24 Jul 2017 7:20 PM:

I´ve aske a lawyer informally about it. She said it wasn´t uncommon. Said usually there is  rule saying noplugged in appliances & they scuritinise the bills carefully or they have a rule that those without appliances get a % refund.My lot aren´t interested.

It seems daft to me that when we are asked for extra community funds for decorating etc that they can´t see that those funds have already been spent on private non communal electric use

Thread: Communal Electricity Charges

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23 Jul 2017 10:12 PM:

The appliances permantly plugged in are chest freezers & fridge freezers. Someone has a bank of computers they work on 8 hours a day 365 days a year. All my research tells me that electricity cost is all about how many hours thngs are plugged in for not what their power rating is.

Some of the bill goes towards genuine community electric as the garages hae a centrally lit area with stairs etc but it isn´t possible to seperate the bill.

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23 Jul 2017 7:13 PM:

We are in a block of 8 apartments. We have a garage each in the basement. There is only one electric meter for all the garages.The community divides the bill 8 ways but has no rules to limit the private use within the garages. People have all sorts of permanently plugged in appliances in their garages. I have none so I am paying their bills for them. No one in the Community is interested in changing this unfair situation. Suggestions please.

Thread: Communal Electricity Charges

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27 Mar 2017 10:30 PM:

The apartment below me is getting rain water in from my outside terrace,The Community don't think they should pay 100% of the remedial work to dig up & re lay the terrace as it is part of my unit. I say it is also part of the outside facia of the building,a structural floor & the roof of the apartment below & therefore a communal responsiblilty. Who´s right? What should I do?

Thread: Community apartment ,who pays water damage

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