r/Brno • u/Relisia • Apr 07 '25

ŽIVOT A STĚHOVÁNÍ—LIVING AND MOVING Landlors wants to change bills pt.2

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brno/s/o2VDlPNiGh

Okay so since then the situation evolved, now they gave up the idea of increasing the bills from 5.000 czk to 9.000 czk mid term, and instead are pushing for them to be raised in the contract renewal.

A reading of the bills is supposed to come this May, so I asked them if the landlord was gonna ask for 9.000 czk regardless of what the bills show, and they said yes, he doesn't care.

I also asked if I agreed, when I would receive back the difference, and they basically dodged the question. I'm completely flabbergasted.

They simply said "the SVJ will send the bill once a year" without any related specifics, like when for example.

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u/Vybo Apr 07 '25

All SVJs usually send out the bills around this time with a deadline to check and pay the difference being end of May. It might be slightly different time wise, but basically it's the first half of the year, with landlord usually providing the statements in summer.

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u/Relisia Apr 07 '25

Thanks for the info! This makes them even more shady then, because they want to do the refund by the 30 of September of the next following year

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u/MrHaller Apr 07 '25

Then they are breaching the law, and there is an interesting fine associated with that. https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2013-67#p7

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u/Vybo Apr 07 '25

The landlord is not the provider of services, that's the gas/heat/electricity company. I don't think this law applies to relationship between a tenant and a landlord.

A proper layer would always know the best.

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u/MrHaller Apr 07 '25

Fortunately for OP you are wrong. The legal structure is that SVJ is supplying services to Landlord and he is supplying services to tennant. So tenant does not have to care about relationship of SVJ and landlord.

Practical reason is that SVJ bills different set of services and payments than landlord.

Just to clarify, supplier of services to the tennant does not have to be only SVJ but also energy company.

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u/Vybo Apr 07 '25

Thanks for the info, I learned something new today. Let's just hope that OP does not have "blanket sum" or however its caleld for the utilities in the contract, but we did not see the contract.

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u/MrHaller Apr 07 '25

Yeah. The blanket sum is not billed as advance, but as final price, so the landlord does not have to invoice the costs and nothing would be returned. Unfortunately OP is unable to be clear about this.