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MsPennyP t1_j6ifhal wrote

When you say you don't pay for hot water, I'm thinking you mean you don't pay separately for water as in water usage is in your rent. However what makes it hot? I'd bet you do indeed pay for the electricity that the water heater uses. It would need its own separate electric meter if you didn't pay for it.

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A3thereal t1_j6ig9a5 wrote

I think it's safe to assume OP lives in a building with multiple units. It would be more economical for the landlord to have multiple units sharing a single water heating unit (on a shared meter where hall/common area lights and similar would be) and including the average cost of this electricity usage in the rents.

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lovemoonsaults t1_j6iiges wrote

That's wild. All my studio apartments have had their own water heater. It takes up a chunk of my closet 😳

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A3thereal t1_j6ijzlz wrote

That's entirely possible too, I was taking into account the fact the lease includes provisions the landlord pays for water heating.

I'm sure there are also regional differences with these and also depends on the type of building. Example, a complex with multiple buildings and a few units per building would be different than a large building with scores of units.

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silveraaron t1_j6ikk1w wrote

I've had both, I rented an old converted bank office into apts in a 1880s building in a downtown area. That had shared hot water paid by the landlord.

I rent a condo now with its own seperate water heater, I pay for the heating my landlord pays the water (HOA fee).

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lovemoonsaults t1_j6ikuxu wrote

Ooooh I've only been in new construction, that's possibly why!

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