Costs of apartment's upkeep in Paris reached €2.3 thousand a year

Costs of apartment's upkeep in Paris reached €2.3 thousand a year

Owners of apartments in Paris pay €2,293 per year - 5% more than in 2012 and 10-20% more than in Ile-de-France, according to ee24.com citing lefigaro.fr.

After examining the accounts of owners of nearly 300 thousand apartments in and Paris and surroundings, FNAIM experts concluded that in 2013 they had paid on average €29.1 per sq.m.

The largest expenses are for heating, which costs €489 for each apartment. This is due to age of property: 60% of the buildings were built before 1918, about 20% - in 1918-1960, And only about 20% - after 1960.

Salary of staff (guards, porters, etc) is €383, spendings for water is € 246, the management company takes €214, insurance is worth €188, maintenance of lift is €150 per year. Everything else, including cleaning, landscaping, taxes, spendings for electricity, are the remaining €613.