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Water meters - pros and cons?
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I live on my own in a one bed flat, which is the top half of a house. Thames Water is my supplier.I read that as a single person it's usually worth getting a meter, and if it's found to be not technically possible to fit one, you get put on a permanent discounted tariff. This is absolutely true: it was not possible to fit a meter as the pipes are inaccessible (I had guessed this before the engineer visited). My water bill got reduced from £23.45 to £21.77 a month.I believe this is true for all suppliers, but do check.0
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notional said:I live on my own in a one bed flat, which is the top half of a house. Thames Water is my supplier.I read that as a single person it's usually worth getting a meter, and if it's found to be not technically possible to fit one, you get put on a permanent discounted tariff. This is absolutely true: it was not possible to fit a meter as the pipes are inaccessible (I had guessed this before the engineer visited). My water bill got reduced from £23.45 to £21.77 a month.I believe this is true for all suppliers, but do check.If a customer applies for a water meter, and one cannot be fitted, all customers regardless of number of occupants, must be offered an 'Assessed Charge'. Whilst a fixed charge, this is not a discounted charge, although it usually is considerably cheaper for single occupants.All water companies have differing methods to calculate the assessed charge. For instance Severn Trent use the type of property as the basis i.e. detached house, semi-detached, terraced or flat. The Assessed Charge for Thames Water is on the basis of number of bedrooms. In addition allcompanies offer a single person rate.
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Probably already mentioned (I'm not trawling through 60 pages!) but water companies will have an on-line calculator. Dead simple to do.Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!0
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Following on a friend (a lady I'm wooing - but without luck!) has done the above calculation and her water bill would go from £660 a year to £300. May I say...
Boom!Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!0 -
I pay just over £43 per month for 10 months for water. I was widowed in July 2019, my Daughters have left home so there is just me. I only have a wet room , I wash twice a week. Would I benefit from a meter? Is it free to change? thanks
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sheilavw said:I pay just over £43 per month for 10 months for water. I was widowed in July 2019, my Daughters have left home so there is just me. I only have a wet room , I wash twice a week. Would I benefit from a meter? Is it free to change? thanks
It used to be you could try one for a year, see how it worked out and reject the meter if it didn't work out for you, not sure if that is still true.
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thanks harrym, I think that I will look into it. Im out at work too (term time)
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I bought my father's 3 bedroom semi bungalow 11 years ago.The bill was based on RV about £500 per year. 10 years on my bill is about £280 per year.
One more note is make sure you read the meter regular.I travel a lot and was away 3 months but never turned the water off at the stop !!!!!!.off.
My 6 monthly bill was £370 due to the leak even though I was not there.
Positive thing if you check you will you know you have problems and find the leak and stop damage.Mine was under the floorboards don't easily seen reading the meter regularly would have alerted me as I know my average use.
United Utilities reduced my bill as it was a first time leak.
If you live in your own and mid band RV I think it will be worth it,do the trial and see .
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