We rented a house outside of Lucca that used gas/gas-oil a couple of years ago and when we received our first gas bill it was 600 eu. on top of our rent. We couldn't believe it. It was an older heating system in the house so we immediately put in a pellet stove to heat the house. We thought there had to be a mistake as well or a leak but then my husband went out to look at the meter and it just kept running and running. Once we turned the heaters off and started using the pellet stove to heat the house we had a very low bill for just the hot water. Europeans naturally keep their homes cooler and they are less insulated. The homes are harder to heat. I had to try and explain this to visitors all the time because they always complained it was too cold even in hotel rooms.
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We rented a house outside of Lucca that used gas/gas-oil a couple of years ago and when we received our first gas bill it was 600 eu. on top of our rent. We couldn't believe it. It was an older heating system in the house so we immediately put in a pellet stove to heat the house. We thought there had to be a mistake as well or a leak but then my husband went out to look at the meter and it just kept running and running. Once we turned the heaters off and started using the pellet stove to heat the house we had a very low bill for just the hot water. Europeans naturally keep their homes cooler and they are less insulated. The homes are harder to heat. I had to try and explain this to visitors all the time because they always complained it was too cold even in hotel rooms.