Electricity bills in a shared building

[Fluffernutter]

In a large building where four separate small businesses rent office space, how is the electricity bill for each business normally calculated? Who pays for the communal lighting and heating on the stairways and landings?

 

[WaveJumper]

What does it say in your service charge report about apportionment of costs. You will all obviously contribute to shared areas but how are the offices charged if you don't have separate meters ..... what does it say in your lease?

 

[hikiwari]

Normally each floor would have it's own meter with an additional meter called Landlord's Supply which would cover common areas and lift etc. and be charged back in your service charge

 

[kulture]

Normally each floor would have it's own meter with an additional meter called Landlord's Supply which would cover common areas and lift etc. and be charged back in your service charge

This would be the reasonable and sensible way to do it. But some lazy landlords may just have one meter and divide the bill by 4 plus a bit.

The other question is how much per KWh can the landlord charge over the rate at which they are charged.

 

[NickGrogan]

Normally each floor would have it's own meter with an additional meter called Landlord's Supply which would cover common areas and lift etc. and be charged back in your service charge

This is how it should be.

This would be the reasonable and sensible way to do it. But some lazy landlords may just have one meter and divide the bill by 4 plus a bit.

The other question is how much per KWh can the landlord charge over the rate at which they are charged.

This is frequently how it is.

What does the lease say?