If I’ve beenrenting a property for the past 2 years and now it turns out thatI have been paying for the electricity of a property behind me, what are my rights?

If I’ve beenrenting a property for the past 2 years and now it turns out thatI have been paying for the electricity of a property behind me, what are my rights?

The only problem is that the electric company can’t let me know how much electricity I’ve used and how much the person behind me used. It turns out that my landlord knew I was paying for the electricity for both places and never made it a point to me. So now I’m asking for a refund of like 4k and he’s trying to provide me with only 1k, This is totally unfair and abusive. Just because I run a hair salon he assumes I make a lot of money but I barely make ends meet.

Asked on January 12, 2012 under Real Estate Law, California

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