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Water bills

Archives for May 2008

Liability for water damage
A main sewer belonging to Thames Water runs through our back garden. It is listed on the deed to the property, and when we bought the house one of the conditions of the freehold is that we allow Thames water access to the main for maintenance etc. We have had three cases of the foul drain in our garden overflowing during…
Should I get a water meter?
Hi, I am thinking about getting a water meter. My landlord is happy to have one fitted, but he seems to think it would mean paying a lot more for water? I am in a small 2 bed flat (2 people living here). The rateable value is £266, and for a year sewerage it comes to £310 and incoming water is around £109. The place is…
help - I think I've chosen the wrong boiler - is 56 deg c hot?
Hi - Day two of putting in my combi boiler starts tomorrow and I've just had a sneaky peak at the manual and from what I can gather it only heats the water to 56 degrees celsius - we like our water very hot and prefer to add cold - what should I do ???????
Water meter installation - how long?
My parents are having a new kitchen fitted on the 14 July and have an issue with the stopcock, which is at the bottom of a cupboard in the corner. As they are both elderly/disabled they'd rather have this moved somewhere accessible. My uncle has said he could do it (but he's generally a bit unreliable) and he suggested…
severn trent
I have recently moved into a 1 bedroomed flat from a 3 bedroomed semi and have just received my water bill - I nearly fainted!!!! For 12 months it will be just under £275.00!!! Surely this cant be right?! When I was in my house my water was just over £200 for 12 months with 2 of us using the water - we both had a bath…
First Bill, water usage?
Hi, ive just had the water bill put into my name with Northumbrian Water, when i rang them they said they would send me a form within 10 days to set up a direct debit and get a meter reading. Now that was over a month ago & i havent received anything from them untill today when i got a bill for £60.50 :mad: This is for not…
to install or not?
my water bill is £47 per month and am thinking about getting a water meter fitted. how much do they save you? as the only things used for water are shower, washing m/c(x1 a week), kitchen sink(not often) can the meters be taken out if the property is to be sold? would it affect a sale?
Why should I pay???
About a couple of months ago Thames Water were doing a check in our village, looking for leaks. The chap said he had detected a leak on my supply and reckoned it was on my side of the meter. :mad: A few weeks later another chap came out with his basic listening device and thought he had located the leak, near my kitchen…
Yorkshire Water charges
Hi, I need some help understanding Yorkshire Water charges! I moved into my property with another friend last October, at the start of the academic year - we are both students - and at that time we were told by one of the previous residents that they didn't remember having to pay any water bills while staying there, so I…
Water bill !!!!-up
I recently received my annual water statement and was surprised to see that my monthly payments had been amended to £88! It seems that the water board decided to stop my direct debit payment last March so I've not been paying for ages. When I contacted them they very kindly agreed to lower the dd payment to something more…
Water Bills - Are they legal?!?
Hey, So the other day someone from Southern Water knocked the door and asked how long i'd occupied my flat for. Apparently there were quite a few properties in the area not on their books so they were going around catching up with everyone. I've received a bill dating back to Sept 06 for just shy of a grand! Surely it's…
Water Meter huge rise - confused?
So im a single person in a one bed flat and use very little water (I work long hospital shifts so im hardly at home). When I started paying my payment plan I think it was something like £5 a month, then when they figured out what I used it dropped to under £3 a month (great stuff). Now, ive had my new payment plan book and…
water usage
We used to be using £16 water a mth now we use £52 a mth of water since having my daughter. Our consumption hasnt gone up that much surely. Ok we have an extra 2 loads of washing a week but not much else has changed. Accoring to our lates bill our average daily usage is 0.37 cubic metres, for a family of 3. does anyone…
Dead easy money saving if you are on a water meter
Hiya, I posted an earlier tip from my plumber - use a basin in the bathroom and the basin water collected to flush the loo instead of pulling the cistern handle (he also suggested loo flushing with water from a basin in the kitchen sink). Too add to this - it is just as easy to put a basin on the floor in the shower. It…
Old Water Bill,help plz
Hi We bought our first property in 1989 from my dad.(it was one big detached house that my dad bought,he converted it back to two semis,we bought one,he sold on the other.) We informed the waterboard of the changeover but never received a bill from them.We were there for just over 5 yrs. It was only when we decided to sell…
What's the best thing to do...
We moved into a new build in Sept 07 started paying the water staright away and they calculated it the same as our last house £30 per month..fine so have been paying it..BUT we keep getting the odd £50 bill here and there and even though i have asked why they just tell me it needs paying etc so we pay.. Last night my…
How Has My Consumption Changed So Much??
Hi, A bit of background first. We moved into a new build property 31 Oct '07. We had no communication from Anglian Water until Saturday when a Notice of Legal Proceedings appeared on the doorstep. Spoke to the postie and a fair few properties in our road had had them. Not surprising really when the address is completeley…
Water connection
Hi all, My friend is connected up to the mains water supply. He bought the house next door and discovered that the water supply to that house was coming from the pipe in his back garden, He now wants the new purchase to have its own supply of water from the mains on the street outside the house. Of course the water board…
Southern water billing
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 Southern water. This may be a little off-topic here but I wondered if anyone else feels the same. I have just received a final demand bill from Southern water demanding instant payment for £ 206. Probably just like a lot of other people. The point here is that I am being charged for services up to…
Not paid my water bill for three years, now what?
Moved in to a new apartment 3 years ago and had no water meter. I rang once in that time (yea should have rang more i know). The meter was fitted two months ago but still no bill. We origionally put aside the money but as time has gone by we spent it. Now i know what you are thinking that i should have tried harder to pay…

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