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letting agent should have paid water bills
hi - not sure which section this shoukl be in so please bear with me. My friend has been renting a property since 2011. Initially it was with a letting agent. About a year ago, the landlord began to manage his properties himself. When it was with the agent, the monthly payment to them was rent and water rates included.…
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How to reduce water bill
Hi sorry if this has been posted a million times before! I am currently on a water metre, and there are two of us in a 2 bed flat. I pay £51 a month on our water bill, which i think is horrendous. But i dont know how to get our water down, we both work full time, so are only using water in the morning and evening. We wash…
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Severn Trent Water Bill
Good evening all, I hope everyone's well! I'm seeking some advice. Apologies in advance if this isn't the correct place to be asking for it. Back in August, we noticed that the toilet in the property we were renting at the time was leaking water from the cistern into the bowl. Actually, to be more specific, we heard that…
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Help - Northumbrian Water - Issued Claim Against Me
Northumbria Water have issued a Small Claim against me in the Northampton County Court Business Centre. Money Claims Online Essentially I owe them just short of £140 for a 6 month period this year after having a water meter installed. I paid them £30 in June and they issued this claim in August after 1 "missed" payment by…
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Southern Water - how much?
Moved into rented flat back in feb, 2 adults. The water IN bills charged by SouthEast water seem reasonable, works out about £11/£12 a month. Does that sound right? Just got a bill for water OUT from Southern Water, which works out at nearly £18 a month! Called Southern Water who don't own the pipes and told us to call…
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Community centre water rates
We run a new community centre in West Cumbria, and over the past few years of trying to get United Utilities to adjust our current water rates of £3800 pa to band 1 for community groups. They have rejected our application previously saying we are not a true community centre in there terms? Now we meet all there criteria in…
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Commercial water use at residential address
Wondered if any Northumbrian Water rep could help me? I'm self-employed and run a small cleaning company with my OH. We use about 3000 litres of water a week. We take the water from our home address. Our current water company asks us to estimate what % of our usage is domestic and what is for our business and bills us…
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Multiple standing charges Portsmouth water
Ive just received my bill from portsmouth water, we are domestic house just 2 people and I'm a bit confused about the charges. They are as follows..standard non-household usage charged at 69.4p, wholesale standing charge £10.19 per annum, retail standing charge at £20.92 per annum and standing charge at £31.10 per annum.…
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South-east water, social tariff and water sure
Hi there, Does anyone who is under Southeast water know much about these two tariffs? http://www.southeastwater.co.uk/your-account/paying-your-bill/difficulty-paying-your-bill It looks like I am actually eligible for both at my new property and will be on a water meter. However I cannot figure out whether you can apply for…
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How much am i leaking?
Hi all Nightmare, waterbill came today and they want to increase my bill to £60 a month for 2 adults and 1 child. :eek: I was advised to check for leaking by not using any water seeing if reading increased, then turn stop tap off and check again. After doing this when the stop tap was turned off meter didnt change, as soon…
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2 bed flat & water meter
So we have just moved from a 1 bed flat without a meter to a 2 bed flat with a meter. We were paying £26 a month for the one bed flat but our bill for the 2 bed flat is £47 a month. We are still only 2 people but I suppose as it's an estimate they think more people live here or are going off the last tenants. Before we…
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Removing spouse from account
Hi, I am wondering if it is possible, due to domestic reasons, to have my wife removed from the joint named water account? If so, what impack would this have on both credit files? Hope someone might be able to give some feedback/advice? Thanks a lot David
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Anglian Water and credit rating
I continued with a direct debit with Anglian Water after they never sent me bills and allowed me to clock up a bill over £1000. When they finally sent me a letter last August I paid £500 immediately and agreed the rest be paid monthly by upping my DD. I ' had,' an unblemished credit score and applied for a loan at the…
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Failed water meter
Had a meter fitted just over 3 years ago for potential (and achieved!) savings of ~ £300pa. First meter had to be replaced after just a month when I realised it was running backwards !! On Friday,meter reader came and I discovered that this second meter has now stopped working as the latest figure is identical to the…
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Essex and Suffolk Water Debt
Hi everyone, First time on this site. I am in debt with ES Water but they have now passed on the debt to a debt recovery agency. The debt collectors are threatening to take my house if Ido not pay them the full amount. My question to you all is, Are they bluffing?
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Harassment from Southern Water
I moved from the UK to Sweden in Feb with my husband and I'm being pursued by Southern water. Only, Southern Water have taken it upon themselves to harass my elderly grandparents at their address with letters addressed to me and my husband. I have no idea how they got their address seeing as I never lived there nor did I…
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Annual or Six Monthly Bills?
We have just had our third six monthly water bill and it's estimated! We were made to have a meter installed,which we would have had anyway, so there is no excuse for getting the estimate wrong. On this bill they have charged us for the total usage we had in the first year! The first two bills reflected actual meter…
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Shared bill dispute with Landlord
Hi, just looking for some opinions/advice on a dispute with my landlord on shared water bills. I have rented a business unit for 4 years and the water is shared with a unit downstairs. A few weeks back someone moved into the unit which had been empty up to this point. I don't see the actual bill but have trusted the…
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Anglian Water - Claiming Back Credit
My direct debit always goes up when I do this, it says on the bill the credit is included in the budget plan. What I don't understand is when I claim credit back from Eon my direct debit stays the same, I guess they work things differently I don't know. Is it possible to claim back my credit from Anglian Water without the…
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advice needed concerning water bill
Hi And thanks for reading this post. I was looking for accommodation and a friend offered me the upper floor of his shop, the ground floor he is using as a chemist shop. I moved in to the upper floor, fitted in a cooker, fridge, cupboards etc, and was told there would be no water bill as the chemist and the upper floor are…