I'm moving to JHB soon but most estates are asking for effluent charges (seperate from utilities). Now I'm a bit confused what is this about as one unit in Rivonia was 10k p/m, but additional charges of 2500 was stated when I spoke to the agent. This wasn't advertised though on the listing and I feel its a bit misleading. I'm confused because I'm from Durban and obviously know refuse removal, sewage costs etc are there but I haven't come across places over here that state these charges are seperate, they're normally included in the rent. As well as for communal water and electricity. One wanted security fee - Kanti isn't YOU hired them 😠so what are all these additional charges for and why aren't they listed when advertising the property?   submitted by   /u/mishterious13 [link]   [comments]