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I just moved into city and decided to take a studio in Astoria Queens.
I liked the location and size but I was told that all the utilities run on electricity.
It seems like all the apartments in the building are like that too, so heating, A/C, hot water, fridge, and everything pretty much run on electricity and there is no gas.
The thing is I'll have to pay for all of it. The rent is $1450 which is not too bad for a studio near train station - but do you think my electricity bill will be really expense? its 400 ft size and pretty much one big space since it is studio.
Does anyone have any experience with dealing with electric appliances such as heater? What should i expect to pay? If it's really expensive I'm considering to not use heater as much as i can
I just moved into city and decided to take a studio in Astoria Queens.
I liked the location and size but I was told that all the utilities run on electricity.
It seems like all the apartments in the building are like that too, so heating, A/C, hot water, fridge, and everything pretty much run on electricity and there is no gas.
The thing is I'll have to pay for all of it. The rent is $1450 which is not too bad for a studio near train station - but do you think my electricity bill will be really expense? its 400 ft size and pretty much one big space since it is studio.
Does anyone have any experience with dealing with electric appliances such as heater? What should i expect to pay? If it's really expensive I'm considering to not use heater as much as i can
My sister had a place in Bay Ridge and all of the service was electric. It was very expensive.
You pay for your own heat? But yes, it will be expensive. Get some blankets and start layering those sweaters and careful on how much you use that electric oven too.
depends how you use it, roughly around $150-$200 should cover everything if you set your temp at 71 at nighttime only which in my opinion is pretty comfortable during winter and hot water set on lukewarm.
It's expensive, but when I had all electric, I also had 1700 sq ft. To say the least, my bills shot up to $500+ during the winter... but this was Chicagoland with Comed.
Try calling Coned, provide them with the address and unit number and ask them if they can provide 4 months of bill amounts from last year from December through March. I am not sure they will give it to you but it can't hurt to try.
I lived in an all electric studio (400-450 sq feet) for a few years and my electric bills were pretty high in the winter and summer. I also had a very outdated (inefficient) heating and cooling unit, which didn't help.
On average in the winter, my bills were $150-$200. In the summer, they shot up as high as $400. I didn't try to conserve energy (nothing ever got unplugged, etc), and I did have a dishwasher than was ran every few days, so YMMV.
I just moved into city and decided to take a studio in Astoria Queens.
I liked the location and size but I was told that all the utilities run on electricity.
It seems like all the apartments in the building are like that too, so heating, A/C, hot water, fridge, and everything pretty much run on electricity and there is no gas.
The thing is I'll have to pay for all of it. The rent is $1450 which is not too bad for a studio near train station - but do you think my electricity bill will be really expense? its 400 ft size and pretty much one big space since it is studio.
Does anyone have any experience with dealing with electric appliances such as heater? What should i expect to pay? If it's really expensive I'm considering to not use heater as much as i can
Is $1450/mo( not including heat and hot water) for a 400 sq ft studio in Queens really considered "not too bad" these days ?
I'd count on at least 250/mo in electric bills on average so your rent is really $1,700/mo. Doesn't sound like any kind of a deal to me….not for 400 sq ft.
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