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In renovating my garden floor to be a rental I am thinking about providing the tenant with his own thermostat to control the heat in his apartment. (I have a hot water system.) The tenant would be responsible for paying for his heat instead of me as the landlord (I would have a separate gas meter put in as with the separate electric meter that will be put in), but would be able to control how much heat he wants. I figure this will avoid the likely conversation when he requests additional heat because his ground floor rental is colder than the upper floors – which it is. This arrangement saves me from having to heat the whole house to keep him warmer and gives the tenant flexibility. I would lower the rent by some amount to reflect the fact that as the landlord I am not paying for heating.

Thoughts/comments from both renters and landlords would be appreciated!

Thx.