£40 a month for water bill?!?!

deanos

uncle_buck wrote:

It’s a disgrace that we have to pay the price we do for water….I suppose it could be justified if we lived in a country with a low rainfall!

They will be charging us for Air next…hang on a minute they already do that but just call it something different!

Yeah i mean it costs nothing to treat the water for consumption and supplying it to your property then taking the sewage away and treating thas as well

jazzyjustlaw

I pay over £40.00 per month. Am in a two bed flat with OH. So sounds fair. I do not think however that the bill should go to her then she invoice you. You should either have your own bill from water co or she should have worked out with you at the start of the tenancy your contribution if you ask me.

MORPH3US

jazzyjustlaw wrote:

I pay over £40.00 per month. Am in a two bed flat with OH. So sounds fair. I do not think however that the bill should go to her then she invoice you. You should either have your own bill from water co or she should have worked out with you at the start of the tenancy your contribution if you ask me.

Will contact the landlady and get a copy of the bill so I can see whats what!!!

We just didn't think about the water bills when we moved in, I guess we just assumed that they would all be individual bills like "normal" rental properties. We have electricity in our names so can't see why water is different. Perhaps because its an old house and it would have meant a lot of work to get all the pipes changed and stuff.

We do have a "meter" of sorts, it looks like there is a main supply which then goes into 4 seperate "meters" and then off to each flat / house. Problem is I don't want to p*ss the landlady off by going to the water co and then she will get arsey and start thinking of ways to keep our deposit!!!

M

uncle_buck_3

deanos wrote:

Yeah i mean it costs nothing to treat the water for consumption and supplying it to your property then taking the sewage away and treating thas as well

Ask yourself one question…why would a company give you the chance to save yourself money at their expense?

…That’s exactly what the Water company’s are doing by letting you switch to a meter for a trial period then if it works out more expensive they will let you go back to your previous payment system.

…..Why would ANY company shoot itself in the foot like this?

… Look to the bigger picture!

deanos

Erm i was being sarcastic.

Water meters are good infact everybody should have one keeps me busy

Cardew

uncle_buck wrote:

Ask yourself one question…why would a company give you the chance to save yourself money at their expense?

…That’s exactly what the Water company’s are doing by letting you switch to a meter for a trial period then if it works out more expensive they will let you go back to your previous payment system.

…..Why would ANY company shoot itself in the foot like this?

… Look to the bigger picture!

What is the bigger picture?

The regulations on water meters are in force because the Water Boards are covered by legislation – not as a philanthropic gesture.

Whatever the merits of meters there is no doubt that they save some people many hundreds of pounds a year, over charges based on the defunct Rateable Value,

uncle_buck_3

Philanthropic gesture ….quite the contrary …water meters are in place to make money…maybe not at this very moment… but soon…just wait & see!

The bigger picture:
Water meters are in place to make money…maybe not at this very moment… but soon…just wait & see!

deanos

They are not in to make money it is very heavily regulated what the water co. can charge for your water, not like gas and electric they can charge what they like.

uncle_buck_3

deanos wrote:

They are not in to make money it is very heavily regulated what the water co. can charge for your water, not like gas and electric they can charge what they like.

…& The Government tell the truth!

…& The price of Petrol is reasonable!

…& Foreigners own the water companies!

…& We live in a “Free Country” with “Free speech”


...Do you want to buy some “Magic Beans”

deanos

It was worded a bit wrong , of course they are in it to make money but having a meter in fact looses the water companys money as most people are saving having them installed.

The fact is they cant charge what they like its heavily regulated, where gas and electric is not, and having a meter in fact looses the water companys money as most people are saving having them installed.