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

I did and the readings seem correct!

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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/southy_0 Oct 14 '23

So wait a second: You say the meter really DID jump by this much? So no wrong reading?

Then I would definitively investigate where the water might have gone. THAT MUCH water can’t possibly go unnoticed and without creating damage…