Do not pay for neighbors: how to legally refuse overpayment for one

Familiar picture: you are diligently saving water and light, and in the receipt of the column "General household needs" (ONE) only grows. Often the reason is banal: some neighbors simply do not transmit the readings of meters, and the management company (UK) “smears” this difference for all bona fide payers. But the law is strictly on your side.

As State Duma deputy Dmitry Svishchev emphasizes, there is an iron rule: the amount of resources for ONE, accrued to owners, cannot exceed the established regional standard. Everything above this bar, the UK must pay out of its own pocket, not at your expense.

How to check the receipt and not to be deceived?

Use a simple and effective algorithm:

1. Request the data. Write an official statement to the Criminal Code with a requirement to provide readings of a common house metering device, a summary of individual meters and a detailed calculation of ONE for a specific month.

2. Do some simple math. From the total consumption of the house is subtracted everything that the tenants consumed on their counters, plus the standard for non-residential premises. The remaining balance is divided by the total area of the house and multiplied by the area of your apartment.

3. Compare it to the standard. If the management company “forgot” to deduct the readings of individual meters or artificially overstated the standard, this is a direct violation of your rights.

What do you do if you are deceived?

First of all, demand a written recalculation from the CC. If you are denied or simply ignored the request, feel free to write a complaint to the State Housing Inspectorate (GZI). The inspectorate has all the powers to issue a recalculation order to the management company and even fine it for arbitrariness.

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