Submetering Solutions for Manufactured Home Communities

Smart Utility Management for Dispersed, Resident-Owned Properties

Choosing Tehama Wireless brings modern submetering technology to your manufactured home community, whether it’s a modular home, land-lease community, residential park, or lifestyle community. Our wireless systems are designed to support large footprints, diverse ownership models, and tenant-specific usage reporting for billing of water, gas, and electricity.

Whether managing a legacy property or a new development, Tehama helps reduce operating costs, enhance billing transparency, and ensure compliance, all while boosting resident satisfaction and long-term asset performance.

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Key Challenges in Manufactured and Modular Home Communities

Managing utilities in manufactured and modular home or lifestyle communities presents unique logistical and operational hurdles:

Dispersed Layouts and Infrastructure Gaps: Large, low-density properties often lack centralized utility access, making trenching or wiring expensive and disruptive.
Resident-Owned Units with Mixed Systems: Many manufactured and modular home or lifestyle communities include a mix of rented and resident-owned homes, complicating consistent utility monitoring and billing.
Flat or Estimated Billing Practices: Without submeters, many land-lease communities rely on RUBS or flat fees, which can lead to fairness concerns and resident dissatisfaction.
Leak Detection and Waste: Unseen leaks or unreported overuse can drive up costs for management, especially in older residential home parks.
Limited Staff Resources: On-site teams are often lean, making remote visibility and automation essential for efficiency.

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Benefits of Tehama Wireless Solutions

Tehama Wireless delivers wireless AMR solutions optimized for residential home parks, modular communities, and lifestyle developments:

Resident-Level
Billing

Accurately bill each home based on actual usage, supporting fairness and transparency.

No Trenching
Required

Wireless communication eliminates the need for invasive infrastructure work.

Leak and Waste
Reduction

Receive real-time alerts to identify issues quickly across widely distributed properties.

Flexible for
Ownership Models

Works equally well in rental-only parks, resident-owned units, or hybrid land-lease communities.

Minimal
Maintenance

Long-range transmission and low-power operation reduce burden on small site teams.

Enhanced Resident
Trust

Clear, consistent billing helps avoid disputes and improves community satisfaction.

Utility Metering Solutions for Manufactured and Modular Home Communities

Tehama Wireless’s technology allows for individualized billing across water, gas, and electricity, encouraging responsible resource usage among residents and tenants.

Water Metering for Manufactured and Lifestyle Communities

Usage-Based Billing: Ensure each home—whether in a modular home community, lifestyle development, or residential home park—is billed only for its own water use.
Leak Detection at Scale: Identify water loss across dispersed layouts typical of manufactured housing and land-lease communities.
Conservation and Compliance: Support regulatory mandates and promote resident-level water conservation efforts.

Gas Metering for Modular and Land-Lease Communities

Monitor Shared and Private Lines: Submeter gas usage per unit in communities with master-metered or distributed gas systems.
Improve Safety Oversight: Detect irregularities that could signal risk in aging infrastructure or owner-installed systems.
Fair Cost Distribution: Bill each home fairly—whether it’s a rental unit or resident-owned home within a land-lease community.

Electric Metering for Residential Home Parks and Modular Communities

Track Resident Usage in Owner-Operated Systems: Accurately monitor electricity usage at the unit level, even when infrastructure varies between homes.
Detect Power Spikes or Load Imbalances: Identify patterns that affect service reliability or energy efficiency across the park.
Simplify Billing: Provide clean, transparent billing through integrated platforms that support diverse ownership and utility models.

Case Study | Guardian Water & Power

Guardian Water & Power encountered significant challenges in outdoor submetering due to harsh weather conditions. Frequent disruptions led to costly repairs and inconsistent data collection, adversely affecting service delivery and customer trust. Recognizing the urgent need for a reliable solution, they sought innovative technology to enhance their operations.
Challenge
System downtime due to harsh weather

Repairs were difficult and costly

Cellular technology meant inconsistent data collection
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Case Study | Kimco Realty

Kimco Realty Corporation faced considerable challenges in billing their 7,000 tenants accurately for water usage across a diverse portfolio of retail properties. A lack of standardized methods for dividing costs led to disputes and frustration, resulting in millions in uncollected revenue. Recognizing this issue, Kimco sought innovative submetering technology to streamline billing processes and enhance tenant satisfaction.
Challenge
Inconsistent tenant water billing methods

Tenant disputes over water costs

Millions lost in uncollected revenue
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Case Study | Fair Energy Submetering

Fair Energy Submetering faced challenges tracking utility usage and identifying issues such as leaks across various properties. In search of more detailed data for effective management, they turned to Tehama Wireless’ advanced submetering sensors. This innovative technology enabled swift identification of problems, allowing them to avert potential disasters.
Challenge
Inaccurate tracking of utility usage

Difficulty identifying leaks in properties

Limited data hindered effective management
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FAQs

Submetering in manufactured home communities enables accurate, resident-level billing for water, gas, and electricity. This promotes fairness, encourages conservation, and helps community owners reduce utility overhead while improving transparency with residents.

Yes, submetering can be implemented in any modular or manufactured home community, regardless of ownership structure. Whether units are rented or resident-owned, the system can track usage at the utility access point for each lot and assign billing accordingly.

Tehama Wireless supports water, gas, and electric submetering for manufactured home communities. Most communities start with water metering and later expand to gas and electricity as infrastructure or resident demand evolves.

Once submetering is active in manufactured home communities, utility usage data is automatically sent to a billing provider or property management software. Each resident receives a bill based on their actual consumption, removing the need for flat-rate or estimated billing models.

Yes, Tehama Wireless systems are specifically designed to handle the wide physical footprint of modular, land-lease, and lifestyle manufactured home communities. Our wireless technology eliminates the need for trenching and supports reliable long-range communication between units and the system gateway.

Absolutely. In older manufactured home communities, submetering can reveal hidden leaks, spikes in consumption, or irregular gas or electric use—enabling early detection of problems before they become costly or hazardous.

Yes, Tehama Wireless systems support regulatory compliance in states like California that require tenant or homeowner access to usage data. Our Display MDT units and backend data tools help manufactured home community operators meet visibility and transparency requirements.

Tehama Wireless provides ongoing technical support and works with Resident Billing Companies (RBCs) to ensure that residents in manufactured home communities receive accurate billing and reliable service. We also assist with system maintenance and data reporting as needed.

Tehama Wireless offers advanced temperature monitoring solutions, including temperature sensor alerts that notify property managers in manufactured home communities when temperatures approach freezing. These alerts allow for timely interventions to prevent pipe freezing, protecting properties from potential damage.

Submetering enables precise billing based on actual utility usage, helping property managers in manufactured home communities identify high-usage patterns and reduce waste. This accountability promotes conservation and ultimately results in lowered operating costs.

Installation challenges may include retrofitting existing plumbing or electrical systems and minimizing disruption to tenants or residents. Certified technicians assess infrastructure to determine the best approach for manufactured home communities.

Clear and accurate billing based on actual usage reduces disputes and enhances transparency, leading to improved relationships and satisfaction among tenants in manufactured home communities.

Tehama Wireless provides ongoing technical support, troubleshooting assistance, and collaboration with billing companies to ensure that residents in manufactured home communities receive accurate billing and reliable service.

Submetering Solutions for Manufactured Home Communities

Smart Utility Management for Dispersed, Resident-Owned Properties

Key Challenges in Manufactured and Modular Home Communities