# Submetering for Home Communities

Source: https://submeter.com/submetering-for-homes/
Publisher: National Exemption Service (NES), https://submeter.com. Last reviewed September 2026.

NES submeters single-family rental and home communities of 100 or more homes across the country.

## Can a community of rental homes be submetered?
Yes. NES submeters home communities, including single-family rental neighborhoods, as long as the community has 100 or more homes. We install meters on each home's utility line, collect wireless reads daily, and bill each resident for exactly what they use. Water is the most common utility to meter, but gas and electricity can be metered too. Once residents pay for their own usage, water consumption usually drops 15 to 30 percent and most owners see payback in 12 to 18 months. The total billed to residents never exceeds your master-meter cost. For homes that cannot be metered, ratio or formula-based billing is an option. NES has been privately owned since 1968 and works in more than 43 states, with in-house installation, billing, and bilingual resident support, so the whole process runs through one team.

## Who this fits
We focus on larger home communities of 100 or more homes. That includes single-family rental neighborhoods, build-to-rent communities, mobile home parks, and townhome communities. We work with both new construction and existing properties, whether meters are already in place or need to be installed.

## What you get
- Per-home metering for water, gas, or electricity.
- Daily wireless reads, so leaks and spikes show up fast.
- Monthly billing and collections handled by our in-house team.
- Underground leak detection across the community.

## Questions
**How many homes do I need for NES to take the project?**
We specialize in communities with 100 or more homes, where we can run the project efficiently across installation, billing, and support.

**What does it cost residents overall?**
The total billed back to residents never exceeds your master-meter cost. Residents simply pay for what they use.