Fitting a water meter to a listed building

rtho782

I'm living in a grade 2 listed building, built in about 1550, and significantly extended in about 1850.

I'm unsure of where water enters the house, to be honest I feel like there may be separate supplies on both sections.

I am currently on what seems like quite a high RV for a 2 bed house, and given that there are only 2 of us, it seems likely we could save with a meter.

However, I've never liked the uncertainty a meter brings, and I don't want to go to one then switch back as this screws over the next occupant as they have no choice.

I feel like there is a good chance that they *can't* fit a meter to my property though, or at least it would be prohibitively expensive. If this is the case, then asking for one could get me on to an assessed charge, which would be the perfect solution for me - no uncertainty, and save some cash.

What do people think the likelihood is of them being unable to fit a meter? I'm thinking I will request one, then change my mind before the actual fitting happens if they decide they can do it?

HappyMJ

rtho782 wrote: »

I'm living in a grade 2 listed building, built in about 1550, and significantly extended in about 1850.

I'm unsure of where water enters the house, to be honest I feel like there may be separate supplies on both sections.

I am currently on what seems like quite a high RV for a 2 bed house, and given that there are only 2 of us, it seems likely we could save with a meter.

However, I've never liked the uncertainty a meter brings, and I don't want to go to one then switch back as this screws over the next occupant as they have no choice.

I feel like there is a good chance that they *can't* fit a meter to my property though, or at least it would be prohibitively expensive. If this is the case, then asking for one could get me on to an assessed charge, which would be the perfect solution for me - no uncertainty, and save some cash.

What do people think the likelihood is of them being unable to fit a meter? I'm thinking I will request one, then change my mind before the actual fitting happens if they decide they can do it?

Do you have one or two stop taps? I would say !!!! but I'm not allowed to.

If you've just got the one then fitting a meter is usually very easy.

It's usually difficult to fit a meter in a old house converted into flats where water is shared amongst the occupants and it's not easy to separate which flat uses what water.

To determine if you're going to save money you need to estimate how much water you're going to use. Most people use about 50 cubic metres per person per year but if you're like myself and never use any water outside then you could get away with using less. People on meters tend to use less than average as well as they know that letting the tap run costs money.