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I was wondering about putting a water meter in, but don't know if it will say me money in the long run.
I am paying 40 pounds a week for water and waste. Only a 2 bed 1 bathroom house and only 2 people live here.
I heard that if you have a water meter fitted you can trial it for 6 months - has anyone heard of this?
Thanks
Originally posted by Stella72
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That would be £2080 per year at £40 per week over an entire year
The last place I lived in London was with Sutton and East Surrey water and they were doing an absolute doozy on me, tried to get me to pay off the previous tenant's unpaid bills, then "fitted" a meter and my bill was about £90 for the whole lot every six months for the first year. By the time we left five years later, that had gone up to £160 every six months despite us using less water. Just before we left I looked in the manhole where our water meter was (under a tree in a mud bank, not in the pavement with the ones for the rest of the flats) and there was actually no meter. Seems they'd been making it all up. They tried to charge to me nearly £300 as an account closure bill until I challenged them on the situation.
I've got a meter at my new property and since moving in April I've paid a six month standing charge and one bill period based on a reading at a total of £36. I monitor the reading on the meter now, so I can challenge with every bill if needs be. It's looking like our six months bill will be nearer the £60 I expect. It's only two of us in a 3 bed house.