Water Bills questions and comment

hmc

Hellymac wrote: »

Hi, I'm a newbie so bear with ! I'm a mum of two boys living in a small two bed end of terrace and our water bill is £48 a month. The boys have a shared bath twice a week and hubby and I shower prob 3 times a week. We use washing machine few times a week but besides that we don't use a huge amount of water. I'm planning to ring Anglian water- I live in Market Harborough , Leics. but wanted to find out as much as I could first. We also have a meter and lifted the lid on it today but couldn't see any way of reading it .?..
Would appreciate some advice,
Thanks

Hi I'm Anglian water too
It does seem high to me
Im on a meter
3 bed just me and a child
Dishwasher and washer on every other day someone in shower everyday if not twice and 1 bath a week
I pay £30 mth and stay in credit

Cardew

hmc wrote: »

Hi I'm Anglian water too
It does seem high to me
Im on a meter
3 bed just me and a child
Dishwasher and washer on every other day someone in shower everyday if not twice and 1 bath a week
I pay £30 mth and stay in credit

There are four people in Hellymac's house, so it would be expected that they would use roughly twice as much water as yourself.

Foy the two people in your house, the average being 100 to 110 cubic metres a year. So charges would be £392 to £460 for that average use - and many people can use well below the average.

Hellymac_2

Thank you very much for your feedback..very useful esp. Cardew ..and sorry I'm with Severn Trent water. Think it might be a combination of leaky tap and gold fish bowl!

Cardew

Hellymac wrote: »

Thank you very much for your feedback..very useful esp. Cardew ..and sorry I'm with Severn Trent water. Think it might be a combination of leaky tap and gold fish bowl!

Severn Trent is considerably cheaper than Anglian, both for the water/sewerage and standing charges. You can look them up easily on the ST website - or look at your bill.

They do make a separate charge for Surface Water Drainage(they call it 'measured drainage') Your house would be Band 1(i.e. a terraced house). If you are charged for that drainage, you could be entitled to have the charge waived. Look up 'Surface Water Drainage' on MSE

deputy_dog77

hi can anyone tell me if I can reclaim any from seven trent water bascaily been living in my apartment for 12 years 6 months ago had a water meter fitted .have now found out that for the past 11 years have been paying way to much money for my water seven trent tell me theres nothing they can do and say I should take some of the blame for not having meter fitted earlier,,,please help

deputy_dog77

hi can anyone tell me if I can reclaim any from seven trent water bascaily been living in my apartment for 12 years 6 months ago had a water meter fitted .have now found out that for the past 11 years have been paying way to much money for my water seven trent tell me theres nothing they can do and say I should take some of the blame for not having meter fitted earlier,,,please help

Mykidsmum

Unfortunately you are unable to reclaim anything from Severn Trent for the period that you chose to pay your water charges based on the rateable value of your property. (You effectively chose this method of charging as you did not apply for a water meter) Information about water meters are included in your bills each year and it is up to you to decide which is the better option.

Cardew

deputy_dog77 wrote: »

hi can anyone tell me if I can reclaim any from seven trent water bascaily been living in my apartment for 12 years 6 months ago had a water meter fitted .have now found out that for the past 11 years have been paying way to much money for my water seven trent tell me theres nothing they can do and say I should take some of the blame for not having meter fitted earlier,,,please help

Welcome to the forum.

The post above is correct; you have paid the proper rate for a property charged on the basis of its Rateable Value. (RV)

You have to take all the blame(not some) for not getting a meter earlier.

windymiller54

Hi here 's a question if the council banded your property wrong and your entilled to a rebate does that mean you are entillted to a water rates rebate seeing as it based on council banding. Thankyou.

bealski93

Hi, I'm a complete newbie so hope I'm posting in the right place! I'm a second year student who has just moved into a flat with two other girls, and I'm trying to make a proper budget plan. I've never had to pay utility bills beyond my own mobile phone bill as I've lived at home where my parents dealt with it and last year I lived in halls where utilities were included in the rent.

What roughly/approximately is a sensible water rates monthly estimate for a small flat of three girls, all have daily showers, no bath, no dishwasher, energy saving washing/ eco washing machine. Our flat is only 2/3 years old so everything in it is eco friendly and insulated and all that jazz.

Thanks in advance for any rough ideas you guys can offer! It'll be most appreciated