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What are some red flags when it comes to renting in an apartment? (kbin.melroy.org)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (8 children)

If you use electric heaters and have gas, your a fucking idiot costing everyone money.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Don't you have electricity meters?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    It sounds like its multiple apartments share utilities.

    But electric heat is extremely expensive compared to gas, just about everywhere. So while they are bitching about gas, they are actually costing the others by using space heaters.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Without shared utilities, the others wouldn't be impacted. So I'd say that's the issue, not the space heaters.

    Also, if you heat with electricity, at least some of that power is from renewables, depending on your contract potentially all of it.

    And while normal space heaters are "only" 100% efficient, heat pumps can be several times as efficient*. That makes them even cheaper than gas.

    And I thought split AC was pretty much the norm in the US. Modern split AC units can usually be run in heating mode as well.

    *) Exact numbers depend on the temperature difference to the outside unit.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Problem is heat pumps don't seem to be very widespread, so this is more theoretical point, imo

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