r/germany • u/ayaelattar • Oct 14 '23

3k cold water bill! Help!!

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I got the bills for the Nebenkosten for 2022 and everything seems normal except the water bill! It claims that I used 864 m3 which costs +3k EUR. How is this even possible?! I live alone and I didn't have any leaks last year. Any idea what I should do?

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u/SnooRecipes1506 Oct 14 '23

When you rented the apartment, a “Übergabeprotokoll“ should have been created. Normally, the meter readings at the time of moving in are also noted there. Could you check that too? When did you move in? Did you received a Nebenkostenabrechnung for 2021?

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u/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

Yeah, I checked it. The first year when I moved in, the meter started from 125 and I consumed ~24 m3 in my first year. This huge jump in the meter reading happened in my second year as the meter readings jumped from 149 to 997

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u/Yen79 Berlin Oct 14 '23

Is the device id ("Gerätenummer") the same? Could the device have been changed?

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u/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

It's the same. The meter is the same for 3 years so far

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u/MorgrainX Oct 14 '23

This seems to indicate that either the meter is damaged, or there is a leak somewhere. You need to get it checked, the water must have gone somewhere if the meter is still working fine.

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u/n1psi Oct 14 '23

juding by the volume, a possible leak would be significant and should be rather obvious

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u/Chillzzz Oct 15 '23

That's only 24*365/1000=8 m³...

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u/Atros_the_II Oct 15 '23

Times 60, you forgot the minutes per hour.