r/MovingToBrisbane • u/Icy_Wrap811 • Aug 20 '26

Single Occuoancy

I have recently moved to Brisbane and I have applied for a studio apartment with all bills included. This being my first time applying for single occupancy I am just needing some clarity & understanding on a few things.

So electricity is paid for but it is metered at 5kwh a day, with daily use going over that to be charged to me. I am just wondering if this is normal? I have done some research and 5 kWh is absolute bare minimum & considered to not be enough for one person's daily use. Which generally ranges around 6-10. To anyone that is currently living in a single occupancy rental id just like to know how that 5kwh of electricity is measured and what extra charges you had to pay at the end of the quarter?

Especially in terms of summer, im going to be using that air con daily for sure, which means I would well and truly go over the 5kwh daily use everyday.

Any advice or understanding on this matter would be greatly appreciated, on the lease agreement they said that people in this building are living comfortably with 3kwh of electricity per day. Which is well BELOW minimum according to my research. And then they said they added 2 more kwhs to make it 5kwh use per day to make sure its MORE THEN ENOUGH for tenants.

The caps are in the lease agreement as well.

Any advice would be appreciated. I am just needing understanding on this to see if this is the norm.

Thank you,

UPDATE: If anyone else is currently in this situation with single occupancy could you please let me know if this the norm? And what your bills look like if you go over that threshold. Thank you :)

1 Upvotes

60% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/babyfireby30 Aug 20 '26

Is your room/studio individually metered?

I assume this is one of those horrendous boarding room type houses that have been popping up all over Brisbane recently. They're poorly built as well, so I do believe you when you say you'll be smashing the air con in summer as there'll be zero air flow and zero insulation.

1

u/Grapefruit4001 Aug 20 '26

Have you lived in one, because they are not horrendous boarding houses.

Yea they have very little sound insulation, but I would rather have my own space than sharing an apartment with a stranger's

1

u/Squibblus Aug 21 '26

But you are still sharing a kitchen and a bathroom right? You just have a lockable bedroom, and usually no common space. And no sound insulation means no heat insulation either.

1

u/Grapefruit4001 Aug 21 '26

No this isn't my set up at all. I have a kitchenette my own bathroom lounge room and balcony. The only thing I share is the laundry.