Our new LL has been hinting around for a few months that if we have excessive trash we might have to schedule an extra pick up for it at our expense. We currently would be lucky to fill one dumpster in the entire month.
This month it seems he decided to add a new charge to our invoice 7 months into a new lease. It is a dumpster charge which I believe should already be coming from our cam or operating expenses. In general, trash removal for a retail space is usually taken from the operating expense correct?
When I tell them this he says that I am lucky to be using this dumpset at all and usually I would have to build my own pad and get my own dumpster. All along for the past 7 months we have had numerous dicussions about which dumpster was to be used by our business etc.
Also, when an agreement states that the pass through expenses are a "Prorata share based on $3.75 per square foot" WHat shoud be included with this? Operating expenses, tax expenses, and state sales tax? Or are slaes tax generally on top of everything? We should be paying base rent of $20 and 3.75 cam for total of 3.75. We are currently being billed about $28 per sf.
THanks for your input. Maybe I am totally off base here but I am sure y'all will let me know if so.
I am in FL.
Thanks
CC

