenants responsibility -at the end of the day it's what tenants are able or willing to pay to rent one's property.
If it's a usage charge -unlikely for some years- then naturally one charges the tenants but ,again, this may affect our overall nett rental income. Difficult to increase or even maintain rents at a time when water charges are introduced.
Let's wait and see what the water charges may be. I'm sure the govnt will introduce some more penalties/fees/charges/council rates.
Same as any other utility (electric, gas, etc) - tenant.
100% correct,not sure why the question needs to be posed.
As I have said, because its planned to be a fixed fee, I thought that it might be treated like maintenance charges, or NPPR etc i.e. my responsibility. I thought that once it was metered it would then become their responsibility as it was dependent on their use, which the proposed system is not.