Prepaid meters, Electricity, Water Meters & Prepaid Vending Solutions

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We offer state of the art, all-in-one solution for PrePaid Electricity and Water Sub-Meters, Vending 24/7 and AMI Metering Solutions. One of the most cost-effective and easy-to-use prepaid electricity & water sub-meters solution on the market today.

Ideal for Body Corporates, Property Investors, Landlords and Letting Agents. Suitable for installation in Granny Flats, Individual Rented Units, Shops, Stores and Sporting Facilities.

Our prepaid meters are completely managed using SMS and Web technology to ensure nationwide and international 24/7 service.

Our prepaid meters vending system supports both STS and AMI/AMR Meters, while designed primarily to service the sub-meter market.

To get started browse our Electricity Sub-Meters or Water Sub-Meters now, or call us for help to choose the best suited meters for your circumstances.

PrePaid Sub-Meters Key Features and Vending Functionality

Electricity & Water PrePaid Sub- Meters
All types of meters STS & AMI for all types of properties: residential, commercial and industrial.
Meters Credit Purchase
24 hour credit purchase via, retail stores such as Spar, BP Express, Shell Select, SASOL Delight, Egen. Online payment, credit card, banks, ATM, EFT and cell phone banking.
Triple Tamper Detection
Meter, software tamper detection, uniquely coded security seals.
Additional Payment Collections
Electricity, water, arrears and levies.
2 Prepayment Metering Management Modes
Self-managed and Outsource Managed.
Prepayment Management and Meter User Access
Anywhere anytime 24/7/365 access via SMS, WAP and WEB.
Management and User Support 7 Days a Week
Support provided for prepaid meters managers and prepaid meter users.
Prepayment Meters Turnkey Solution
Management of prepaid electricity, prepaid water and gas all in one place.
FREE Seamless Software Updates
Dynamic updates for all users.
Prepayment Automatic Top-up Functionality
For rentals with electrical amounts included and electricity critical environments.
Landlord and Managers Functionality
Credit control and reporting with 24/7/365 web interface.
AND MUCH MORE - PREPAID METER MANAGEMENT AT YOUR DESKTOP.

PrePaid Sub-Metering Benefits

Improved Cashflow – No more arrears to collect and the tenant can control their budget to use as much as they can afford.
No Credit and Arrears Collection Costs – No more credit and collection costs, hassles and related issues.
No Deposits - No more deposits for electricity from your tenants. All you collect is the first pre-payment for electricity or water.
No Monthly Bills – No more monthly usage bills for electricity or water.
No Reconnect Charges – No more disconnection or reconnection charges for electricity or water.
Tenants Love Them – Tenants can easily monitor their electricity and water use and spend as much as they can afford. This creates a greater awareness and control of costs. It also totally avoids any bill complaints on usage.
Energy and Water Conservation – With prepaid meters both electricity and water conservation becomes easy. Consumption that is monitored can be controlled.

Who Uses PrePaid Sub-Meters?

Landlords that want to make sure there are no electricity or water arrears.
Body Corporates that want to pay as they use as opposed to per quota inaccurate billing.
Shops and commercial property owners that want and need to prepay the tenants.
Landlords that have multiple dwellings or rooms and need to bill accurately per usage.
Companies that provide staff accommodation and need to monitor and/or bill staff for usage.
Vacation property landlords like Bed & Breakfasts that want to make sure each users pays according for electrical consumption.
Sporting Facilities with tennis and squash courts that monitor the usage per hour by the hour use PrePaid Meters to switch on and off the courts according to time paid for.
Managing agents and letting agents that want an easy way to appropriate correctly electricity and get rid of difficult billing and arguments about consumption.
Agencies and charitable organizations that help clients in need to permit them the use of specific utilities.
And this is just the beginning, as PrePaid Meters are becoming more popular each year with customers finding more great uses for them.

Prepaid Metering for Residential Property

Real-estate is still one of the leading asset classes the world over. However, together with management of real estate there is also risk involved.

In a situation where an investor has let a property there are two main risks to manage:

Risk of late or non-payment of rent.
Risk of late or non-payment for utilities consumed.

Prepaid Meters and Metering for Body Corporates

Our PrePaid Meters and Management Offering for Body Corporates:

Remember to ask our sales staff for our Body Corporate Proposition document, to learn what we can do for your body corporate and the Sectional Title Kit booklet, which will help you understand how utilities are managed in a Sectional Title Scheme. You can ask for these documents by emailing sales AT prepaidmeters.co.za or calling us.

Prepayment for Multiple Tenant Dwellings

Many freehold residential properties, once single family homes, have been converted into Multiple Tenant Dwellings. Where once a single family unit resided on the property, now the property is utilized as residence by three, sometimes four or more indpendent residents. These types of properties are often the result of significant alterations in order to accommodate the separation of the dwelling areas in terms of privacy and utilities.

Prepaid Meters and Metering for Granny Flats

Freehold residential properties often have additional dwellings constructed on them. These dwellings may be semi-detached from the main dwelling structure or may stand independently on the property. Such structures are often let to a tenant and is considered a good way for landlords to supplement their household income or reduce the amount of their own cash that they must pay to their monthly mortgage installment.

Prepayment and Metering for Staff Accommodation

With Our PrePaid Meters you can:

Include a portion of electricity automatically onto the meter part of staff payment or,
Get staff to purchase electricity on buy-as-you-use basis and,
Full meter management solutions for both collections and vending of tokens

Installation of our prepaid meters and Prepaid Metering system is an ideal solution for private and public organizations who provide employees with the benefit of accommodation.

Sub-metering for New Property Developments

New property development projects present an excellent opportunity for installation of prepaid meters. Specification of prepaid meters and prepaid metering solutions in new developments is highly desirable for developers as this level of planning and consideration has significant benefit to the future operation of the development. This benefit translates into a more marketable and desirable product for would be home buyers and property investors.

Sub-Metering for Retail and Office Parks

Our PrePaid Meters Offering for Retail Shops, Office Parks and Shopping Centers:

Self-Managed Metering Soulutions with full SMS and Web Vending or
Outsource Managed Metering Solutions and
Scratch Cards for Vending Tokens at the Shopping Center

Retail and office parks may operate on a sectional basis where each section of the complex is owned by a different owner or they, more often than not, are owned by a single owner who then lets the various sections of the complex to commercial tenants. The situation regarding risk in such an environment is not far removed from that of the But-to-Let Property Investors circumstances and that of the problems faced with revenues collection management by the Body Corporate.

Sub-Metering for Rental Estate Agents

Our PrePaid Meters Offering for Real Estate Letting Agents and Facility Managing Agents:

PrePaid Meters managed by letting estate agents
PrePaid Utility Software for Management and Token Vending to Unlimited Meters and Unlimited Tokens
Solutions for Residential, Commercial and Industrial properties

Our prepaid meters and prepaid metering system is an ideal solution for estate agents who are managing rental properties on behalf of their clients. Using our prepaid meters and prepaid metering solutions, estate agents can reduce overhead costs associated with executing their rental management mandates and improve their profitability.

Sub-Metering for Holiday Accommodation

Caravan sites, Camping sites, bungalows, self-catering cottages and apartments, luxury villa's, time share and more holiday accommodation types are an ideal situation where prepaid sub-metering can be used to accurately charge for utilities consumed over a visitors stay.
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Sub-Metering for Sporting Facilities

Sporting facilities such as squash courts and tennis courts require lighting and are hired to players by the hour. Electricity sub-metering enables to pay for play time easily.
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