How much to live in cyprus

[Jac]

How much to live in Cyprus?.......
Well, I have a 2nd home there, in the last six months I have been there approx 17 days, and I have just added up my EAC direct debits (electricity) and they total 1909 Euros!!
So, maybe Cyprus is cheap for some things but definitely not electricity! (and definitely not as a 2nd home).
The only items I have running whilst I am not there are fridge/freezer, swimming pool pump (4 hours a day over the winter) and low voltage auto night lights.
I just do not know how people afford such bills when the income levels are so low there.
I had the meter changed in case it was faulty back in the summer, so its not that, and there isn't anyone near enough to me to be using my electricity, so I am at a loss as to why it is so high?
Anyone else relate to this or is it just me?

Jac

[kimonas]

Originally Posted by Jac

How much to live in Cyprus?.......
Well, I have a 2nd home there, in the last six months I have been there approx 17 days, and I have just added up my EAC direct debits (electricity) and they total 1909 Euros!!
So, maybe Cyprus is cheap for some things but definitely not electricity! (and definitely not as a 2nd home).
The only items I have running whilst I am not there are fridge/freezer, swimming pool pump (4 hours a day over the winter) and low voltage auto night lights.
I just do not know how people afford such bills when the income levels are so low there.
I had the meter changed in case it was faulty back in the summer, so its not that, and there isn't anyone near enough to me to be using my electricity, so I am at a loss as to why it is so high?
Anyone else relate to this or is it just me?

Jac

I can relate to that - we've had a similar bill (but for a 2 month period) but we do live here 24 /7 and have had the storage heaters on full blast this winter. many of our friends have had unusually high bills (there has been a raise in tarrif since the mari disaster and the desdtruction of the powerplant)...Let's see what the summer brings - I guess many will be sweating it out this year to cut back on AC bills....

[Veronica]

It seems to me that something is very wrong. We average about 1.500 per year.
We have 2 computers on all day, all the normal electrical items for every day living and the television is usually on a music station while we are working. Our pool pump.

Jac I have a question for you. Do you have someone lookingafter your pool while you are not here? Do they have a key to your house?
The reason I ask is because we know of many cases where pool cleaners just leave pumps running 24hours to save themsleves the bother of going to clean the pools. Then when the owner is due to come out they go and reset the timers.
Aslo we know of many cases where key holders have rented properties out during the owners absence.
To get the sort of electricity bills you have, something, somewhere is wrong.

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by Johnio0312

What are the gold stars for?? I now have two but why or how I dunno. Perhaps if I was from Yorkshire I would rate another 18? hahaha

Can we please keep to the topic of the thread.

[Miss Daisy]

I find electricity to be expensive, but I am paying less than 600 Euros a year, even with this very cold winter, for a 2-bedroom villa. Jac's electricity is outrageous and something is out of whack. I'm no expert, but I think running the pool pump 4 hours a day when the pool is not in use is too much - those pumps use a lot of electricity. I would take it down to 2 hours every other day.

Anyway, I find costs generally reasonable for most things. Gas (petrol) is expensive compared to the USA, but I drive less. My biggest savings is in the area of health insurance and health care. It is very expensive in the USA.