r/ATLHousing

Kinda what the title says. I’m looking to rent in January, so I’m looking at units / prices now. I thought they’d start going down in September, but they keep climbing. Is this normal? When will they go down?

Just moved to Atl, am renting a room out in Tucker for relatively cheap , it’s $750 a month. After a month of staying here the landlord said the electricity bill was too high and wants to keep the thermostat at 78 degrees now. I think it was around $230 or something like that.

Long story short I’m exploring my apt options now and I talked to some of my coworkers and they said their electricity bill was like $150 and they keep their thermostat at like 65 degrees.

Is there any way I can estimate or factor in the utility bills for an apt before moving in? It seems like some people are paying way more for utilities while using them less whereas others are paying less for more usage. Idk if it’s the provider or the equipment or what, but I don’t want to get an apt and get hit with a $300 electricity bill that I didn’t see coming. How do I distinguish between properties? There’s some lower rent options but I wonder if they just try to make up for it through the utilities.