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This is after having tons of solar panels too LMAO
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Wow. That idea is definitely 2American4me...
(I also just posted it in the respective community, as it fits perfectly there...)
Where I am in Germany, not only do they know all of that, but they come out every year to check it. This year, they showed up several days before they said they were going to, but when the guy walked in, he looked around, and then gave us a bunch of information about dealing with slum lords, lol.
Are you perhaps confusing that with the heating meter checkers in appartment buildings? They actually need the living area for the billing and have a contract to do so with your ~~land~~slumlord, and thereby you.
Regarding the slumlord: The magic word is generally "Mietminderung", I think.
I’m not confusing it, that’s exactly what I’m talking about! They’re employed by the utility company in my city and contracted through the landlord. Are they completely independent from the utility company elsewhere?
The apartment is not actually a huge problem, slightly better than a standard student apartment, it’s more that the guy was just drive-by judging my life.
Typically you have a contract with the electricity company yourself, not via the landlord.
He typically doesn't know and doesn't care from whom (or if at all) you get your electricity.
Yours might be a special arrangement because of being a student apartment.
I have no idea how uncommon this is here and hope I’m not doxxing myself, but there’s only been one option (the city itself) in the ten+ apartments my husband and I have lived in in this city for water, electricity, and heat (though obviously there are options for using pellet stoves and similar things, but that doesn’t come up much in apartments), so I don’t know if I live in a weird place or if there’s just one city office exchange that serves as a middleman for multiple options.
Or I might just be misinterpreting you and you meant things like pellet stoves, fireplaces, etc. I guess I would have thought the Schornsteinfeger would have reported the heating method for your home to the city.
It’s not technically a student apartment, but it’s right next to campus and we’re definitely the first married couple to live there.
While it is pretty common for heating (as it is mostly centralized either in the building complex or even city district and you're stuck with it), it is very uncommon for electricity.
There is something called the "Grundtarif" of the local electricity provider that it just defaults to, but you are not forced to keep it.
This might very likely be it.
You could just try to look up your meter ID and try to switch to a different provider (can really easily be done online).
If that just works, great!
I would in this case really recommend using it, as the Grundtarif usually is the most expensive option you can get, so you could save a lot of money.
Awesome, thank you!