ᐅ Excessive Electricity Consumption in Single-Family Home Construction – Experiences
Created on: 16 Jan 2022 20:55
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Miwi2009
Hello everyone,
I built a single-family house with a general contractor, and according to the construction contract, I am responsible for the electricity costs during the building phase. After about 9 months of construction, a staggering 25,000 kWh were consumed. This corresponds to approximately €8,000 in electricity costs. In my opinion, the main drivers were the heating program for the screed as well as various heaters and drying devices that were used in the house for some time.
I wanted the general contractor to cover part of the electricity costs (€4,000), but unfortunately, they are unwilling to negotiate and refer to the contract. My logical argument would be that, as a layperson, I would expect a usual electricity consumption or costs for a single-family house to average between €2,500 and €3,500, depending on the season and other factors.
Has anyone had a similar experience or any suggestions on how to get the general contractor to share 50% of the costs?
Thanks in advance!
I built a single-family house with a general contractor, and according to the construction contract, I am responsible for the electricity costs during the building phase. After about 9 months of construction, a staggering 25,000 kWh were consumed. This corresponds to approximately €8,000 in electricity costs. In my opinion, the main drivers were the heating program for the screed as well as various heaters and drying devices that were used in the house for some time.
I wanted the general contractor to cover part of the electricity costs (€4,000), but unfortunately, they are unwilling to negotiate and refer to the contract. My logical argument would be that, as a layperson, I would expect a usual electricity consumption or costs for a single-family house to average between €2,500 and €3,500, depending on the season and other factors.
Has anyone had a similar experience or any suggestions on how to get the general contractor to share 50% of the costs?
Thanks in advance!
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Neubau202229 May 2022 13:42guckuck2 schrieb:
Maybe it's stuck in the Schulturm after the street 🙂
Why use drying equipment in this weather? And six of them at that...No idea. I'm building with BU and have to rely on their expertise. But I will ask tomorrow, since these only become fully effective after 24 hours.
Hello everyone,
I just registered because this topic matches my current problem.
We are having only problems with our construction site, which is now about 95% complete.
Regarding the topic, a few weeks ago we received our temporary construction electricity bill, on which we are supposedly
I just registered because this topic matches my current problem.
We are having only problems with our construction site, which is now about 95% complete.
Regarding the topic, a few weeks ago we received our temporary construction electricity bill, on which we are supposedly
Sorry, I wasn’t able to edit the message, so here it is again in full:
Hello everyone,
I just registered because this topic fits my current problem.
We are having nothing but issues with our construction site, which is now about 95% complete.
A few weeks ago, we received our temporary power invoice showing an alleged consumption of
46,000 kWh, so you can imagine the bill amount.
During our renovation, the screed was poured in May 2021, including the heating up phase using an air-to-water heat pump.
No construction dryers or similar devices were used, but a crane was on site.
The utility company sent me photo documentation of the meter installation and removal, confirming the meter readings were correct.
In the meantime, we have engaged a lawyer who also says the consumption is much too high...
My question is whether, for example, I can hold the heating installer responsible because the heating system ran too long.
Does anyone have experience with this?
We had two construction phases:
September 2020 to February 2021 (without any significant power consumers),
Then from the end of March 2021 to November 2021.
Due to a lack of meters, we only received our meter in April 2022. This means from November to April, while the house was occupied, we used temporary power.
Since April, we have been running normally and can now see that so far, in the occupied state with heating, hot water, etc., we have consumed 5,000 kWh (including some electrical tools used by the tradespeople).
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Hello everyone,
I just registered because this topic fits my current problem.
We are having nothing but issues with our construction site, which is now about 95% complete.
A few weeks ago, we received our temporary power invoice showing an alleged consumption of
46,000 kWh, so you can imagine the bill amount.
During our renovation, the screed was poured in May 2021, including the heating up phase using an air-to-water heat pump.
No construction dryers or similar devices were used, but a crane was on site.
The utility company sent me photo documentation of the meter installation and removal, confirming the meter readings were correct.
In the meantime, we have engaged a lawyer who also says the consumption is much too high...
My question is whether, for example, I can hold the heating installer responsible because the heating system ran too long.
Does anyone have experience with this?
We had two construction phases:
September 2020 to February 2021 (without any significant power consumers),
Then from the end of March 2021 to November 2021.
Due to a lack of meters, we only received our meter in April 2022. This means from November to April, while the house was occupied, we used temporary power.
Since April, we have been running normally and can now see that so far, in the occupied state with heating, hot water, etc., we have consumed 5,000 kWh (including some electrical tools used by the tradespeople).
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
N
Neubau202227 Sep 2022 11:48NikSindi schrieb:
Sorry, I wasn’t able to edit the original message, so here it is again in full:
Hello everyone,
I just registered because this topic fits my current problem.
We are having nothing but trouble with our construction site, which is now about 95% complete.
Regarding the issue: a few weeks ago, we received our temporary construction power bill, showing that we supposedly
used 46,000 kWh (kilowatt-hours). You can imagine how high the bill was.
During our renovation in May 2021, the screed was poured, including a heating program using an air-to-water heat pump.
No drying fans or similar equipment were used, although a crane was onsite.
The utility company sent me photo documentation for the installation and removal of the meter to confirm the meter readings were correct.
We have now involved a lawyer who also says the amount is way too high...
My question is whether, for example, I can hold the heating installer liable because the heating system ran too long.
Has anyone had experience with this?
We had two construction phases:
September 2020 to February 2021 (without significant power consumers)
Then from the end of March 2021 to November 2021.
Because of a shortage of meters, we only received ours in April 2022. This means that between November and April, during occupied status, we were technically still on construction power.
Since April, we have been operating normally, and I can now see that so far, while living there with heating and hot water, we have used about 5,000 kWh (including various electric tools used by tradespeople).
Thanks in advance for your opinions. How do the 46,000 kWh come about? Could you have checked the meter readings intermittently? I’m annoyed about our 7,700 kWh, but six times that is just incredible.
If you didn’t have any drying fans, what were the power consumers? Did the pump run continuously with the heating element or electric cartridge heater?
Yes, I could have checked, but I didn’t pay attention because I didn’t expect any issues there (blind spot). Besides, I was busy coordinating the different trades and had a lot of work to do alongside my job.
Due to a mistake, I found out that the screed drying program was restarted, so instead of running for 3 weeks, it ran for 4 weeks. The heating rods ran as support during the warm-up phase.
I don’t know exactly how long they ran in total. Am I responsible for regulating this during the construction phase?
We didn’t need dehumidifiers since this is not a new build and there were no water damages...
Due to a mistake, I found out that the screed drying program was restarted, so instead of running for 3 weeks, it ran for 4 weeks. The heating rods ran as support during the warm-up phase.
I don’t know exactly how long they ran in total. Am I responsible for regulating this during the construction phase?
We didn’t need dehumidifiers since this is not a new build and there were no water damages...
NikSindi schrieb:
Due to an error, I noticed that the screed program was restarted, so instead of running for 3 weeks, it ran for 4 weeks. The heating rods were used to assist during warming up.
What type of heating system do you have exactly, and what is the power of the heating rods?
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