Managing High Electricity Costs at Rental Villas

whynot


Joined: 05/07/2007
Posts: 10


Message Posted:
25/08/2008 10:02

Last month our electicity bill at our villa that we rent out was over 1220YTL. We mention about the overuse of air-conditioning to our guests, but to no avail. Would it be possible to install a meter inside the villa so that guests could pay as they go for electricity? Or does anyone have any other ideas?

trevor


Joined: 02/04/2008
Posts: 135


Message Posted:
25/08/2008 10:18

How do,

I was thinking of reducing the rental, taking a bond and having the meter read before and after and deducting it from the bond.

colly


Joined: 31/07/2008
Posts: 48


Message Posted:
25/08/2008 10:49

That could work Trevor. What ever way the people in the rental villa must be responsible for the cost otherwise they will not bother about switching off.

We gave up renting due to the tax (UK and TRNC) , overheads and hassle.

Col

TracyF


Joined: 17/05/2008
Posts: 69


Message Posted:
25/08/2008 10:50

We have just stayed in a rented villa in Lapta and paid the rental and then the electricity on top of that when we returned.

The property management company took the readings before and after our stay and then we were billed £210 for our 2 weeks stay.

Notsoboredhw



Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1138


Message Posted:
25/08/2008 11:01

Tracy - I wonder how much the people who you rented your villa from knew how much to charge because this is something I would be interested to find out.

gillken


Joined: 25/05/2008
Posts: 204


Message Posted:
25/08/2008 11:03

We have stayed at Villas in the past and they have charged per use of each AC unit at so much per night per unit.



The units were operated by a simple change of socket on the wall, the new wall sockets instead of having an external switch (when you turn on a light AC ) but an internal switch and a little key that would be put into a tiny slit that makes it possible to turn on and off the unit simply.

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 533


Message Posted:
25/08/2008 12:08

Within the rental that you charge you could allow a certain sum as an allowance for the people who rent the villa.



When at your villa run the air-con for say 4 hours and note the amount of electricity you have used then (lets say it is 3 units) if you assume that the duration of a night is 8 hours the units used would then be 6.



So if your villa has 3 bedrooms the usage for a week would be 18 units to this add some extra units for general usage and let the clients know that any usage above that level will be charge and deducted from a bond you will take from the client. Suggest that the clients read the meter on arrival and departure so that they can verify the number of units used. You would of course have to ensure that your property management company also read the meter on clients arrival and departure (any discrepancy of a few units could easily be ignored). You will have to ascertain the cost of a unit of electricity.



Adopting this policy will soon stop clients running the air-con all day, if they do clearly they will pay.