I pay 30e per month 1 person water fee and i recently received this additional charges bill. I know I don’t use much water because on weekdays I spend at work.
I requested additional information from landlord but still pending, I feel like I don’t use much water but it’s unjust to charge more, and there’s no visibility on the rates mentioned per m3 how these are decided.
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You pay 30 Euro a month toward the total sum of your water consumption. End of the year you get the invoice according to your consumption after the meter has been read. It’s so you don get a 400-500 Euro bill once a year.
So, yes, you have to pay for your actual water consumption – did you ever doubt that??
Yes. So the 30€ payment is ”ennakko” meaning that its a pre-payment based on assumed or estimated volume, and now this invoice is ”tasaus” meaning they actually read the meter and charge you according to use.
And since you have used more than the assumed amount, you are 38€ short.
Most houses have appartment specific meters, some older houses don’t, in which case usually the house water bill is split per person.
Very normal. There it clearly states how much water you’ve used, how much it costs and your 30€ prepayments have been taken in the account. Nothing unjust here, you pay for what you use.
Yes, is normal. 30e per month is an estimation. I think every 6 months the water meters are read and the real consumption is found out. Then you have to pay the difference. For example i had to pay 500e difference, i take shower every day 🙂
The rates should be available from your municipality, as they own the water company. In Helsinki it’s HSY.
And yes, this is normal, the 30€ fee is the base fee, based on usual consumption for the number of occupants, and then the difference is charged or returned based on the actual consumption.
Yes you have to pay. The 30€ you play is an advance towards your water bill. On the otherside, how the F does one person consume that much water? You must enjoy long hot showers and those are not free.
I’ve noticed that many foreign people “lives” in shower. Well, in Finland you can do that but you pay for it. So I think the bill is factual and you need to pay it.
So by a quick search an average finn uses 40-60 cubic meters of water per day (120-160litres).
That would add up to around 16000 m3 per year. And you have consumed around the same in just half a year. So it would mean that you do indeed use a lot of water.
Also if you use less water than that 30€ per month pays, when you get the adjustment billing, they will return you the money you overpaid.
Your estimated water cost (consumption) was 30€ per month. Your actual consumption was 36,40€
This is completely normal to get an adjustment once or twice a year and this is a small adjustment. Rather this way than paying too much up front.
Either you take long showers, or shower twice a day? One positive aspect looks to be that you are using more cold water than hot, and that’s cheaper.
You are using ~150 liters per day, which is slightly higher than average.
Also, those prices for the water are reasonable.
So yes, it definitely makes sense. If you want to save money on water, you can:
* Shorter showers, use a clock to take max 5min showers
* Change shower head to low flow one
* default ones may be around 16-18l / min, while eco shower head can be down to 6l / min, so 66 % less.
* take cooler showers
It is quite normal in the companies with water meters that follow individual apartments.
There typically is a way to check the meter remotely or from the device itself.
Hi, paying for the actual consumption is normal, however I do wonder what would you have to do to burn through 30 euros of water per person in a month – I have never managed that and I do have kids that occasionally fill the buckets with water for no reason.
The only way you could dispute this, if you could somehow show that the water meter for your apartment is faulty. Otherwise that is the actual price of the water you have used, and you just have to deal with it.
Do you take long daily showers for example?
The stated 15 000 m³ and 12 000 m³ are pretty wild. It should be liters. My guess is, it’s some sort of system error, maybe the meter only outputs liters but the reporting system only allows m³. Anyway, it seems they’ve accounted for this with the factor “kerroin 0,001” which corresponds with the unit change.
However, the total of 27 m³ for 6 months does seem quite high for one person living in an apartment. For reference, we used around 60-70 m³ during the same period, and that’s 2 people in a detached house working from home.
>I feel like I don’t use much water
What? You consume above average. Do you leave the tap running when you brush your teeth or something? How do you consume that much water? But to answer your question, no there’s nothing unjust or shady about this
You might want to write your shower habits and check whether there’s any leak in toilet.
Every year put at least 200€ aside for water consumption expenses.