Water Meters- will it cost more?

Nile

Hello dottiepeas

As Martin says in his article:

It's important first to see whether a meter is financially worthwhile. As a rough rule of thumb, if there are more bedrooms in your house than people, you should check out getting a meter.

Have a look at Martin's article in the link below;) :

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/cut-water-bills

Regards

Nile

27col

I was in a friends house yesterday and we compared water bills. He was paying £27 per month, just for the supply and more for the sewage disposal.. I am on a meter and only had a bill for £27 for 6 months plus about the same for sewage. We are both households of two people. Needless to say, he is now going to contact the water company to install a meter.

Have just received the waste water part of the water bill. It is £45.00 for 6 months. Added to the water supply bill the total comes to £142.00 p.a. Before we got the meter we were paying at least £460.00 p.a It's a no brainer.

andrew-b

Thought i'd add that in some areas if you buy a house that isn't metered the water company now insist on installing a meter. Also if you read the future plans for your water company you'll very likely find that within the next few years they will make meters compulsory - so it's only a matter of time.

Fortunately we aren't metered yet but we are paying about £33 per month water rates. At our old flat we were on a meter and it wasn't really everso much cheaper for the two of us...though we didn't have a garden to water (incidentally if you use an unattended sprinkler legally you should be on a meter anyway...spraying your plants with a supervised garden hose is ok though)

Andy

shelly

We are on a meter and I hope everyone who isn't on one stays that way! Whilst there are people not on meters our bills stay cheap, if everyone was on a meter the price of water would rise.

There is just 2 of us and we pay £12 per month but that's because we only pay for what comes in, no drainage or sewerage.
My cousin has her, hubby and 4 kids (with another on the way) and pays less being metered than if she was on rateable value.

nickj_2

i think that every time a house is sold then the water co fitted a meter
so you would have had one if you liked it or not

Andreg

shelly wrote: »

We are on a meter and I hope everyone who isn't on one stays that way! Whilst there are people not on meters our bills stay cheap, if everyone was on a meter the price of water would rise.

Good point Shelly. Like so many other posts, our water bills halved when we got the meter fitted, even though we had young children at the time.

We have more people than bedrooms, so I think Martin's rule of thumb does not show just how much cheaper a meter is.

jollyanna

I've been looking at my leaflet from Wessex Water and it says that if we go on a meter and then sell the house, the new owner will have the option to go back to unmetered within the first twelve months.

bockster

turnn yourself into a water tighta**e and get a meter. don't flush the toilet every time, half fill the bath, etc. we are family of four and quids in!
on the subject of dishwasherrs, i've metered ours at 10.5l per quick wash, granted not spotless everytime on pans but rub em with bit of spit n polish like yer nan used too!!
all the best.

adandem

jollyanna wrote: »

I've been looking at my leaflet from Wessex Water and it says that if we go on a meter and then sell the house, the new owner will have the option to go back to unmetered within the first twelve months.

We asked the same question when we bought our house and were refused by our water company.
Worked out well for us though as we've saved alot in the long term.

nickj - I've never heard of that tbh, I thought it was just new builds that had to have a meter. They certainly didn't fit one to the unmetered house we sold

silvercar

Certain areas are compulsary meter areas meaning that meters are fitted on change of ownership.

We thought we would be stuck with a meter, but they took so long to get round to us (and can't charge you water rates or metering until they have installed or decided not to instal!) that they decided not to fit one.

Very happy as we all have long power showers and flush each time. When we got the bill it is based on the rateable value of the property years ago. Since then the house has been extended (including adding an outside hot tap and power showers and extra bathrooms!). So instead of an expensive meters we have a charge based on a smaller house:) By the time metering is compulsary the kids will have left home.