Hypno's "bursting with energy" diary.......

mizmir

shabbychicfan wrote: »

Hi Hypno

Hope you and the children have had a good day!

I had a letter from the water company yesterday (as I suspect did everyone else as it was a standard letter) saying that if I had a swimming pool (yerrr right!) or wanted to leave an unattended water system running I would have to go on to a water meter. I had to return a card saying that I didn't have a pool or want to use a sprinkler system.

However, have been thinking about it - would I be better off on a water meter? I live on my own so was wondering if there was a possibility of a saving there?

hi shabbychicfan

definitely! Water rates assume average family use for size of house so if you are single or a couple you will almost certainly save with a meter. I think they will install one free as well. have a look on your water board's website - ours had a calculator so you could estimate savings with a meter - and it was pretty accurate.

Keeping_Motivated

Hypno do you still have the dogle thingy so you can continue with the debt busting while you at race training?

Also how are the kittens?

OliveOyl_2

Martins guidline is if you have more bedrooms than people, then you're probably better off with a meter.

I wasn't on a meter in my last house, but chose my washing machine & dishwasher for their miserly electricity and water consumption - and I'm so glad I did now that we're metered. We also bought our toilet in Germany (We're weird like that!) and I think it only uses a couple of litres per flush :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

taxi73

Morning Hypno and all..such an early start for you.Hope the kiddies do well today.Don't know what to do about a water meter here as there are 3of us in a 2 bed house so am probably better as we are...I don't know.

rtandon27

Not sure of the merits of a water meter...

there are two of us...

2 years ago, in a two bed flat we had a meter and spent £30/month

last year, in a two bed flat without a meter we spent £20/month

now, we in a major DFW effort we've downsized to a small one bed house, but on a water meter & have no clue what the bill will be??? The £15 per month is encouraging, but the £45 is really scary!!!

OH says I wash clothes for England, but he's as guilty with his passion for baths instead of showers!!!

The moral...

we may be skint but at least we are clean???:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Gemmzie

Try living here - £54 a month not on a meter, would be around £150 if we were. Yes that's per month :eek:

OliveOyl_2

Good grief Gemmzie, where is "here"???? :eek:
No-one in the UK is very far from water, and that's the expensive bit of water supply; actually getting it to the house.

hypno06

blimey - reading some of those figures above, I will embrace the bill we have received!!

We have always been on a meter with the exception of one house which was on rates, and the amounts we have paid have always been about the same - regardless of how many are in the house - I think it is because when we first had a meter fitted in a 1 bed house with just the two of us, our bill was more than I had budgetted for and it scared me a bit (18 years ago now, so can't remember the figure) so we made a concerted effort to always save what water we could. Water hippos and showers became the norm really.

So I have always been quite happy paying the £32 a month - I think for a family of 4-5 it is about right, allowing for the odd filling of the pond and cleaning of the car too - but the reduction to £17 is very welcome!

Just got back from skiing - the children skied well, no medals today but they did themselves proud. We made a quick getaway because we had no need to stay for prizegiving etc and I am really really tired and just wanted to get home. Thankfully this race was only an hour away, but it still "hurts" to get up at that time on a weekend morning!

We managed to stick to budget again today, which I am very pleased about, and stopped off on the way home to get some bits for the freezer which will see us through the next few days - just fresh veg and milk to buy so will hopefully keep the cost down.

I don't think I will be moving very far away from the sofa for the rest of the day.....:cool:

Gemmzie

OliveOyl wrote: »

Good grief Gemmzie, where is "here"???? :eek:
No-one in the UK is very far from water, and that's the expensive bit of water supply; actually getting it to the house.

South West Water, Cornwall :mad:

We pay for all the beaches and the tourist's water supplies too - hence the cost :rolleyes:

Karmacat

Awww, hypno, glad you're back, hope the sofa is embracing you right now.... Doctor Who's on in an hour and twenty, *he* doesn't pay water rates in the Tardis! I'd quite like to move to the tardis, actually. Not just for the lack of water rates.... I'm burbling.

Anyway, glad that lots of people pay less for their water than I do, hope to be joining you all soon, sorry that you're stuck, Gemmzie, its horrible paying that amount. Mind you, I was going round an eco house this afternoon, and it was inspiring - they recycle bath and shower water to flush the toilet, and one of the roofs collects rainwater too - the others have sedum growing on them, they're beautiful.