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No Water Bill in Six years
Hi, I have been living in rented accomodation for the last six years and was under the impression that the water was paid by the landlord as its a block of flats. I recently recevied a letter addressed to the occupier asking for the move in date and giving the water bill as £530 for a one bedroom flat when I live alone. I…
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Requested Water Meter on Moving but no Record of it, what do we do?
I am in an odd situation and was wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar. We have been paying £630 a year on our water bill even though there are only two of us living in our house. The estimate based on medium usage suggests it should be about half that amount. I understand from reading other forum posts that…
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Water bill very high
Hi - can anyone help me? I've recently moved to a new property in Nottingham - 3 bedroom detached, 2 adults living here now. There is no water meter. The annual bill comes in at about £1200 which seems, to me, utterly bonkers. I've queried it with Severn Trent and all they say is "switch to a meter". I reckon switching…
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No water bill in 18 months
Hello all, We have been in our rental for 18 months and have realised we have never had a water bill. My husband said something about our landlords saying we don’t pay for water and not to worry about it. It’s a big block of flats so could it be something that’s included in the service charge? There is nothing in our lease…
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MSE News: Anglian Water SoLow customer? It's axing the tariff meaning bill hikes
Anglian Water SoLow tariff (for low users) is ending April 1st, Being phased out over three years. Customers will now pay a standing charge plus the normal rate.
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United Utilities - Wastewater Bill
Hi, I've just moved in to my new home in Manchester. Received a letter from United Utilities detailing the upcoming bills for the year as they are fixed (no meter). The wastewater side of the bill seems very high, wanted to see what the thoughts are of others. I plan to go to the neighbours and ask if they have the same…
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overflow cold water tanks
Hello. Looking for some advice. I have water leaking from the overflow pipe. It seems water in both cold water tanks have reached the overflow mark. Done abit of reading and abit unsure if plumber will be needed. Any advice would be appreciated. Cost of new parts, labour if I do need to get plumber out? Thanks
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MSE News: Average water bill to rise by £9
The average water and sewerage bill in England and Wales is set to rise by £9 to £405 a year...Read the full story: 'Average water bill to rise by £9 - see how yours will change' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Unexplained huge water bills
Hi, hoping someone out there can help solve a problem that so far both the water company and two plumbers have been unable to explain!! We moved into a 4-bed house in April last year. In December we received a letter from South East Water saying they'd noticed that our water consumption had 'increased significantly' when…
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Change from lead to plastic water pipe, meter not reinstalled.
I have been living in my property for the past 18 years it came pre-installed with a meter. Recently I applied for a the free lead replacement scheme. To upgrade my property water supply from the old lead piping to new plastic MDPE pipe. My water board Severn Trent Water did the connection about 2 months ago but they have…
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£1500 Water Bill
I moved to a four-bedroom house last summer and discovered that we have a water meter here instead of the flat rate we've always paid before. The bill has been £52 per month but I've just received a new bill and it's coming in at £128 per month for the next 12 months - £1536 for the year:( There are five of us living here…
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Suspected faulty water meter
I had a water meter installed in April 2016 after researching and working out how much water we actually use. I believed that I could reduce my bills by approximately 50%. The meter readings for the first year were 198 cubic meters. There are only two of us in the house and on my bill it says the typical usage for 2 people…
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Newly discovered water meter and a large back-bill!
Hi all, I am looking for some advice about how I can challenge a rather large water bill for a block of flats (in which I own an apartment) where Anglian Water have recently found a second bulk meter that no-one knew about. We have been paying for water through our service charges for 'meter 1', the newly discovered 'meter…
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Meter on wrong pipe - no usage
Hi all, I moved into my flat around 9 months ago, it used to be a launderette before it was converted and there is more than one water pipe entering the property. There was an issue a while ago with the pipes and they had to dig them up to repair them and I think they have put the meter on the wrong one, it appears that I…
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Do Eco flush toilets save money?
My water bill has been sky high! I live alone and do all the things on how to save money on my water bill! Even the most extreme things such as: -military showers(soap and rinse 5 mins) -showering at my gym -the whole “if it’s yellow let it mellow,if it’s brown flush it down” -I do not take baths only military showers -I…
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wheres my water bill??
hi guys, newbie renting but i have some questions regarding water. ive been in my property for 4 months now and was assuming ide recieve a water bill any time soon. the water is still running and no issues thus far. so my question is what do i do? am i at fault? are the previous tenants still paying? should i ring my agent…
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Damaged water meter
This may be a daft question, but can you demand that a water supplier fix a damaged water meter? One of the women who works in our office recently she received an astronomical water bill, and queried this with the water company. She lives on her own in a flat and has a water meter. They sent out an engineer who found that…
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Really high water bill..stumped
Hi, I have just received our first water bill from thames water, dated 02 Apr to 16 August 2017. The total amount is £373 :eek: This does not seem right, its a 3 bed (2 double, 1 single, house), 3 adults, one bathroom, one kitchen, and one washing machine, and only 2 sinks (kitchen and bathroom) - Its rented accomadation.…
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Paying more on meter than neighbour with no meter
I live in a 3-bed semi and have a water meter. My water bill is significantly higher than my neighbour's water bill. I have a meter but they don't have a meter. I live alone and the neighbour has a family of five. My water meter was installed back in 2004, before I purchased my property. How can this be fair? I have to…
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Surface water
I recently found out my surface water drained into a soakaway I've lived here for 12 years but could only claim for the last six years so basically I have paid Yorkshire water £250 for nothing.i live in a block of four terraced houses and we all claimed at the same time and all had a separate survey what a waste of money.…
