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Should I switch to a water meter?

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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    edited 6 March 2013 at 9:26PM
    There is with Severn Trent as per my previous post.
    Why don't you just give Anglia a call?
    Information is not hard to find??
    http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/household/your-account/tariffs/standard-rates/
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    macman wrote: »
    Since you can revert to RV billing at no cost within the first 12 months if it turns out more expensive when metered, it's really a no-brainer.

    2 years at Anglian
  • I've switched and been put on SoLow tarrif--no standing charge. I'll probably be paying around £20 a month--previously I was paying about £48 per month based on rateable value (they only took a payment for 10 months of the year but I worked it out to a monthly figure and it worked out about £48)
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    Most definitely! My water bill is less than £100 a year on a So-low tariff.
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • matelodave
    matelodave Posts: 9,076 Forumite
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    edited 23 August 2013 at 5:27PM
    YES, if you are on your own

    Anglian Water's metered charges for 2013/14 are
    Water £1.5175 per cu metre plus 8.22p a day (£30 a year).
    Sewerage 90% of water used at 1.647 cu metre plus 23.56 a day (£86 a year).

    Our water bill last year was £310 (£26 a month) for the two of us (we are both at home all day and have an automatic garden watering system and used 69 cu.m).

    When we moved in three years ago it was based on RV and was £550 then, so getting a meter was a no brainer for us
    Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
  • datlex
    datlex Posts: 2,252 Forumite
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    You'll find if you do try it out they'll bring out some water saving devices too. You may or may not be able to use these.
    Paid off the last of my unsecured debts in 2016. Then saved up and bought a property. Current aim is to pay off my mortgage as early as possible. Currently over paying every month. Mortgage due to be paid off in 2036 hoping to get it paid off much earlier. Set up my own bespoke spreadsheet to manage my money.
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