Estate Living Magazine Develop - Issue 44 August 2019 | Page 33

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The Citiq Prepaid online system gives estate
managers remote access to usage and transaction data
and reports. Primary reports are automatically emailed
every month, easing the administration burden.
Property owners renting out their units benefi t from the
fact that tenants use electricity on a pay-as-you-go basis,
and make payment upfront. This reduces the owners’ risk
of being left stranded with an overdue account, and a
tenant disputing their usage.
The transparent nature of the system empowers the
tenants to make better use of scarce resources. As the cost
of energy rises, having an easy-to-see reminder of how
much electricity they have remaining means that tenants
can moderate their usage in order to save money.
Taking the pain out of utility purchases
Just as we expect to be able to bank at any time of day,
or have become accustomed to 24-hour garages and
convenience stores, we want to be able to buy our prepaid
electricity easily and via any channel we prefer.
Citiq Prepaid tokens can safely and easily be purchased
online using a credit card or instant EFT. The company
has the largest network of recharge points in the country,
which includes most large retailers as well as many service
stations.
Necessity has shifted our reality
One of the unintended consequences of our current
economy has been a shift in our living options. The
growth of the work-from-home economy, as well as
many younger couples choosing to have their parents
live with them, makes the ability to accurately and easily
measure and manage utility usage all the more attractive.
For developers, this should be a compelling selling point
when attracting the modern family to their estates.
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More than this, with Citiq Prepaid, the meters are easy to
install and there are no connection fees, no monthly fi xed
fees and no switching fees.
Finally, although choosing Citiq Prepaid as your prepaid
utility vendor for a new development should be the
obvious choice, older estates have not been forgotten.
Developments that already have a sub-metering solution,
and would like to have access to the Citiq Prepaid benefi ts,
can easily switch.
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