ᐅ Additional Costs / Utility Expenses After Moving In

BeHaElJa schrieb:
Thank you.

The chimney sweep is not required because we have a ground-source heat pump.
Reserves are clear; but we had not specified them so explicitly before.
We are still undecided about term life insurance.
Building liability? We have property insurance.
Telephone/TV we have listed separately as an item.

Term life insurance costs us 130 € (approximately $140) per year with a decreasing benefit (similar to a loan balance).

So if that’s what it comes down to… Well, after death my debts wouldn’t matter to me anyway^^

Comparing ELECTRICITY COSTS is not meaningful – the kWh consumption is (if at all) comparable.

Which again depends on size, type, insulation, and user behavior.

So, it’s basically not possible to compare these...

This is initially an estimate... Additional charges may apply 😀
In February, we used 356 kWh for heating and 38 kWh for domestic hot water on 190 sqm (2045 sq ft). The projection for March looks similar so far.
We pay €0.248 per kWh and there is no fixed fee.

Yes, I understand that, but in my opinion, the differences are just too large.

A colleague moved into his city villa without a basement in 2014 at Christmas, with about 145m² (1560 ft²) of living space (10x10m / 33x33 ft), and pays around €1,000 for electricity for his geothermal heat pump (deep drilling). Another colleague with a similar city villa of about 150m² (1615 ft²), but spread over 3 floors and built in 2007, has roughly the same cost.

Then there is another colleague who heats a pitched-roof house with 140m² (1507 ft²) plus a basement (mostly unheated or very cool) using gas, and pays about €550.

Now, knowing that the colleague with the 3 floors always keeps it very warm and the one with gas tends to be more economical, I could imagine that with similar heating habits, gas and electricity costs might be about the same, right?

I always thought it was worth spending €10,000 more compared to gas?

Sorry if I’m misusing the thread.

€32 for water and wastewater seems quite low to me.
Last year, we paid €78 for water and wastewater every two months and had to make additional payments for both due to the dry summer. Consumption was around 60m³ (79yd³) for the household of 3 people and 30m³ (39yd³) for garden irrigation. Unfortunately, the exemption from wastewater charges in the garden area only applies from a total consumption of 93m³ (122yd³) for 3 people.

Do you have to carry out an annual leak test for the brine-water heat pump?

Our electricity costs are about €120 per month for the heat pump, including domestic hot water and household electricity.

We have the same for waste disposal.

Thank you, yes – the €32 also seemed very low to us, but we have little experience with this so far.
We have a garden water meter, so we only pay for incoming water there (unclear whether this is worthwhile, as it also has a basic charge 😉)
As for the condition, I don’t know anything about it yet – I will ask the builder again.