Here if your house is not warmed, you will die in the winter. It's not the first thing people save money on. Also apartment buildings almost all have district heating, and the tenant doesn't have to pay for that. The problem usually is that to cut costs they reduce the temperature centrally in the building (especially student housing is notorious for this), but the landlord might have to pay back rent if the flat is under +18 C as then it's not considered livable.
Speaking for Greece, I'd say these numbers are close to the truth. Heating in the vast majority of houses/apartments was done via petrol/diesel. During the last decade, average costs to heat your apartment would be more than 100€ per month.
With current unemployment levels, shitty wages and really poor insulation on most buildings, living in Greece during the winter feels fucking cold.
What most people ended up doing is opting for wood burning in fireplaces or wood stoves, which in bigger cities such as Athens or Thessaloniki causes huge air pollution making it unbearable, especially for people with respiratory issues.
On a note to those who will say Greece is not cold enough, Most of Greece sees snow during the winter months and temperatures below zero. In northern Greece, temps regularly drop below -10 during winter. During my holiday visit, my home town had constantly colder temperatures than Berlin for example.
fishiesandmore on January 6th, 2020 at 10:14 UTC »
Here if your house is not warmed, you will die in the winter. It's not the first thing people save money on. Also apartment buildings almost all have district heating, and the tenant doesn't have to pay for that. The problem usually is that to cut costs they reduce the temperature centrally in the building (especially student housing is notorious for this), but the landlord might have to pay back rent if the flat is under +18 C as then it's not considered livable.
bravo_malaka on January 6th, 2020 at 10:53 UTC »
Speaking for Greece, I'd say these numbers are close to the truth. Heating in the vast majority of houses/apartments was done via petrol/diesel. During the last decade, average costs to heat your apartment would be more than 100€ per month.
With current unemployment levels, shitty wages and really poor insulation on most buildings, living in Greece during the winter feels fucking cold.
What most people ended up doing is opting for wood burning in fireplaces or wood stoves, which in bigger cities such as Athens or Thessaloniki causes huge air pollution making it unbearable, especially for people with respiratory issues.
On a note to those who will say Greece is not cold enough, Most of Greece sees snow during the winter months and temperatures below zero. In northern Greece, temps regularly drop below -10 during winter. During my holiday visit, my home town had constantly colder temperatures than Berlin for example.
MuchozolF on January 6th, 2020 at 11:40 UTC »
Im on a train in Poland right now and i gotta tell you, some railways cant afford it either