novice tenant discovers billing statements exist, achieves enlightenment

But it sounds like there hasn’t been a pattern of normal cost set in this situation. It’s one thing if it was a set cost for something to see only last months bill but when things vary or you want to know if companies are sneaking in extra fees or whatnot then that would require the bill statement each month. Also for myself I would like to see the statements to see if adjustments of like water or electricity usage should be made or if there was a problem that the owner would have to fix. That is only normal when still trying to adjust to a new living situation especially when you don’t have that much experience in managing all of that.