Reliance Hot Water Rental

cmster wrote: ↑ I was made aware in the agreement of purchase that my home (purchased and closed a year+ ago) has a rental hot water tank. I've seen the tank and it looks like one from Reliance. As it's my first house, I wasn't sure how I'd be billed for the hot water tank and for some reason assumed that since I'm paying every utility bill that shows up at the address, this would have naturally been covered. Now I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a separate bill so pretty much I haven't been getting any bills from Reliance for the hot water tank rental for a year+. I don't want to fall into collections but no one's presented me with a contract or bill yet and I'm worried that if I contact Reliance, they'll bill me the entire year plus interest (or some other ridiculous fee for late payment). How should I approach this?

sputnik99112 wrote: ↑ The rental may be included in your gas or electricity bill.

cmster wrote: ↑ It's 10 years old. Do you think it'd be pricey to buy out a 10 year old reliance tank? Would they be able to bill me for the past year's rental fees? If it's not too much, I might just offer to buy it just so this isn't looming over me. That way I also have the freedom to get rid of it and buy my own tank whenever I want.

cmster wrote: ↑ It's 10 years old. Do you think it'd be pricey to buy out a 10 year old reliance tank? Would they be able to bill me for the past year's rental fees? If it's not too much, I might just offer to buy it just so this isn't looming over me. That way I also have the freedom to get rid of it and buy my own tank whenever I want.

Jerry321 wrote: ↑ the issue, as I understand it, is that its prone to leak after 10 years of so.. if it does it will be a mess..

cmster wrote: ↑ Would they be able to bill me for the past year's rental fees?