i agree with the person who has mentioned about how expensive gas bills amount to when you live in lower floors at Carriage park.

i hope the Management considers remediation of this issue asap.

the billing process for gas is also not transparent. bills or notices are never on time and when you get it, it is hard to figure out for which month you have already paid and whats due...
on a recent conversation with the office, i realized that i have paid for months when i had not been on the lease yet. and staff is not much concerned to explain such cases.

based on interactions during my stay and even after (for all lease termination procedures), i could say that the staff can be more courteus and helpful.

nothings wrong with the place otherwise, its people who make the difference.

Manager's Response
From: Manager	Date: 08/05/2006
The gas meter is electric and measures time only. When the thermostat calls for heat the gas valve opens and the gas meter is energized. The gas valve is either open or closed. The gas meter measures time and measures 1/10 for every 6 minutes of use. When the thermostat is satisfied the gas valve closes and the meter stops. When the meter is read for the current period the previous reading is deducted from that number which gives the usage, in time. That usage is given to the company that generates the gas bills. That company has a listing of the various furnace sizes installed in every unit. The furnace size is measured in BTUs which indicates how much gas would be consumed in a given period of time. To compute gas usage in therms for a particular apartment/townhome the steps that are taken are as follows: Usage (in time) X Furnace Size in BTUs = CCFs (100 cu feet of gas OR 1 therm) Example: Current reading 34741.9 Previous reading -34663 Usage 78.9 (time) 78.9 (minutes) X .5 (CCFs used per minute on a 50,000 BTU furnace) = 39.45 CCFs (therms) 39.45 therms X $1.63493 (gas rate paid for that period) = $64.73 gas billed The gas bill you receive only refects the time the gas valve was open and the rate charged for that period. It does not show the computation for the size of the furnace.

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