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Why Livable
A clearer way to recover costs without creating more work.
Livable helps property teams recover more utility revenue, reduce billing admin, and give residents a more transparent billing experience.
Recover More Utility Costs
Allocate shared utility expenses more fairly so fewer water, sewer, trash, and similar costs stay on the property.
Reduce Manual Work
Reduce spreadsheet-heavy billing work with a process that is easier for property teams to review, manage, and keep moving.
Improve Resident Transparency
Give residents clearer statements, better payment visibility, and fewer billing surprises across the billing cycle.
Solutions
The core of Livable’s utility workflow: from operations to cost recovery to billing
Utility Billing & Cost Recovery
Recover shared utility costs with clearer allocation and less revenue leakage.
Property Manager Dashboard
Review charges and billing activity without disconnected spreadsheets or manual handoff.
Tenant Connect
Give residents one place to view statements, pay online, and stay current on utility activity.
Testimonials
What clients say.
3-Step Process
A simpler rollout: assess, launch, recover.
Assess Your Property
Review the property setup, utility mix, and cost recovery opportunities before launch.
Launch the Right Solution
Choose the billing, dashboard, and resident workflow that fits the property and team.
Recover Costs With Less Effort
Move into a clearer process for charges, statements, resident payments, and ongoing recovery.
FAQ
Answers to the questions that usually show up before a consultation.
Livable provides utility billing and cost recovery support for residential and commercial properties by helping teams fairly divide and bill shared utility expenses.
RUBS stands for Ratio Utility Billing System. It is a widely used method for allocating shared utility costs when individual submeters are not installed.
Yes. Livable is positioned to work alongside property management software like AppFolio so resident data, unit details, and billing cycles are easier to keep in sync.
No. The goal is to reduce manual calculations, statement prep, and spreadsheet follow-up so teams can review charges without carrying the whole billing process by hand.
Livable is built around traceable statements and clearer billing communication, helping property teams operate with better visibility and less ambiguity around charges.
Residents can use Tenant Connect to view statements, pay online, set up automatic payments, and keep track of their utility activity.
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