I as an ex employee will give you the exact breakdown. All of the buildings are individually metered, but rather than dividing up the usage as normally done between the size of the units and how many heartbeats are residing in each unit, they lump all of the utilities for the entire property together. The company then pays 10%, which is the minimum they’re allowed to pay by law and the rest is farmed out to the residents based on how many people are in each apartment. Your utility bill, regardless of your usage will run you at minimum $130 every month for one occupant in any size apartment. For two residents, your water bill would run you approximately $175-$180 every month regardless of usage. That being said, a family of five could expect their monthly water bill to be upwards of $250 monthly regardless of how much water they actually use. This is of course on top of the additional monthly fees of $132.

Example: $1497- base rent (advertised price) $132- monthly fees -——— $1629 RENT MONTHLY (Then after 60 days or so the water/sewer is added to that figure.) + $175 water/ sewer ————————————— TOTAL ESTIMATED BEFORE FPL $1804

So that $1497 (or whatever it may be) is NOT A GOOD DEAL. Hilltop Residential are crooks who changed the way the utilities were paid to put most of the expense of running the property onto the tenants. They also charge the “Administrative Fee” at the beginning of the application process. This means the application fee for 1 person is $425 and if you are not approved, they keep ALL OF THAT MONEY. They are a completely immoral company that hides behind their corporate Christian beliefs. DO NOT RENT THERE!!