Severn Trent Price Hike

freesha

What_time_is_it said:

I am also a Severn Trent customer. I'm going to switch my water supply to a different company. The free market is a wonderful thing. Hooray for the wonderful privatised water companies, the magnificent job they do, and the freedom to choose that we have.

I take it you run a business?

strawb_shortcake

Just spotted this thread, we are looking into moving into an area supplied by Severn Trent and also Wessex water. It looks as though our water bill is going to be significantly bigger? 
We currently pay £410 a year with just wessex. 

Before we start looking at houses is there any way to get water bill estimates? 

Currently 3 of us looking for a 3 bed house but have two children at uni coming home in the holidays. OH likes a bath and teenager seems to spend 25 minutes in the shower these days.

QrizB

annabanana82 said:

Before we start looking at houses is there any way to get water bill estimates?

Are you currently metered?

If so, and assuming no lifestyle changes at your new address, you'll use roughly the same amount of water as you currently do.

Your suppliers will tell you their daily and volumetric charges, so you cn work it out from there.

strawb_shortcake

QrizB said:

annabanana82 said:

Before we start looking at houses is there any way to get water bill estimates?

Are you currently metered?

If so, and assuming no lifestyle changes at your new address, you'll use roughly the same amount of water as you currently do.

Your suppliers will tell you their daily and volumetric charges, so you cn work it out from there.

Thank you @QrizB No, we aren't metered at this point. My OH likes a bath and my teenage son takes really long showers. 
A few years back our neighbours were paying double on a meter (£70 to our £35) what we were paying unmetered, so it never seemed a good idea to change. Were still only paying £41 a month so that seems really cheap compared to others
We are fully expecting to be on a meter in our next home so there will have to be some lifestyle changes! 

MattMattMattUK

annabanana82 said:

QrizB said:

annabanana82 said:

Before we start looking at houses is there any way to get water bill estimates?

Are you currently metered?

If so, and assuming no lifestyle changes at your new address, you'll use roughly the same amount of water as you currently do.

Your suppliers will tell you their daily and volumetric charges, so you cn work it out from there.

Thank you @QrizB No, we aren't metered at this point. My OH likes a bath and my teenage son takes really long showers. 
A few years back our neighbours were paying double on a meter (£70 to our £35) what we were paying unmetered, so it never seemed a good idea to change. Were still only paying £41 a month so that seems really cheap compared to others
We are fully expecting to be on a meter in our next home so there will have to be some lifestyle changes! 

You can work out whether you would be better off on a water meter or rates using the link below. Even if you are not on a water meter at the new property it is likely that you will be moved to one at some point. 

https://www.ccw.org.uk/save-money-and-water/water-meter-calculator/

Scot_39

claire07 said:

Thank you both for your advice.  Sadly my OH has had severe ill health the last few years resulting in being housebound and needing frequent baths and laundry requirements.  Also my great escape is the garden in the summer so I presumed (wrongly evidently) that a water meter would not be of benefit as we need to use quite a lot of water but will now look into it after this latest increase.

Beware if you are edit "a high or" an exceptionally  high user you may well pay more edit "far more" on a meter.

Just because one user saves doesn't mean you will.

I'd try and find some guideline consumptions and try to guesstimate your use.

Try the calc link above.

You cannot iirc go back unmetered if find you pay more.