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Thames Water price hike
Having read that Ofwat had stifled Thames Water's plans to hike prices 11+% to pay for infrastructure upgrades last yeaer, I've just noticed that my monthly payments were increased from £28 to £32 last December (around 15%). Have any other TW customers noticed a similar uplift?
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Meter installed on neighbours water supply
During 2006 my daughter and I moved into my present property and I was informed by the Water Company that a meter was already in place on the water supply. Over the following couple of years I was billed and paid monthly DD. During 2008 I felt the useage was to high so wrote on a couple of occasions querying the useage. I…
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Check that your water bill is actually yours!
A few weeks ago I got my Water Bill telling me that my direct debit was to increase from £54 a month to £84. Such an incredible increase made me get out my old bills and check consumption. I discovered that our household water usage was increasing year on year since 2009 ( the earliest bill I still had), despite the fact…
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Sewage problem from next door
Evening all! Not sure if this is in the correct forum but I saw a similar sort of post from a while ago so here goes! :) We recently moved into a new house (built ~1940). It has soakaways for gutter drainage and i'd noticed since moving in a faint whiff of sewage in the kitchen at times, apparently coming from under the…
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Water meter requires outdoor tap to be capped
Hello, I'm with Sutton & East Surrey Water and requested that a water meter be fitted (it's just me and my wife in a three bed semi so I thought it might be cheaper than the current circa £450pa). The guy came out but because the pipes are shared with the other semi he said that they'd have to fit the meter nearer the…
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Replacement water meter - revised bill
I recently received a letter from Thames Water telling me my water meter was faulty, and that they had replaced it. They have 'recalculated' the final reading for the old meter for the period in which they say it was faulty. This estimate is based on the 2 weeks that the new meter has been in place. They have issued a bill…
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Water company asks if my flat is furnished?
Hi everyone, Recently moved in to a flat and was signing up online to Essex & Suffolk Water here: https://www.eswater.co.uk/your-home/your-account/moving-property/new/customer-info.aspx One part of the online form asks if you rent your home and if you have it for 6 months or more/less and whether it is…
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United Utilities 7 year old debt
Please excuse me first of all as I usually manage to read through past threads and find my answers there and my first post is somewhat complicated and needy..... A month or so ago my Partner received a letter to our home address with regard to her past address from an agency on behalf of United Utilities. When she…
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high water table and sewage
Woke up at 4 this morning fretting about high water table affecting the flow of sewage. Am I fretting over nothing?
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South West Water - Sending Bills Frequently at Random Intervals Instead of Quarterly
I have been getting water bills, instead of coming quarterly, they are coming at almost random times. I had this problem last year and it is continuing this year. For example, I got a bill on the 30th of December, then another on the 22nd of January. The January bill also contains the total for December, which I have…
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Severn Trent Water
I was paying monthly fixed payments of £45 per month, I found it to be rather pricey so I gave the water meter I go based upon the fact there are just two of us in the household with visits from family now and then. In all honesty I thought water meter would be cheaper, the payment plan was split in to two 6 month payments…
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South West Water sewerage charge
Just looking for a few opinions/ comparisons/ ideas from people if that's okay. My retired parents live in a 3 bedroom council house with my sister who is incapable of looking after herself and they have just received their water bill estimate for the coming year. It is over £1200 with sewearge charges making up over £750…
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High metered water bill - What are my options...
Typical story really... Got a meter in as I was told it would save money. Me + GF in two bedroom place, and our bill for 6 month was £342 and told we used 163m3 of water. The water company say that is 4 times more than they expect. They've been out once to check meter but I wasn't there. They are now coming out on 20th to…
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Water meter or not?
Hi How can I find out if I will be paying less on a water meter? I live in a 3 bed semi, there are 2 adults (me and my son) and we're both on low income. My latest bill breakdown is:- Standing charge £42.62 RV 137 129.10p £176.87 Total water charge £219.49 Surface water and Standing charge £47.89 137 153.30p £210.02 Total…
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very high water bill
We are a working couple living in a two bed room house we do not have kids we moved in december 2012 in this property the water meter reading at that time was 1315 and then in april 2013 we recieved a meter reading of 1336 i.e. consumption of 21cubic meter the total bill was £69.31 for 4 months Now in the month of November…
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Grey Water tank
I have metered water. My Fresh Water Used Volume at 31cubic metres matches exactly my Used Water Disposal on my latest Bill. I have had, for the past 8years, a 1+ cubic metre grey water tank used for the garden from May to October, filled from bath, shower and sink. Does anyone have experience of gaining a bill discount…
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Can a mortgage and/or marriage have fiscal advantages in UK?
Hello there everyone. I wanted to find out if by getting a mortgage in the UK your income tax liability is reduced or if there are some kind of fiscal advantages to it. I know in Spain it has some advantages as you end up paying less taxes when you have a mortgage in your first habitual residence. Is it similar in UK? Also…
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Water and "assessed charge"
Hi all, Just a quick question as i wanted to make sure that Severn Trent weren't trying to diddle me out of anything... ;) So - Assessed charges. I live on my own in rented accommodation and pay £465 per year for water and sewage. My landlord doesn't want to have a meter installed. Severn Trent tell me that Despite all of…
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Southern Water - new saving scheme
Hi folks, looks like Southern Water have hit on a new savings scheme - for themselves & shareholders - I have just received our latest bill from Southern Water only to be told my direct debit payment is to rise from £32 per month to £64 per month. No explanation has been given. No hint of rise in charges etc. (We are…
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New property. Water meter being be installed. Question!
Hi, just moved into a South Staffs Water area. They have sent an engineer out and the property has been earmarked fora new meter asap. I've read through Martins advice and he says you can cancel it within 12 months of it being fitted, and so the meter would water stay but you would go back to the old water of paying. Is…
