The only bills you pay regularly are electricity,maintenance/security and gas.Those are about every other month (see below),the rest are paid once a year in the fall.
Rent-12,000/year paid in July.The landlady comes by to pick it up. She'll call in advance and good luck understanding her.
Heat-1555RMB paid Nov 2007;1,970 RMB paid Oct 2008.Both times the landlady has been nice enough to pay it fou us.I think it is somewhere in the boondocks that you have to drive to.
Cable-~160RMB paid once a year in the fall.
Internet-~700RMB/year around March at the Wang Tong Gong Si Building.Take the pink forms in the receipt envelope with you fou all the necessary codes.
Electricity-ranges from250-550RMB every2 months.Last paid in Nov.Theypost the bill downstairs so that you can compare with your neighbors.You just pay it to the housing complex maintenance people outside in their office.
Water-paid once a year in October.They pulled off more recently,so I'm not entirely sure how often you pay-they maybe changing to a monthly withdrawal.Deposit money into the Yantai City Commercial Bank next to the apartment and they will withdraw it automatically.The bank book is inthe receipt envelope.They also post a slip downstairs to show how much it was.If you don't have enough on your account,they will shut down your stairwell's water until you pay.Last bill was 205RMB for us .Then they pulled another 37 in December There is 57RMB on the account right now
Gas-The meter readers come by in the evening and you pay the bill on yhe spot.Normally it is 14-28RMB depenging on your usage
Apartment complex maintence-I think that is normally added to your electric bill and paid at the same time? It is somewhere around48.30RMB fou every two months
Furniture All the furniture in the house is the landlady's except the living room bookshelf and the small computer desk
All the appliances are ours except the water heater,refrigerator and stove top
All the gold curtains are hers(some are in various cupboards)