Electricity and heating

As a tenant, you won’t need to sign an electricity agreement. Instead, electricity is bought jointly. In some apartments, the electricity and heating are a fixed cost and is included in the rent. However, in some apartments, there is individual electricity metering and the cost of electricity consumption is added to the rent. Today, our provider of electricity is Din El, and the price you as a tenant pay is our actual cost. In the price, fixed and variable costs are included and also costs for both electricity generation and network. We purchase the service from Göteborg Energi.

Too hot in your apartment?

Here are four tips to lower the temperature in your apartment:

1. Roll down the blinds or curtains. Close the windows and close the curtains when the sun is at is hotest during the day, in order to keep the cold inside.
2. Air the room during evenings and nights. Open your windows during evenings or nights, since the outside temperature is lower at this time.
3. Turn off electrical equipment. The computer and other electronic devices generate heat and can add to a warmer indoor temperature.
4. The window ventilators in your apartment should be open. The property is constructed to have a working airflow. If the ventilators are closed it will not work.

Too cold in your apartment?

When the outside temperature changes quickly, your apartment might get cold, since the heating system needs some time to adjust. This can take a couple of days.

Here are some tips to keep the heat in your apartment:

• Check your furniture arrangement. Furniture and curtains can block the heat from spreading in the room.
• Pull down your blinds during the night.  It can keep some cold out.
• Are your window ventilations closed? Open them! They create circulation in your apartment which affects the air quality and temperature.
• Control the sealing strips around the windows and doors. If you feel a draught, they might need to be changed.
  Please  make a fault report or contact your housing host.
• Control the radiators. Are your radiators cold at the top and warm at the bottom? Then there might be air in the radiator.
  Make a fault report on My Pages and our technician will help you out. Also make sure the radiator valve is open.

If you feel that it is very cold or cold for a longer period, please make a fault report on My Pages. We will visit your apartment and measure the temperature and fix the problem. If you want to, you can measure the temperature yourself. It should not be colder than 20 degrees Celsius.