Landlord installed coin meters on washing machine

stateofflux

Quick question.

Landlord recently installed fancy new coin meter for both the washing machine and dryer. I dont mind the meter being there but a 40 minute wash and 90 minute dry took 9 euro in coins.

Is this normal? seems very high to me

Gatling

Do you pay for your own electricity

stateofflux

Yes but not the washing/dryer facilities.

im in a house with 6 studios and the shared dryer/washer is in a shed out the back.

listermint

stateofflux wrote: »

Quick question.

Landlord recently installed fancy new coin meter for both the washing machine and dryer. I dont mind the meter being there but a 40 minute wash and 90 minute dry took 9 euro in coins.

Is this normal? seems very high to me

There is machines in shopping centres doing washes for less than half that and taking twice and three times the size. Thats a tad robbery tbh

snubbleste

€9? that is extortionate

Sleeper12

stateofflux wrote:

Landlord recently installed fancy new coin meter for both the washing machine and dryer. I dont mind the meter being there but a 40 minute wash and 90 minute dry took 9 euro in coins.

It's very high. He's making a tidy profit on that. In fairness the government is stopping rent increases so they'll try recoup the money elsewhere

ted1

stateofflux wrote: »

Yes but not the washing/dryer facilities.

im in a house with 6 studios and the shared dryer/washer is in a shed out the back.

It's my understanding that they have to be provided in the apartment. And not Adam added extra, check with the prtb.

snubbleste

ted1 wrote: »

It's my understanding that they have to be provided in the apartment. And not Adam added extra, check with the prtb.

The landlord has to provide access to washing and drying facilities only.
There is no mention if the landlord can charge €€€€€€s more.

Most sly by that landlord

Addle

listermint wrote: »

There is machines in shopping centres doing washes for less than half that and taking twice and three times the size. Thats a tad robbery tbh

I use these facilities and pay €18 for the wash and dry of a 18kg load.

El_Duderino 09

€9 is mental. You could buy your own washer dryer and out a meter on it for €5 for the same service. See which one the other tenants would use. Could pay for itself in weeks.

listermint

Addle wrote: »

I use these facilities and pay €18 for the wash and dry of a 18kg load.

the average household one is 5 to 6 kg

There are large machines in my local 8 euro for 18kg wash.

I rest my case

stateofflux

i checked the setting on it. its 40c per kwh. with a daily standing charge of 30c per day

Galadriel

stateofflux wrote: »

i checked the setting on it. its 40c per kwh. with a daily standing charge of 30c per day

Our landlord charges €2 but that allows me to do about 5 40c washes :eek: we don't have a dryer so not sure how quickly the €2 would go on that.

newacc2015

I can see why the landlord would do this. Tenants generally have no respect for energy usage when they aren't paying for it. I know a landlord who rented his property by the rooms. Whenever he was in the house the heating was on full blast 24/7 and the tenants never turned off the lights. Eventually they paid their own bills and the energy usage was a third. I know of tenants who used to put on a wash daily regardless of how full the machine was.

Your landlord only has to give you access to a washing machine and only a dryer if there is no where to dry the clothes. I dont necessarily agree with what he is doing but I can see why he is doing it ie preventing excessive use of the machines. IMO if he was smart he would have charge you enough to make a healthy profit but not enough to wash/dry your clothes elsewhere. Maybe he just doesnt want to deal with a washing machine

Sleeper12

newacc2015 wrote:

I can see why the landlord would do this. Tenants generally have no respect for energy usage when they aren't paying for it. I know a landlord who rented his property by the rooms. Whenever he was in the house the heating was on full blast 24/7 and the tenants never turned off the lights. Eventually they paid their own bills and the energy usage was a third. I know of tenants who used to put on a wash daily regardless of how full the machine was.

In fairness renting separate rooms gets higher return on the property. The extra rent he was getting should have more than paid for the wastage

newacc2015

Sleeper12 wrote: »

In fairness renting separate rooms gets higher return on the property. The extra rent he was getting should have more than paid for the wastage

Not in 2012 when landlords had massive difficulty letting a large houses to a single group of tenants. Regardless of that, why should the landlords higher return which requires a lot more work ie dealing with issues of 7 separate tenants instead of a single one be eaten up by a massive energy bill?

lainey316

Very costly- ours would do 2 of those washes and a 90 min dry for €4, and there'd be a little credit left over.  Our meters are very old school tho

The Princess Bride

http://revolutionlaundry.ie/locations/

These are all over the place and are very cheap considering the volume you can wash and/or dry.