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Advice needed on Water meter.
Hello all!, Need some advice for my mother who has been told she must have a water meter installed. The following is an email from her, explaining more. Would appreciate any help provided. Thank you! :) Just received an email from landlords saying the water co have the right to charge for a meter whatever the financial…
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Water Bill Rebate Entitlement for Multiple Households
Hi all, looking for a bit of advice... I live on a rural estate of approximately 32 houses that has it's own sewerage plant. There is an annual service charge which, amoung other things, includes water usage, as we pay the water bill as a whole rather than individually. The estate is managed by a committee made up of…
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free boiler grants
After numerouse phonecalls to diffrent people and getting conflicting advice can anybody tell me the correct answer. I claim wirming tax credits receive a pension from a previous employer and am 61 years old .the income limit for the free boiler is £15860 my income including my pension is just below this . I also receive…
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Souther Water bill £2200
Hi All, I received a water bill from Southern Water last year for a staggering £2200. I spoke to Southern Water who advised it was very likely there was a leak somewhere and to get a plumber to check it. I contacted a plumber who turned off the water a tap under the sink and checked the meter in the ground just outside my…
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Just found out info off severn trent - help
:( Hello everyone. Can anyone help. I had severntrent on my door yesterday as there is a problem in nearby river, some dishwasher water!!! Happily it is not me but, I didn't know my RAIN water goes to river. It comes down pipes into a gulley off to a drain in the back field then the river... But I heard somewhere you don't…
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Great service from Yorkshire Water!
After recent horrendously inefficient dealings with the likes of Npower, and BT it was refreshing to find a company who puts them to shame. After receiving a bill from Yorkshire Water to increase my DD due to higher usage of water coincided with plumbing work to fix a leaking toilet cistern I contacted them on the 21st…
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Water Meter / Stopcock Woes
My daughter has just bought her first little terraced house, moved in, mid December and on Christmas day her combination Boiler broke and is un-repairable. (She did know it was very old & might need replacing). British Gas came to fit new boiler 5 days ago and needed to turn mains water off. Had to ring previous owner to…
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How long for United Utilities to install a meter?
Hi all, house we are buying is currently unmetered. I've already phoned UU and asked them about changing it from unmetered to metered and they have booked a survey call out for the first Monday after we complete on the house. Does anyone know how long i'm likely to wait after the survey for a meter to be installed?…
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Bristol Water said it will challenge an order to reduce its bills
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-31161008 Entirely predictable. The shareholders are obviously moaning...
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water leak
hi my friend had his water payments increased by a decent amount last month following a reading,the bill was doubled i think. his water company came out to check for a leak and just been told ok on their side so any leak must be on his side. he can't see/hear any leak either. who is responsible for the extra charges if a…
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Should I get a Meter
Hi I say yes, hubby says no. We live in the Wessex Water area. Four bedroom house and there are four of us. Unmetered we currently pay £949.70 per annum. We do water our baskets and containers in summer with watering cans and we do clean the car once a week with a hose. Never use a sprinkler. I can't find anyone who pays…
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Paying more than double on water meter, please help!
Hi We have merged two houses together, one house was on a meter for nearly 4 years one was on a fixed rate (which we were allready living in) so we have been told since next door was allready on a meter we would have to be put on a new meter that supplies both houses which are now merged together. We are paying around £100…
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Southern Water Meter Price Hike
Hi all, I'm new to the forum! I'll keep it simple and refrain from babbling on. I've a problem with our Southern Water bill. We had a water meter outside our tiny 2 up 2 down terraced house on 18th September 2014. Today we received a bill from Southern Water. Which said the following: Your meter readings Meter reading when…
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Southern water woes.
Good afternoon, just looking for some advice as to how I can move forward with trying to get my bill with southern water sorted. We had a water meter fitted around March 2014 when southern water said everyone now has to be on a metered supply in East Kent. When first installed we were told our water cost would be around…
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WaterSure scheme - some concerns
I applied to United Utilities for the WaterSure scheme in October and was informed that I was eligible. (And I was also told that my eligibility would be back-dated to June 2014). Naturally I was rather pleased as I assumed that I could look forward to lower water service charges. However, my most recent bill (5 June - 3…
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Water bill extremely high?
£2,306.80 for three months. Either there was a leak in the rental property or we failed to spot the Olympic sized swimming pool in the garden. We have contested it.
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Yorkshire Water meter Charges question please
Hi everyone, We had a water meter fitted last week and took a reading this morning to see how much we had used in one week. Last Thursday when the meter was installed it read 00000 000 (obviously!) and today it reads 00001 365, so that's 1365 litres of water in a week? 1.365 cubic meters? Before having the meter installed…
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Can (should?) I have the water turned OFF?
Hellooo :) I live in a big house, (rented from my dad) - I live in the upper flat of the house, and rent the lower flat from him as storage for my work. (two water rates, two council taxes) We already pay the usual water rates for the upper flat we live in. but the lower flat, we NEVER use the water at all, but are still…
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WATER BILL - Overcharged for years - What chance a refund?
My mother has been living alone in a council flat (now a housing assoc.) and been charged seriously well over the odds for her water bill since maybe 2000. She has just had a water meter fitted. What are the odds on getting some sort of refund?
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Water meter confusion
Hi. Apologies in advance for the essay! I moved into my new flat on 05/12/14 and notified South West Water, who told me that according to their records, the hatch to the meter is "on pavement near front door, meter is on the far left". Between the move and working overtime in the run-up to Christmas, I wasn't keen on…
