Monthly DD for water meter

clo2410

ive just moved into a property with my 6yr old daughter, only been in 5 days, registerd my details with united utilities who then sent me a bill for £97.46, Jan £48.73, and February- £48.73!! is this the norm? because im confused?surely this is alot? wouldnt mind but not even had a bath yet!!!

Any advice is welcome, Thankyou xx

mum2one

clo2410 wrote: »

ive just moved into a property with my 6yr old daughter, only been in 5 days, registerd my details with united utilities who then sent me a bill for £97.46, Jan £48.73, and February- £48.73!! is this the norm? because im confused?surely this is alot? wouldnt mind but not even had a bath yet!!!

Any advice is welcome, Thankyou xx

Are you on a water meter? if not it could be trying to get the money before the end of the yr, i know we pay ours 6 monthly. xx

Cardew

mum2one wrote: »

Are you on a water meter?

The title of the thread and OP's first post are a clue;)

dzug1

If you are going to pay by monthly direct debit the amount will not be related to what you HAVE used but to what they think you WILL use averaged out over the year. It will be reconciled with what you have used at intervals

Norman_Castle

oxfordmark wrote: »

Hey

I just remembered. Back on 13th Nov we had a new water meter fitted so it was 0000. It's now on 00016.
Does this mean we have used 16 cubic metres in just over 2 months? Based on that I work it out to be £196 a year.

I think my replacement meter had a few units on it possibly from testing. Did you read the meter when it was installed?.

oxfordmark

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I think my replacement meter had a few units on it possibly from testing. Did you read the meter when it was installed?.

Stupidly didnt check.

matelodave

A unit or so on the meter wont make a lot of difference and it's unlikely to have been whole cubic metres, probably just 0.1 0.2 - possibly a pound at the most - you can save that by not using so much water.


You can work it out yourself and then ask to have your DD increased or wait until April when the bill comes in and they readjust your DD to take into account any shortfall. If you give them a couple of meter readings a month apart they might do it automatically.