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To change or not too change?
Hi guys, just after some advice really re water meters, we are in a 5 bed house with 5 adults and 1 half adult ( and 2 dogs). Just got the water bill through yesterday and it's seems really high and was wondering whether anyone would recommend changing to a meter or not? Has anyone got any advice for me? ( apart from…
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To Meter or not to meter
Hi, We've just moved into a 3-bed house (2 adults) and the RV is 219, for a water bill of approx. £250 per annum. Any estimates as to whether a meter would save anything on the bill. We have a dishwasher (on 3-4 times a week), washing machine (on 4-5 times a week), but aside from that our water use isn't particularly high…
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Severn Trent owe us money
I've noticed news stories today about Severn Trent which seem to be backed up by a news item on their own site: Severn Trent Water As far as I can see someone tried to siphon approx. £2 million out of the accounts which led to a general overpayment which will be repaid to customers, the next round of statements and bills…
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Severn Trent Customers to get Cashback !
It has been found Severn Trent Water overcharged customers by a total of 2 million pounds between 2004-2005. Now 3.5 million customers in the Midlands will get an apology and average refund of £4 in the next bill. Wont make you a millionaire but hey its better than nothing !! More details on BBC News here:…
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Anyone in Essex?
Up till fairly recently I have paid Thames Water about £200 a year for water. Now having to pay Essex and Suffolk water for water and Anglian water for sewerage. I have just received bills from both (water meter read and not estimated) and going on these it looks as though my yearly charges will be in the region of £250 to…
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Water Bills
Im in process of getting my own place. 2bedroomed semi, living on my own. It has a bath at present however will want a shower. What do i do about Water. do i simply call the local water provider & tell them my details etc and they will bill me. i dont think the property has a water meter. so curious are there any other…
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Why are water bills so different?
Hi all, The other day i was comparing utillity bills with a friend, I pay around £350 a year for my water (not metered) where she is paying around £180 a year. After asking around more why is everyones water bill so different? Joseph
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water off three times in 6 weeks compo????
just a quick moan, we reported low water pressure on 18th Dec engineer arrived after dinner (6.00pm) and said it must be a burst and he would be out first thing to fix it.monday men came out to try to fix burst, later on monday water went off and stayed off, reported again tuesday morning and said it would be soon fixed,…
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Check your water bills!
Hi I think my mum has caught the moneysaving bug after I got her the book for Xmas - she's just been given a big refund after having her house rebanded for council tax and it's backdated for ten years or so. Just recently she checked the back of her water bill and noticed in small print that it says that if your surface…
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paying for water!?
Need some help here. We have just renewed our contract. Its an Assured Shorthold tenancy agreement through an agency. Before renewing the contract we tried to get a few things sorted out, via the landlord. One was the installation of a water meter. We were told that without changing the piping there was no way to fit a…
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Shocking Bill
We have this morning, just had a notification from Severn Trent that our direct debit is to increased on 1st March from £14,51 to £22.61 an increase of over 50%. We used to pay over 10 months, but they seem to be incresing it to 12. We are on a water meter and are very frugal with what we use. We have ot had a statement…
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water meter going round too fast!!
I have lived in my house for 11 years.I have always been convinced that (according to the meter) we are using too much water. Years ago Wesex water came out and tested the meter and said there was nothing wrong with it.However our bills are so steep compared to others.I did a very crude test of my own .I flushed the loo in…
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Southern Water are they ripping me off????
3 months ago Southern Water offered me 3 months free insurance in case of a leak in the pipe to my house which apparantly I would have to pay for. Previously to this I kept getting letters offering me Insurance but never took them up on it, well I had a form through the door yesterday saying that a man called today and I…
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Homeserve alternatives
Is there any alternatives to thames homeserve please?, thanks in advance :)
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Water Meter - HELP!
I am moving into an old property in a weeks time - i currently rent and will be continuing renting. My new properties rateably value is 74 - which means my water bills will be £60 and my sewage £150. this is great but the water supply company essex and suffolk water are telling me that from the first of november it has…
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what should the water pressure and flow rate be
i am going to put a bathroom upstairs but the boiler is downstairs and the water storage tank is in the way of the new bathroom. the system is very old and britsh gas recomends that i look into getting an complete new system. so knowing how expensive they are i called in another company and explained about the upstairs…
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Who is my water supplier??
I moved into my new built house 9 months ago and as yet have not received a water bill. I live in Berkshire. Who can i contact as getting worried i'm going to get lumbered with massive bill!
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Seven Trent Water - solo user tariff?
Hiya dos anyone know if ST have a tariff for households where only one person lives there? Unfortunately, my dad passed away on Boxing day 05 and I am trying to get things sorted for mum. I have managed to cut down Gas and electric and also home insurance but am keen to reduce things for her as much as possible. She is…
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Rainwater
I live solo, and use very little water, preferring to use free filtered rainwater for the loo and other. Howver I do use tap water (never for drinking, prefer something stronger ) for the clothes washing and tea making cooking and so on. The hot water is only on for the clothes, and I did wonder if filtered Rainwater would…
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Thames Water meter application
Hello I had Thames water visit me today and tell they could not fit a water meter because the supply is shared throught out an apartment block. The water company surveyor advised me to contact Thames and get a discounted bill because my home was not suitable for a meter. When I rang them they offered me a fixed rate which…