{"product_id":"vragen-33924-wij-huren-sinds-4-jaar-een-bedrijfspand-waar-wij-maandelijks-een-vast-bedrag-aan-gas-betalen-gezam","title":"Legal Advice on Service Charges and Meter Reading","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n We have been renting a commercial property for 4 years, where we pay a fixed amount for gas every month. (shared meter with owner who also has a company).\n As of 01-01-2015 we only rent 2\/3 of the space and therefore pay less rent. But the service costs regarding gas have remained the same. We do not agree with this because we consume considerably less.\n Can we oblige the landlord to install a separate meter? We have already asked for a specification of the past years but we have not received it yet.\n\n Greeting,\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nThe monthly service charges are an advance payment on the actual costs to be incurred. Now that the rented surface area has been reduced, the advance payment should be adjusted accordingly. In principle, the parties are free to do this or not. The service charges must be settled at the end of the year. This means that you will have to pay extra if the advance payments are not sufficient or that you will receive money back in the other case. The landlord must specify the service charges at your request based on utility bills and meter readings.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Thank you for the clear explanation.\n Can we therefore oblige the landlord to provide a specification of the past 4 years? Or can he also refuse this?\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nCertainly, if no properly specified final statement has been submitted in the past four years, you can ask the landlord to settle the past four years on the basis of specified final statements. The landlord can of course refuse this, but then you can enforce this in court. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of service in any way.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55016520810845,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-33924-wij-huren-sinds-4-jaar-een-bedrijfspand-waar-wij-maandelijks-een-vast-bedrag-aan-gas-betalen-gezam","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}