Ciao Renter,
this post is about the impact of the energy crisis on the gas and electricity bills.
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As you can imagine, offering all inclusive prices in this situation becomes more and more challenging.
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Therefore the landlords may set some limits in the bills, on the basis of the previous ones.
The exceeded amount will be deducted from the deposit.
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The landlords will check constantly the bills (they are usually bi-monthly *) so you can promptly be informed about an eventual excessive usage, avoiding an unexpected notice at the checkout, when your security deposit should be refunded.
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👉🏻 Please note that:
- AC can be used only if it’s hot 🌞 , so in the summer (June-August),
- The heating can be used when it’s cold ❄️, so only in the winter (November-March, as stated by Italian law) and never use the AC as heating.
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✳️ How not to risk to use too much energy and have too high bills?
▶️ Saving energy, following the new rules we have in Italy:
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– keep max
19°C (66 Fahrenheit) in the day (autonomous heating) or radiators on “
2” (central heating),
– the heating can work
max 12 hours/day and only in the winter (Nov-March).
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Some other recommendation:

– keep on the electrical
water heater, it uses more energy if you turn it off always (turn it off only if you go away for more then 1 week),
– don’t use the AC as dehumidifier or heating in the winter (usually there are the radiators),
– use the AC in the summer (June-August) only when it’s at least 30°C and possibly with dehumidifier mode,
– use the electrical appliances (washing machine, dishwasher, dryer…) before 7 am and after 7 pm, or on Saturday-Sunday,
– always turn off all the lights when you are not at home (and turn on only the one in the room you are),
– use the oven only when it’s really needed.
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👯♀️ If you are leaving for more than 1 week, please:
– Inform us about the dates you’ll be away (autonomous heating) or turn the radiators on “1” (central heating)
– turn off the water heater.
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📎 Most of them aren’t “new rules”, actually, it’s simply how everybody should always behave at home!
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* As the bills are usually bi-monthly in Italy, it can happen the security deposit can’t be refunded within 2 weeks after the checkout, because the landlord needs to wait the bills are issued to make the calculation.