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MOD still paying the sites water bill!

Hi there,

I live on a closed down RAF base, along with blimey a about 600 other houses! no-one gets a water bill because Anglian water cant charge anyone as its all still being pumped through by the MOD...

Now im not complaining its nice not having to pay the charges but the agency that own the base now have not given us any advice, Where do we stand? I assume the MOD can at some point bill us for the water usuage?

is there a certian amount of time they can backdate the bills for? is it the same as leccy and gas, i think its 12 months? :confused:

We've only been here 6 just curious really?

We've put a little aside each month to be on the safe side, but it seems a shame they are paying out for water, even less money for our troops...

Although i imagine when the prison opens in a few weeks they will start to notice!!

Thanks :)
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  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
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    The 12 month back-billing rule does not apply to water.

    Are you metered?

    I would not have thought that married quarters would have been allocated a Rateable Value(assuming they were built pre 1990)

    Is there nothing in the deeds about water?
  • laurenjs88 wrote: »
    Hi there,

    I live on a closed down RAF base, along with blimey a about 600 other houses! no-one gets a water bill because Anglian water cant charge anyone as its all still being pumped through by the MOD...

    Now im not complaining its nice not having to pay the charges but the agency that own the base now have not given us any advice, Where do we stand? I assume the MOD can at some point bill us for the water usuage?

    is there a certian amount of time they can backdate the bills for? is it the same as leccy and gas, i think its 12 months? :confused:

    We've only been here 6 just curious really?

    We've put a little aside each month to be on the safe side, but it seems a shame they are paying out for water, even less money for our troops...

    Although i imagine when the prison opens in a few weeks they will start to notice!!

    Thanks :)

    Reminds me of this thread on Usenet:

    http://!!!!!!!.com/yztgal5
  • Reminds me of this thread on Usenet:

    http://!!!!!!!.com/yztgal5

    umm, Still can't post URL's it seems :mad: bit harsh I think...

    Anyway it's !!!!!!! dot com slash yatgal5
  • FB13
    FB13 Posts: 156 Forumite
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    Don't know about England, but in Scotland, they can try for 4 or 5 years of backdated charges.
  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
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    FB13 wrote: »
    Don't know about England, but in Scotland, they can try for 4 or 5 years of backdated charges.

    For debts in UK they can go back 6 years.

    The problem is establishing the debt i.e. how do they assess the charges.
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    what old camp are you on ?

    Anglian Water only backdate 12 months BTW
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