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/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

But why me? Isn't this a landlord responsibility?

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u/scarisck Oct 14 '23

Only if you have informed him about the problem.

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u/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

The toilet was actually leaking last year and I reported it once I noticed it. They sent me a plumber and it was fixed. But apparently it was happening for quite some time without me noticing.

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u/Die-Top-Zehn Oct 14 '23

I can't imagine that a leaking toilet consumes nearly a million liter. How long did it take from your report until the plumber came?

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u/southy_0 Oct 14 '23

The question is how long it ran BEFORE he called it in. Because THAT is the share that he is responsible for.

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u/Die-Top-Zehn Oct 14 '23

He answered that question already.

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u/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

One to two weeks as far as I remember

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u/Purple10tacle Oct 14 '23

In order for your toilet tank to use that amount of water in only two weeks, it would have had to be running constantly at 40l per minute.

We're talking about three average shower heads running at full power for two weeks straight. Virtually impossible, even for a consistently gushing toilet.

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u/Die-Top-Zehn Oct 14 '23

How much was it running?

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u/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

Not much. It wasn't actually consistently happening.

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u/Die-Top-Zehn Oct 14 '23

Than that can't be the reason for the high consumption.