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Water bills
Archives for November 2011
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£75/month water bill?
We're students living near Newcastle. We're getting a £75 monthly bill JUST for water. Is that a normal price to pay? Apparently one of my housemates phoned up and was told there was nothing they or he could do about it. It seems very expensive to me, but I don't know as I've got no comparison. Also, just so I don't have…
how do i appeal against the rateable value of my house
I am currently owing a bill at over 4 grand because i am being charged the wrong amount because my rateable value of my house has been put down as the same number on my door and mine is 1 of the smaller houses on the whole street. i have (as told by a united utilities advisor) that my rateable value is over double the rest…
Stupid mistake regarding waste water
Hi all. not sure if this is the right place to post, but here we go. I have been living in my housing association home now for 3 and a half years. I had to call up south east water, my provider, to query a bill and have just discovered they only deal with the fresh water and not the waste. Stupid mistake i know, but it is…
Hot water tank...temporary solution to no lagging?
My hot water tank STILL has no lagging thanks to the slowness of the maintenance people involved who should've done it weeks ago. So is there any temporary solution I could use with a household item so I can have a bath without wasting more electricity through it taken even longer to heat up and keep heated?
Help reading Water Meter
Hi Guys, I am trying to read my water meter (which I have located on the pavement outside). I have opened up the black cover that is at pavement level and was expecting to find the piece of polystyrene that protects it from the weather. Instead I was confronted by this…
Water leak compensation
I discovered my metered usage was higher than neigbours in casual conversation. We have had a meter for 4 years and I hadn't really monitored it:o. Upon checking it appeared we had an underground leak as there was still usage when nothing was being used. As the underground meter housing was filling up with water the water…
Water Meter - Charged for Next Door's water
Hi, We have been living in our house for over 3 1/2 years and recently discovered we have been charged for next doors water, and vice versa. Next door have another property, and we have now discovered used a fair amount less water than us. So on Friday we were faced with almost £700 water bill to catchup. I phoned Thames…
unpaid utility bill - who is liable? (im the tennant)
Hi all, myself and my flatmate have moved out of our rented flat and have not recieved our £895.00 deposit back by the letting agent, the reason is this: over the course of our 12 month tennancy we did not pay any water rates. Now our tennancy agreement states we are to pay all bills but not AT ANY POINT did we recieve any…
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