Ah! I’ve BEEN there! Actually when my brother moved from Houston to CO, he was still paying for utilities for the vacant house so it could be shown by the realtor.
Soon, he noticed a large LARGE jump in his power bill and had no clue why. It kept up for three months and finally, he decided to make the trip back to investigate. It seems the inhabitants of the house next door had some problems getting utilities in their name (or were too lazy to try) and had extension cords running from every available outside outlet at my brother’s house.
It was five bedrooms, four baths, triple car garage with large patio and large back yard kinda house, so the outside outlets were plentiful.
I don’t recall how he solved the situation, but I DO know the offending neighbors were not *ahem* supposed to be in that house, in this country.
lol. We have permission.
Such things have been known to happen. I just heard that the Eagle project team is on the way home. I have the casserole almost finished, and I’ve also cooked chicken for tomorrow’s chicken salad.
Now I’d better finish washing up before Kathleen wakes up from her nap.