£274 water bill - 6 months

tim3568

hi all

my first post. just received my bill from anglian water. is this a typical charge for a 3 bed house, 2 adults, 1 5 year old and a 6 month old baby?

period of charge is 10th june 2009 to 9th december 2009.

total water charge is £125.44
total sewerage charge is £149.06
total bill amount is £274.50

rgds

For_Keeps

That sounds alot to me. Do you have a meter? I pay just over £300 a year, I don't have a meter, 3 bed semi 1 bathroom 1 toilet

2 adults and an 8 year old

Caroline73_2

Martin's rule of thumb is if you have more people than bedrooms don't have a meter as it will work out more expensive.

I pay about £480 a year with AW, non metered. 3 beds, 1 bath, toilet but washing machine and bath on a lot. We can't have a shower due to inadequate water pressure and a combi boiler, so run 2 baths a day.

Cardew

Is that based on estimated meter readings or actual meter readings?(assuming you have a meter)

Are you being charged for surface water drainage?

With 4 people the average water use will be 240 cubic metres per year. So for 6 months 120 Cubic metres.

tim3568

house has 3 toilets , a shower and a bath.

looks like my last bill was £361.41

the bill says it is a meter - meter size is 15mm ???

Readings
present read - 09/12/09 std rate 1235
previous read - 1148
volume used cubic metres(m3) 87

water supply
volume used 87m3 x 128.64p = £111.91
standing charge 183 days x 7.40p = £13.53

sewerage service
volume used - 78.30m3 x 142.35p = £111.46
standing charge - 183 days x 20.55p = £37.60

deanos

Check this bill or the last was not estimated, AW are billing 4 times a year if you are paying cash/cheque and its read 2 times, if paying on direct debit its billed twice a year and read once.

Jan10

Your bill seems to depend a lot on where you live. My son is soon to be moving to a tiny back to back house in Cardiff on his own.

There is only one bathroom and no garden to water. His annual bill is approx £570.

No doubt he will be getting a meter asap.

We had one installed in our 5 bed house when there were just the 2 of us. We halved our bill.