Looking for a 3 bed, 2 bath and tell me about Cisterns

hey Jennie, i have a rental villa i would consider doing a 3 to 6 month rental on... you can see it @ www.usvipvillarentals.com mine is "sail away" if interested email me direct

A cistern stores rainwater that is collected by the roof of the house. Most homes in the VI do not have access to potable water, like you would have in all but the most remote areas on the mainland. The cistern is usually located beneath the house, and is built during the construction of the foundation.

The entire system is normally comprised of the cistern, a pump, and a pressure tank.

The size of the cistern is dictated by the area of the roof, as per the VI building code. Most cisterns will have a capacity in excess of 20,000 gallons.

If you are sharing with two other tenants, you'll need to check with the landlord to see what kind of arrangement he/she has. All of the plumbing is most likely connected to the same pressure tank/pump. I would imagine it is the landlord's responsibility to ensure that there is an adequate supply of water at all times, and again you'd have to ask the landlord how he/she arranges for payment for water. Maybe it is included in the utilities. There probably won't be a water meter, so there will be no way of knowing which tenant is using what amount of water.

Yes, it can be a cause for disputes! Which island are you coming to?

RL

Hello Jennie,

Some landlords, if they have to buy a truck of water because the cistern is low, will divide the bill according to the number of occupants. So if you were sharing with two other tenants and you are 4 in your rental; the bill would be divided by 6 and you'd be responsible 4/6ths and the two other tenants 1/6th each.

As Ronnie said it sometimes can cause issues if one person says oh I don't wash my car but so and so does, or if a washer is allowed and one tenant has one and the other doesn't well then the argument becomes I don't wash cloths here so I don't use as much water. Etc. The arguments are really the concern of the landlord collecting the money for the water unless of course they tell the tenants that they are responsible for ordering water when its out and figuring out payment amongst themselves. Ask the landlord to find out what arrangement they have in place.

--Islander

Thank you so much for this very helpful information!!

St. Thomas- next month!

It is beautiful. I didn't see any email address on the website. It looks very expensive though. What would the monthly rate be?

brianegan10@aol.com email me direct if interested

lip can u email me back the monthly rate? if you would consider $2500 to $3000 we can talk. the villa is wonderful and i know exactly where it is. i have friends that live in nazareth area... beautiful

Jennietothebeach:
I have twin teenage girls here. We've been here for about 5 months now. One thing you will notice is that alot of the teenagers go back to the states to visit family during the summer. My kids couldn't go to school here, we had to homeschool. The way they found friends was to go to functions like Jump Up, and they got on "Myspace.com" and found other kids that live here. THey also go to the athletic events at the private schools. Now they have ots of friends.

The island is small and most kids know when there are new kids on the island by word of mouth. Most activities for kids are watersports. Carambola is a good hang out spot on Sundays for the teenagers too.
(this is if you are coming to STX).
If you want to email me, feel free. I can try to give you more information if you need it.