Do you find it hard to believe this sentence can be said in Budapest in 2020? Believe us, Its totally possible! Of course, you need a suitable apartment (preferably a Flatco one), but from there on you just need to incorporate a few simple tricks into your daily routine and you will be amazed by the low consumption costs.
Its a fantastic feeling when you have to pay less than you expected u2013 whether it is for a service or a product. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Faced with this luck, some people prefer to carefully put aside the u201cextra moneyu201d and some will instantly spend their unexpected income on some item they wanted. Whichever group you might belong to, saving money without making sacrifices will sure to come in handy – We’ll show you how with minimal care you can keep the consumption expenses of your Budapest apartment as low as possible.
Problematic expenses factor: the apartment itself
It is beyond dispute that the utility bills of a 100-year-old, 5-meter-high rental apartment in need of renovation will likely be double than those of a modern new built rental apartment. Old, warped windows, an outdated heating system, crappy insulation – or worse, a complete lack of it – are sure to leave its mark on the end-of-month utility bill. No wonder, then, that as autumn approaches, many tenants are anxious when they think about the chill wind whistling through the room, the cold mornings, and the high consumption costs.
The solution is quite naturally a modern apartment! Flatcou2019s affordable premium rentals will allow you to have utility bills that are way lower than average – especially during the heating season. Thanks to the best quality insulation, economical heating system, perfectly shutting windows and doors, ideal ceiling height and modern, heated common areas, the consumption expenses will be much more pleasant than your average rental apartment, so at the end of the month, you will have more money in your pocket, without needing to make any sacrifices.
Problematic expenses factor: missed opportunities
In the rush of everyday life it is totally understandable if you sometimes forget to turn off the lights or leave the balcony door open. However, when you decide to be economical on the consumption bill, a little help will come in handy, as little things like overheated rooms, gas meters spinning in your absence, unnecessarily burning lights will surely increase your end-of-month expenses!
The solution is a smart home system! Luckily, Zipatile, installed in Flatcou2019s apartments solves almost everything for you, all it takes once you get to know the gadget is just a quick setting up of an operation setting that best suits your lifestyle. Here’s a few tricks it is capable of doing:
- By default, the system maintains a temperature of 22 degrees for the u201cstay at homeu201d setting, 20 degrees for night time or when you’re away, and 15 degrees when set on the vacation mode setting; which means that you are saving money just by not turning off Zipalite.
- By customizing the functionalities, you can have nearly limitless operation settings. Set to turn off all lights automatically by activating the u201cabsenceu201d feature, so your electricity bill will be much more sympathetic at the end of the month.
- You can give a command even to the window shutters: if you want to keep the warmth of your apartment, you can open or close them, just with the touch of a button!
- In absence mode, you can let the temperature drop u2018till 19, 18 degrees, because if you download the smart home system app to your mobile device, you can set the desired heating degree 20 minutes before you get home – so you don’t get home to an igloo while making sure that the radiators don’t work all day.
- If you are absent for a long time, don’t forget to turn on the vacation mode. This setting keeps all consumption to a minimum, so the meters will not blow up when no one is home.
So you actually only need to add one small, extra step to your daily routine to experience the u201cextra moneyu201d effect: donu2019t forget to use Zipalite on a daily basis, which is standard in all Flatcou2019s homes. The rest will be solved by itself, and you can amuse yourself with the idea of u200bu200bwhat you would spend your saved forints on!