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New house was told it has a unmetered water supply but it doeant.
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The water companies usually install a meter when the house changes hands. So if you bought the house without a meter as soon as you moved in you would get one. So what the estate agent did or did not say will be unlikely to make any difference to the outcome that as soon as you own the house you will get a water meter.
Is this a recent thing?
It didn't happen to us when moving at the end of 2013.
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United Utilities (North-West England) don't - I moved in recently and I've had to ask for one.0
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United Utilities have a policy that all New builds require a water meter, but if the house is older than 6 months and doesn't have a water meter it is optional. If you have the optional water meter you can have it removed later whilst if it was install compulsory then it can't be removed. I only found this out because United Utilities had another properties water meter as registered at my property. On investigation they realised that they had forgot to install a water meter and the six month had passed, they then advised on their rules.
Other companies will have different policies.0 -
All houses will have them eventually, so it's all much of a muchness.0
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Yep, it depends on the water company/authority. Certainly, in the Anglian Water region (driest in the country), once a previous owner has asked for a meter, it is there for all time. It used to infuriate me that we were paying 21/2 times as much for just two adults as our next door neighbours were for two adults and three teenagers but there is nothing you can do about it.
I have not heard of anyone successfully getting rid of a meter but again, it will be different for each authority. Maybe the SW is not plagued with this issue yet because you guys have the opposite problem with rainfall?0 -
Welsh Water don't automatically install a meter on change of ownership either. When I moved in 2011 I had to ask for one to be installed.
Just for info OP, you might find it much cheaper on a meter. My water rates would be £660 per year. On a meter I pay £29 per month - £348 per year. It's madness to stay on rates when there's such a difference in cost!0 -
Zephyr , i am moving to a property in west wales, what property details are your rates based on please?Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.0
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Hi
The estate agent told me the property I seen has an unmetered water supply I have just found out its actually metred I have the email confirming what thu told me.
What options do I have?
You could sue the estate agent for compensation.
Might cost a bit though.
How much money have you lost? If you have a large family in a small home with 2 or more people in each bedroom that could be hundreds of pounds. If there's just the two of you then you will probably find you've lost nothing.:footie:
Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. 0 -
We had to have a water meter installed but got the choice to use it or not to use it for the water bill. We are Anglian Water.
They say in the letter we will be able to compare the two and choose what's best for us.0
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