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Will water meter reduce value of property?

hubris · 2008-03-30 11:53:11

I'm interested in having a meter installed. There's just my wife and I in this flat, and Thames water have just charged us £200 for this year. But I've heard from a family member that the meter will then be the method of payment for whoever we eventually sell our property to (several years from now), and this could make it…

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Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite

4 April 2008 at 9:30AM

They recoup the cost of installing the meters in the prices they charge (just like e.g. an ISP recoups the cost of "free" hardware supplied).

There isn't an extra charge on your bill for the meter after its been installed.

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