ᐅ The heating season has begun!

Bieber0815 schrieb:
If you do it properly without a heating professional in the family, it will definitely be more expensive

I just looked up the prices for these devices and honestly, I’m quite surprised. Especially the smaller ones are pretty pricey. So, I wouldn’t really recommend this for everyone without connections *g*.

BeHaElJa schrieb:
My personal tip: set the electricity rate a bit higher so you don’t get hit with a 1000 € shock after one year ^.^

We are using construction power supply because we didn’t have the connection yet. So the shock will come soon. I simply budgeted 2000 € in advance, hopefully making the surprise less severe.

BeHaElJa schrieb:
set the electricity rate a bit higher

In my experience, electricity suppliers usually do this on their own. So far, after the first year, we always received a (sometimes substantial) refund and then a lower, reasonable monthly payment going forward ;-). According to rumors, you can also negotiate or set the monthly payment yourself. I managed to do this a few years ago when signing a gas supply contract (although it was still a bit too high).

As a new single-family home owner, it is advisable to keep some liquidity anyway (property tax, building insurance, etc.). Not everything is fully established or predictable yet, so there might still be surprises during the first ~12 months.

Bieber0815 schrieb:
In my experience, electricity suppliers do this automatically. So far, after the first year, we have always received a (sometimes substantial) refund, and subsequently had a lower, reasonable installment amount ;-). Rumor has it that you can also negotiate or set the installment yourself. I was able to do that a few years ago when signing a gas supply contract (though it was still too high).

Of course, that’s possible.
I even had our installment payment increased on my own initiative—it was just a phone call.

The amount of the installments also depends on the electricity provider. Some consider 11 installments, while others consider 12.

Did you really need that much electricity for drying heating? I would have thought it was significantly less in our case, and we also used construction power.

So far, I have been able to choose all advance payments (water, electricity, gas) almost freely, either online, by phone, or by mail.

from on the go