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Your friend who was house-sitting your home while your were on vacation for two weeks, constantly left the lights and heat in your home on.

When you return, your electricity and heat bill are sky-high. What do you do? Do you ask your friend to reimburse part of the bill or just let he incident pass and fork out the money yourself?
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jillbeth
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Marked as Best! November 30, 2009 08:06 PM
I'd consider it part of the expense of keeping my house safe, and let it go. If my friend were trustworthy and kind enough to house sit, how could I complain about a few week's worth of high energy bills? I'd want my friend to feel comfortable in my house; I'd doubt they ran the bills up on purpose! To ask them to pay part of the bills would be petty and cheap, unless it was agreed before hand that they would.
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cheapgamer
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November 30, 2009 07:25 PM
Unless you can show that the highest usage was on the days that you were out of the house I would drop it as it would likely cause friction with the friendship.

You may want to bring this to your friend and ask if they would chip in, note I would not ask them to pay the whole amount for the period you were gone as it is reasonable to expect that they would use some light and heat while they were house sitting.

Personally I pay house sitters based on what I can afford, so I would give them a reduced amount.
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