water rates band a and how much your property could be let for to provide bill price

MINKATHECAT

MY WATER CHARGES ARE 605.46 FOR YEAR for a pre war house. so i started questioning this and asked neibours with same house what are they  being charged for water.

it came out i was paying 163 pounds more than some and 56 pounds more than a few others.  (none where the same on 6 houses i asked)

we all live in the same street we are in band A council tax. same bedrooms etc etc.

So I got on to united utility and asked what band they where using for me. it turns out the don't use a band like martins video . It is base on 1990 what your house can be rented for which comes from the government this fig is shown on your bill as a fixed charge for water and waste water shown on page 2 of your bill. They also went on to tell me if you had a street light outside your house a park behind your house this rentable value could be higher for different houses of the same nature in the street. ABSOLUTLY BONKER!!!  

i THEN ASKED CAN YOU PROVIDE ME WITH THE GOV WEB SITE WHERE I CAN CHECK MY RENTAL VALUE . no he couldn't

Maybe on one of your next shows you could elaborate on this more to people. I have also contacted the CCW to get info but they could not point me to a site that gave me my rental value. my only thought is to go to a water meter but these are pre war houses which one line from street feeds two semi detached house.

la531983

A true money saving reply to that would be to ask why wouldnt a water meter save you money?

I would be saving £300 a year based on the amount you are paying.

p00hsticks

A bit pendantic perhaps, but I think you'll find it;s rateable value, not rental value.

In England and Wales, rates were the precursor to the short-lived community charge and then current council tax as a means of local authorities raising money. I think the system is still in use on Northern Ireland. 

If you don't have a water meter, then the rateable value of your property should be shown on your water bill. 

MINKATHECAT

p00hsticks said:

A bit pendantic perhaps, but I think you'll find it;s rateable value, not rental value.

In England and Wales, rates were the precursor to the short-lived community charge and then current council tax as a means of local authorities raising money. I think the system is still in use on Northern Ireland. 

If you don't have a water meter, then the rateable value of your property should be shown on your water bill. 

p00hsticks said:

A bit pendantic perhaps, but I think you'll find it;s rateable value, not rental value.

In England and Wales, rates were the precursor to the short-lived community charge and then current council tax as a means of local authorities raising money. I think the system is still in use on Northern Ireland. 

If you don't have a water meter, then the rateable value of your property should be shown on your water bill. 

on page 2 you will see a rate for waste water and water this fig is the rate your house can be rentable at x by the rate. this figure is given to them by the gov body. i always thought it was on the council tax rate but it goes back to 1990 with pole tax etc. my rentable value is 156 pounds. if you don't have a water meter look at your bill. its stupid i know but this is what i was told and all the houses in the street are the same with not one the same water rates.

freesha

RV has nothing to do with CT banding.

MINKATHECAT

the outcome is they cant fit a water meter cos its a shared line so they are going to give me an average bill.