📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Water charges

Options
does anyone know if you get reduced water charges on an empty property. My mum has been in a home since October and I’m trying to sort everything out regarding her now, empty home.

Comments

  • freesha
    freesha Posts: 430 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Most companies will close the account so no one is billed, as long as you are not using ANY water, i.e. not even for loo flushes/cups of tea when you check on the house.
  • Rodders53
    Rodders53 Posts: 2,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 26 January 2021 at 4:34PM
    No use asking here - go read the Water company's website or ask them about the situation?

    Get a water meter installed?  No water use = standing charge only. New owners (if/when you sell the house) will have to have one anyway.

    When the in-Laws died their water co were very good and 'allowed' up to 10 cubic metres use with no charge at all from the date of death to sale of the house.  It was already metered, though.

  • freesha
    freesha Posts: 430 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Rodders53 said:
    New owners (if/when you sell the house) will have to have one anyway.

    Not all water companies are doing this at the mo
  • Rodders53
    Rodders53 Posts: 2,668 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    freesha said:
    Rodders53 said:
    New owners (if/when you sell the house) will have to have one anyway.

    Not all water companies are doing this at the mo
    But they will when they want to and there'll be no saying no to one for the new owner.
    Your comment doesn't help the OP in any way - unless you were meaning to warn them that a meter might not be fitted on request at the moment?  But as you say not all are not fitting them...
  • freesha
    freesha Posts: 430 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Rodders53 said:
    freesha said:
    Rodders53 said:
    New owners (if/when you sell the house) will have to have one anyway.

    Not all water companies are doing this at the mo
    But they will when they want to and there'll be no saying no to one for the new owner.
    Your comment doesn't help the OP in any way - unless you were meaning to warn them that a meter might not be fitted on request at the moment?  But as you say not all are not fitting them...
    Why so defensive? Yes of course they will at some stage, and rightly so. I'm just pointing out that it isn't a given at the moment, depending on who the supplier is.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.4K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.