I just read in electricity bill thread the post gringo in dr wrote about water bills, so thought I'd start a new thread. I was taken aback to read that a friend of gringo in dr "........is still paying 3000-4000 pesos a month & water company says he must use a lot of water".
How would the water company know what his consumption is? Here in Puerto Plata we are not metred for water use & the charge is the same monthly. The water company's comment sounds like a try on to me!
I pay water bills on 2 houses in Puerto Plata. Neither are in 'gringoland', one is in rich dominicansville & the other in PP town centre. Each house has a cystern. Monthly bill for the Bayardo house is 518 pesos (including sewage), monthly bill for the town centre house is 313 pesos (also including sewage). Each of these bills reflect the increases imposed about 3 months back.
Anyone paying thousands of pesos for residential property (unless it is an apartment block) is paying over the odds, I would have thought.
How would the water company know what his consumption is? Here in Puerto Plata we are not metred for water use & the charge is the same monthly. The water company's comment sounds like a try on to me!
I pay water bills on 2 houses in Puerto Plata. Neither are in 'gringoland', one is in rich dominicansville & the other in PP town centre. Each house has a cystern. Monthly bill for the Bayardo house is 518 pesos (including sewage), monthly bill for the town centre house is 313 pesos (also including sewage). Each of these bills reflect the increases imposed about 3 months back.
Anyone paying thousands of pesos for residential property (unless it is an apartment block) is paying over the odds, I would have thought.