# Submetering in a Condominium

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Publisher: National Exemption Service (NES), https://submeter.com. Last reviewed September 2026.

Meter each condo unit so owners and residents pay for the water they actually use.

## Can you submeter individual condo units?
Yes. Condominiums are one of the property types NES regularly submeters. We install a meter on each unit's utility line, collect reads wirelessly every day, and bill each unit for exactly what it uses. Water is the most common utility to meter in condos, though gas and electricity can be metered too. For condos, the association or board usually drives the decision, since metering shifts utility cost off the shared budget and onto the units that actually consume it. That tends to be fairer than splitting a master bill evenly, and it usually cuts overall water use by 15 to 30 percent. Where individual metering is not practical, ratio or formula-based billing is an option. NES handles installation, daily reads, billing, and resident questions through our own in-house team across more than 43 states, and the total billed to units never exceeds the master-meter cost.

## Why condos submeter
In many condo buildings, water runs on a single master meter and the cost gets split across all units, often through HOA dues. That means light users subsidize heavy ones, and a leak in one unit raises everyone's bill. Submetering ties each unit's bill to its own use, which is fairer and pushes total consumption down. It also takes a volatile, rising expense off the shared association budget.

## How NES sets it up
- A meter on each unit's water line, with gas or electric metered when needed.
- Daily wireless reads that flag leaks before they balloon a bill.
- Billing and resident support run by our in-house bilingual team.
- Equipment you own, nonproprietary, with a warranty.

## Questions
**Who decides to submeter, the owner or the board?**
Usually the condo association or board, since metering changes how the shared utility cost is split. We are glad to walk a board through the options.

**Is submetering fairer than splitting the master bill?**
Yes. Each unit pays for its own use instead of an even split, so light users stop subsidizing heavy ones and one unit's leak does not raise everyone's bill.