No direct supply to my house.

pogg000

With Thames water, my water supply comes from my neighbours bathroom then through the wall and into my house, can this be correct?

Devongardener

Do you receive a water bill addressed to your property?   Do I have a stopcock to turn off the supply?

Cardew

This is common in older flats/houses; which is why it is not possible to install a meter in some properties. 

pogg000

Devongardener said:

Do you receive a water bill addressed to your property?   Do I have a stopcock to turn off the supply?

Yea i receive a bill, the stopcock is on bathroom wall

baser999

We’re in a terraced house c1900 and have a shared supply with the neighbour with the main stopcock outside in the pavement. It was empty for a long while between lettings and at one point the owner had people in to tosh it up. They went off and had turned off a stopcock indoors which we didn’t know existed until we ran out of water 🙁 Managed to contact owner and when ‘toshers’ came back they moved stopcock to enable that house to be isolated.
Can’t have water meter and so we’re on ? unmeasured charge which suits us

Cardew

baser999 said:

We’re in a terraced house c1900 and have a shared supply with the neighbour with the main stopcock outside in the pavement. It was empty for a long while between lettings and at one point the owner had people in to tosh it up. They went off and had turned off a stopcock indoors which we didn’t know existed until we ran out of water 🙁 Managed to contact owner and when ‘toshers’ came back they moved stopcock to enable that house to be isolated.
Can’t have water meter and so we’re on ? unmeasured charge which suits us

Are you on 'unmeasured charges' (ie based on Rateable Value) or Assessed Charges? The latter can sometimes be cheaper. 

baser999

It’s the latter - when I posted I couldn’t remember the exact term for it. Thank you