I bought a house and assumed the tenants. The utilities were included in the rent, but the tenants have multiple large aquariums resulting in greatly increased costs. They won’t agree to pay the difference. When can the lease be revised?

我买了个房子，并且确定了租户。水电费已经包括在租金中了，但租户拥有多个大型鱼缸，导致水费大大增加。他们不同意支付差额。请问我何时可以修改租赁？

In this situation, you don’t really have too many options. Since the utilities are already included in the rent, there is no legal way to have the tenants pay for the excess costs of the hydro/water. The only way that would be permissible is if the tenants agree to start paying for the utilities. However, even if they do agree to start paying for the utilities now, you would have to reduce the rent to compensate for the removal of a service that was previously included in the rent. The only other option you have is to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board for a rent increase above the guideline based on an extraordinary increase in utilities. 

在这种情况下，您实际上没有太多选择。由于水电费已经包含在租金中，因此，没有合法的方法让租户支付水电的超支费用，除非租户自己答应付钱。但是，即使他们同意立即开始支付这部分水电费，您也必须减少租金以补偿取消以前包含在租金中的服务。您唯一的其他选择是向房东租户委员会申请增加租金。

How do I fairly/properly divide hydro bills between two tenants with different sized units?

如何在房屋大小不同的两个租户之间公平地分配水电费？

There aren’t any particular rules set out in the law about utilities and how one would distribute the costs in a situation such as yours. Therefore, this is a matter to discuss with the tenants and try to come up with a reasonable distribution plan for the bills.

法律中没有提到水电费在此类的情况下应如何合理分配。因此，您应该与租户们进行讨论并商量出合理付费的结果。

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