Jeez, what's next, an elevator toll? I get the manager's impulse to shift costs off the rent so your advertised rent is lower, but there's gotta be limits, otherwise this is going to be a race to the bottom where every 'whole building' expense is a separate bill and 'rent' is just the start of your monthly housing expenses. The only time I've broken out expenses is with included heat and free laundry. It became clear apartment hunters were unable to do the math comparing that to units without.

That said, I've had the quarterly water bill in a 3 family top $700, so boy is it tempting to bill separately!