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water rates query,meter vs fixed bill
Hello can anyone tell me how water companies (welsh water)apply a fixed rate,is it decided by your average use in the past or a fixed price decided on house size or area ? my reason for asking my aunties water bill has risen to 20 pound per week due to her son developing a nervous condition(ocd) whereby he has to wash all…
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High First Water Bill?
Hi, My Girlfriend and i recently moved into a new one bedroom flat in southwest london. Our flat has a water meter, and a couple of days ago we recieved our first water services bill for 20th feb to 18 march (28 days) The bill came up to £28 pounds, and as this is my first ever water bill, i dont know if this amount seems…
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Saving water at SCHOOL
Hi, I hope this is in the right place! I am trying to cut the school water bills. Any tips would be gratefully received. I have ordered some "water hippos" from severn trent for all the toilets but am looking for other ways to save water.
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Water rates and council tax re-banding
Hello to all, long time lurker, and new to the forum, picking up some brilliant advise and helping getting money back on certain things, main one being Council Tax Re-banding, which leads me into the advise I am hoping someone could help me with. I'm and looking for advice. Due to United Utilities making an absolute mess…
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First Time Buyer. Help please!
Hi, I hope you all can help as from the post's I have read you all seem very knowledgeable. I am purchasing a 1 bedroom shared ownership flat and am due to complete in July. I am just attempting to work out a rough Budget but having never paid utilities myself I haven't really a clue how much I'm looking at and the sites…
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Help. How much do you pay?
Hello i'm new here been lurking for a while but needing advice please. I have just realised how expensive my water bill is. £588.07 per year Does this sound right i have googled it and lots of people seem to pay between 8 and 30 per month, I have phoned Welsh Water to check if they have me listed as a company or something…
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Water Refund
Hello I'm new to the forum and looking for advice. I have been having problems with Southern Water since July 2007. I was in a student house and we were given a refund cheque because we paid for the whole year, but left in June. I paid this cheque into the deposit box at my bank, they subsequently lost the cheque. To get…
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Rateable value of £83
Is a rateable value of £83 for a 2 bedroomed terraced house low or high?
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Will water meter reduce value of property?
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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Shower fitting and Tiling - where to start
Hi all Typical "girly" here lol ... and about to ask what I know will be stupid questions I live in an old house and it has never had a shower to my knowledge I do know I have a really really old Primatic system and an old baxi bermuda back boiler and fire that I dont have the money to change right now I want to have a…
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BG HomeCare 100
Hi, Around 2 months ago I taken out BG HomeCare policy. They are currently taking £12.00 by direct debit. Now there has been a grant approved to replace the boiler. I will get the manufacture guarantee with the boiler anyway plus it wold be extendable after a year. Is there anyway I can cancel the HomeCare policy? as I…
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Drop water meter
I am planning to have a section of my front lawn tarmaced so I can have a double drive. The water meters for my house and next door are currently set at a level that is higher the the drive will be. how do I get them lowered and will it cost plenty? thanks
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Pump runs off after water off
We've had a new bathroom fitted with thermostatic shower attached to a pump. We have a tank in the loft and cylinder in bathroom. Intermittently the pump runs on after turning off the water. To recitfy this we have to either turn the tap full on then off, or alternatively turn the temperature down to cold then it switches…
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Yorkshire Water v Water Meter: no score draw
Can anyone explain this to me. Yorkshire water said that i should have a meter fitted as I have fallen behind with my payments. So I say OK then go ahead and fit one. As I live alone this should save me money. So I go to Uswitch and apply for a water meter. A week goes by and I get a letter from the water meter company…
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Anglia Water taken me to court, now the high court, and threatening me with bancrut
have a debt with water for £1024... have now ccj against me for this, baliffs have been round... and added £900 of costs on top of debt, i have offered sherforce enforement agency £1024 if i dont have to pay any costs... but they wont accept it... and i am stuck i dont know what to do.... they say they are filing for…
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Water Bill does this sound right
HI Everyone I currently pay £39.29 a month for 2 adults in a 2 bedroom house?. Please see belows my January bill: Bill period: 31.08.07 to 24.01.08 Water Supply: Volume cubic metres 49.00 Pence per cubic metre 115.07 Total Charge: £56.38 Water Standing Charge: £8.38 Used Water: Volume cubic metres 49.00 Pence per cubic…
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Getting the water company to renew shared supply
Hi We have a shared supply to 4 houses which presently has OK pressure but poor flow. We have contacted the water company and they say we can either have a new connection at the front of the house (all the water facilities are at the rear) or all the homeowners on the shared supply must pay to install new connections to…
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water bill
I moved out of a property about 8 onths ago, and in this property i paid my water bill by DD every month. I have just recieved a really nasty phone call form a debt collection agency saying i owe 37 pound. They said if i dont pay it will affect my credit rating and go on my credit file! Is that true?? Also i said that i…
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Help - Hot water coming through cold taps.
Can anyone give me an ide of what to check/look for/change. We currently have an immersion heater to provide out hot water. Last night, it was making some strange noises that it hasn't done before. Kind of like a kettle starting to boil combined with a knocking noise like cold pipes expanding when hot water is used for the…
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Same house, different Water Bills!
Hiya, has anyone any advice for me please? My water bill is £290, and my neighbour's bill is £240. We both live in the exact same house, both live alone and are both working. How can this be? I contacted United Utilities and they say it's nothing to do with them and there's nothing I can do. Any suggestions? Many thanks,…