max mirman
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Hi all, thanks for checking in. Me and two friends just moved into a brand new 3 bedroom apartment in Brooklyn and have received our first electricity bill at over $850. I feel like this is absolutely impossible and there must be something wrong, but here are the details of our apartment - maybe it will help some of you suggest a reason or problem & solution.
Any suggestions on how this could be happening? Anything I could say to get money back, taken off the bill, or to dispute the charges being so high? Could my electric meter be tapped? Theft? Illegitimate set up?
Thanks for reading, and I'd appreciate literally any responses - I'm desperate here. We cannot afford this crap.
- Apartment is brand new - we are the first to occupy this apartment.
- 5 days ago, half the apartment electrical outlets & exterior lights stopped working suddenly
- Electrician came by and used one of the working outlets next to a broken one to reactivate the broken ones
- Said that it was due to poor design/installation
- None of the breakers had switched when these outlets stopped working
- Electrician came by and used one of the working outlets next to a broken one to reactivate the broken ones
- We keep our thermostat on at 69 degrees (maybe a little low, i know, but we like it cold)
- I've noticed our front door of the apartment leaks a decent amount of cold air whenever I am outside putting the key in.
- The contractors that built our apartment building are known for being sloppy, disconcerned, and half-a$$ed with their work.
- There are scruffs everywhere, some apartments are not finished, we had an electric problem within the first month where the sockets stopped working
- We barely have any electronics - other than charging computers, and phones, we don't have any tvs, and have minimal lamps.
Any suggestions on how this could be happening? Anything I could say to get money back, taken off the bill, or to dispute the charges being so high? Could my electric meter be tapped? Theft? Illegitimate set up?
Thanks for reading, and I'd appreciate literally any responses - I'm desperate here. We cannot afford this crap.