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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…
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STW incorrect house band on bill. Complain?
I’ve been living in my new build for 5 years, and have only just really paid attention to my Severn Trent water bill/statement. I pay monthly by direct debit so only get a bill/statement twice a year. My house is semi detached but it’s down on their records as detached. I’ve read that I should notify them that it needs…
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United Utilities calls off hosepipe ban - MSE News
United Utilities has called off its planned hosepipe ban, which was due to affect millions of customers in the north west of England this weekend...Read the full story: 'United Utilities calls off hosepipe ban' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Southern Water!
We moved into our new house in June 2017. I contacted all the utilities, council tax, etc. All happy and payments going through. We have done a lot of work to the house as it was a bit shabby, so I paid lots of bills. Southern Water came and read our meter in January. Last month, June 2018 I thought we had not paid…
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MSE News: Can I water my garden if there's a hosepipe ban? Here are the rules
Companies are urging customers to limit how much water they use as fear of another hosepipe ban looms - here's what you need to know, including how to save water and avoid the £1,000 fine for breaching a ban...Read the full story: 'Can I water my garden if there's a hosepipe ban? Here are the rules' Click reply below to…
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Help! Water bill
Hi, I left my outside tap on overnight and this morning (realised when I got in from work this afternoon) I left my hose pipe attached but the handle on the gun end of the hose pipe wasn’t pressed so no water was coming out, I am on a meter... how much should I be expecting to be added on my bill? !!!128584;
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Shared water meter - help!
Evening all, desparately seeking help. We live in a rented end terrace, and we share a private water supply, provided by our landlord, with the other three neighbours on our row of four properties. We currently pay the bill according to the number of people in each property. We are two adults, we pay 2/10s of the bill as…
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New build - water meter not found
Hi, we moved into a new build last winter and on the moving day we were due to sign off the meter readings to transfer them from the developer to us. The problem came when the developer was unable to find our water meter, believing it to have been landscaped over so they told us that their onsite team would come and sort…
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WC flush is useless & was using a lot more water.
Hi, hope i am in the right area. We had 3 new loo's in our bungalow fitted with water saving tanks with a 6lt flush & a quick 3lt flush. All of us found them just about totally useless. For a quick tinkle they are fine, but for a NO:2 we would 85% of the time have to flush twice, so we end up using 12lt's. After getting…
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Water bill high rented accommodation
My daughter lived in a one bedroom flat in Teddington. Get landlady had refused a meter being installed as it would mean removing a kitchen cupboard. My daughter's bills are therefore high and has been advised that the amount is calculated on the value of the property! What can she do about this?
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Thames Water meters now compulsory?
Hi people, Just looking for some advice, basically Thames water have sent a letter out saying they will be fitting SMART water meters in the next month or so. I did call them up to try to opt out but they say it is compulsory, Government backed and I have no opt out and also keep quoting 'Section 162 of the water indistry…
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Unusually high water bills
I contacted Yorkshire Water querying my bills over the last 11 years. They sent out several crews who eventually conceded that the meter was still registering running water even though my supply was turned off at the stop tap. They then dug up the entire length of the external pipework and concluded the leak must be in the…
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Backdated Water Bill
Hi everyone! Hoping someone can give me some advice. I've just received a huge backdated water bill from Southern Water and a 'Notification before Default' for a property I lived at for a year (and vacated a few months ago). I had absolutely no idea that the property was supplied by Southern Water hence why I never…
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Moving Home - Water
We are about to move home and I am going through the process of telling utility companies etc about our move. On Severn Trent Water's (SWT) website there are two tags: one, for moving within the area and, two, moving outside of the area. We are in the latter category. I was trying to fill details of our move out online…
