The residents of the blocks will pay more. What awaits flat owners in 2025?

The year 2025 brings a number of changes, which have a crucial impact on the portfolios of Poles, especially people surviving in blocks and another multi-family buildings. Real property analysts and financial experts foretell that coming months will mean 1 of the biggest increases in the cost of surviving in history. What changes await housing owners and tenants this year?

Higher cost of housing in 2025

With the beginning of 2025, fresh regulations will be introduced and fees will increase, which will affect spending of Poles, especially those who live in blocks. The changes include an increase in costs related to heating, water and waste exportswhich are part of the monthly maintenance expenditure of the apartment.

• Increase in energy prices: Prices are expected electricity increase by an average 7-10% compared to 2024. These increases will be linked to higher costs of purchasing energy natural materials and increased CO2 charges under environmental policy.
• Central heating: In cities where residents usage heating from heating networks, prices will emergence by about 6-8 %. The expected increases are the consequence of an increase in the cost of producing heat and higher distribution fees.
• Water and sewage: In many cities in Poland, decisions on increases in water and sewage charges have already been introduced. According to estimates, in 2025 block residents can anticipate to increase these charges by 5-7%.

Increase in administrative fees

Administrative fees are besides expanding with higher housing costs. These changes may concern many elements of the management of multi-family buildings, specified as maintenance, renovation or maintenance of common building parts.

• Real property management fees: The owners of apartments in blocks that rent their properties can anticipate an increase in the cost of building management. These fees may increase by about 5-10 %, as a consequence of the expanding cost of maintenance of staff and the mandatory modernisation of buildings.
• Building renovations: In 2025, municipalities and housing communities will be forced to step up their efforts to improve the quality of buildings. Part of the administrative fee will be allocated to repairs, peculiarly those related to improving the energy efficiency of buildings. That means extra charges for residents.

Increase in waste costs

The costs associated with the waste exports. In 2025 the residents of the blocks gotta face further increases. Garbage export costs are 1 component of the charge that straight affects home budgets.

• Increases in waste charges: In cities where waste is exported by municipalities or outside companies, costs are expected to increase by 5-8%. The increase in waste, the change in segregation rules and the expanding costs of transport and disposal of waste are the origin of these changes.
• New segregation regulations: Due to the tightening of the waste segregation rules, any residents may be required to pay additional fees for inappropriate segregation. The imposition of penalties for incorrect segregation may even be PLN 100.

Changes in the heating cost accounting system

Another change that will affect the residents of the blocks will be the change in the heating cost accounting system. So far heating costs in multi-family buildings have been accounted for by the area of the apartment. Since 2025, more and more housing communities will implement a strategy where costs will depend on the actual energy consumption of individual dwellings.

• New counters: Housing owners will be required to install individual heat meters, which will let for more accurate accounts. In practice, this means that people who consume little heat will pay less, but those who do not care about energy efficiency will endure higher costs.
• Savings on hot water: A consumption accounting strategy will besides be introduced hot water, which will affect monthly bills.

Social reactions and challenges for Polish families

The increase in housing costs puts many Polish families in difficulty. Experts indicate that increases in housing costs will be the most severe for people with lower incomes and multi-children. Costs may even increase 10-15% on a yearly basis.

On the another hand, experts note that price increases can improve the quality of buildings and reduce energy consumption, which will benefit both residents and the environment in the long term.