{"id":6796,"date":"2026-02-27T09:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:37:11","slug":"utilities-included-but-are-they-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/2026\/02\/27\/utilities-included-but-are-they-really\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUtilities included\u201d\u2026 but are they REALLY?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1><strong>\u201cUtilities included\u201d\u2026 but are they REALLY? \ud83d\udc40<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><br>If you\u2019re apartment hunting in Canada, this matters.<br>Water and heat might be included, but hydro, internet, parking, or usage caps can still hit your budget.<br>Before you sign that lease, know what \u201cincluded\u201d really means.<br>Save this for your next move.<br>Comment \u201cLEASE\u201d and we\u2019ll send the questions every renter should ask.<br>Full guide at <a href=\"https:\/\/Rent-Life.ca\">Rent-Life.ca<\/a><br>\ud83d\udcf1 Download the app: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/rent-life-rental-properties\/id6473648036\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/rent-life-rental-properties\/id6473648036<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd12 Tenant insurance: <a href=\"https:\/\/duuo.ca\/tenant-insurance\/?affiliate_id=rentlife\">https:\/\/duuo.ca\/tenant-insurance\/?affiliate_id=rentlife<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/what-does-utilities-included-mean-copy.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUtilities included\u201d\u2026 but are they REALLY? \ud83d\udc40 If you\u2019re apartment hunting in Canada, this matters.Water and heat might be included, but hydro, internet, parking, or usage caps can still hit your budget.Before you sign that lease, know what \u201cincluded\u201d really means.Save this for your next move.Comment \u201cLEASE\u201d and we\u2019ll send the questions every renter should&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/2026\/02\/27\/utilities-included-but-are-they-really\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cUtilities included\u201d\u2026 but are they REALLY?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[757,759,100,724,709,651,522,338,718,717,523,703,704,22,719,720,530,531,650,23,706,17,648,18,622,329,691,400,86,585,21,755,756,588,589,735,9,518,649,11,643,14],"tags":[176,708,646,716,715,700,701,441,407,121,721,722,645,113,644,114,123,513,241,278,115,647,256,487,474,473,368,240],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6806,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796\/revisions\/6806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rent-life.ca\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}