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Runaway broken water meter while I'm on maternity leave...how to get it fixed?
Hello everyone - I'm on maternity leave right now, live abroad frequently and have just discovered that the water meter at my holiday let appears to be broken. I've noticed that since I had the meter fitted in March of this year, the bills were way higher than I expected (often £80 plus per month for a two bed place,…
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Purchasing new (to me) home & don't know their current suppliers
Hi there. I am buying a home to move in but it needs some knocking about before I move in. I will stay in my current home which is with the MSE Energy club. The new home I understand I need to create another account, but as I do so it seems to want me to give details on the current supplier and usage, which I have no…
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Welsh water are trying to charge me for a house I don’t live in
Hi I need you help I received a letter from welsh water regarding my old house. They are saying that I owe the £800 as they didn’t know I had moved they want a years worth of water payments. I notified them I was moving a month before I did, which was 6 months ago, and they are now trying to say they never received the…
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External pipe and drain insurance
Is there any reliable alternative to Homserve for external pipes and drains only.
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Let companies make water meters compulsory, MPs say - MSE News
Water companies should be allowed to make households get water meters, an influential group of MPs has said...Read the full story: 'Let companies make water meters compulsory, MPs say' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Essex and Suffolk Water Deliberately Misleading Vulnerable Adult
Hi, I have mild autism and I find it very hard to speak for myself without getting into a panic. Please don’t let my good English and reading comprehension skills make you think otherwise. Anyway. I have had this problem from E&SW in that they keep going back on their word. They have done it three times now. I was offered…
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Water Meter
My parents have had a letter from ST Water saying they would be a good candidate for a water meter. They live in a high council tax bracket house. I ran thru the check here, and it says it would cost £337/year (about a third of their bill) https://www.ccwater.org.uk/watermetercalculator/ I myself have a water meter, so can…
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High water usage
Wonder if anyone has any suggestions before I call a plumber as we are baffled by this. Hope it is not too long winded. Moved to new home (detached bungalow) in August. Our water usage has doubled from our last home despite us no longer having a garden to water. Gone from using 5 cubic metres a month to 10 (household of 2…
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Free drainage guttering service
The houses, about 10, on my terrace deliver the rain that falls onto their roofs into my gutters (being the lowest house) and then it falls through pipes I must maintain into drains for which I am responsible. Should I charge United Utilities for this service and how?
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Water bill extremely high.. possibly.
Hello everyone. I've been reading the forum in the past few days trying to figure out an answer on my own but I could not find a thread similar to my doubt. So, I ve decided to open one myself. At the beginning of July I've moved into a new house. When we moved in the water meter was saying 796 cubic meters. After spending…
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Double water bill
There was a house that was converted to 2 flats a long time ago. About 10 yrs ago the property went on sale and was bought by a friend of mine. He converted it back to a single house and started to live there. He asked the council to re-evaluate it as single property, the council did that and he started paying…
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Estimated water bill charge
Hello, Currently with Essex water where for a couple in a 2 bed flat they are charging us £26 pounds a month. They said after 6 months, they will calculate actual usage and either the credit will be used which has been built or top will need to be paid. Anyone else on a similar billing method, and how has it been going?
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WaterClaimsUK
Hi, I wondering if anyone has heard about or used WaterClaimsUK. WaterclaimsUK is made up of Council tenants and Housing Association tenants from all over the UK who have been illegally overcharged for their household water supply. Is using this company worth it or can I or should I make a claim alone. Can anyone help or…
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Renting - Backdated Water Bill
Hey guys hoping to get your advice on my water situation- first post here but I’ll try and keep this quick and to the point: Moved into a private rented property in 2010 all good setup all bills except water. My last two rented properties included water and like an idiot I assumed this did to - my fault. Roll on to 2018…
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Water Company Problem
Hi Since about last October our Water Company have been out to our home at least fortnightly to clear blockages in our sewer drain. A property further down appears to be having problems that their drain keeps filling up, although luckily we experience no problems, just the inconvenience of them coming uannounced or…
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water bill court action help please
Hi hope someone may be able to advise we moved property in 2012 (council property). I am sure i gave a forwarding address but i cant prove that i did. Nevertheless, the council forwarded on my new address when we moved and we started paying water with the same company at my new property to this day. I hadn't heard anything…
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Huge water bill - 2.7K - Help!
I have been renting a flat for 4+ years and till last year the water bill was in landlords name and I was paying £350 or so per year to him. This year he changed the water bill to my name and I just got my first bill from 15th Jan 2018 to 31st Jul 2018 as £ 2.7k. The primary reason is because of a tap in the bathroom which…
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Anyone had dealings withg Business Stream / Southern Water
For years we have been supplied by Southern Water without problem, the meter was read and the bills paid, circa £88 every 6 months. Last year we got a letter saying we would now be swapped over to Business Stream, when I queried that we didn't own or run a business they said it was because they service a mobile home and…
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Student Flat Water Bill
I've been living in a student flat for about a year now and I'm moving out soon. At the start of the year my flatmate said we probably didn't need to worry about the water bill because he thought it was included in our rent for whatever reason. Regardless, I don't think it was. I checked the water meter, and it reads 1040.…
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Do water meters expire?
Last year Severn Trent Water wanted to replace my existing Smart Meter on the grounds the meter was coming to the end of its life. Unfortunately, the date the contractor was available to install the new meter didn't tally with mine as I was away from home for several weeks at a time last year. So the meter was not changed…
