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Water meter costs
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Hi - moved house 4 months ago and have inherited a water meter. We have just received our first bill covering 2 1/2 months and it was for £226 (this is roughly the equivalent of our water bill for a year in the old house)
We have obviously queried this and been told that Southern Water will investigate, but wondered what an average quarterly bill should be for a family of 4?
Look forward to any thoughts on this!
TIA Tizzy
We have obviously queried this and been told that Southern Water will investigate, but wondered what an average quarterly bill should be for a family of 4?
Look forward to any thoughts on this!
TIA Tizzy
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It would depend on where the leak was.
If it is outside your property then it is the responsibility of the water company but if it is inside then it is up to you to fix.
If there is a leak then it could be after the meter in which case it may well be on your side.
OR they may have got their fidures wrong.
If it is outside your property then it is the responsibility of the water company but if it is inside then it is up to you to fix.
If there is a leak then it could be after the meter in which case it may well be on your side.
OR they may have got their fidures wrong.
According Southern Water's own website, the estimated ANNUAL metered water bill for a family of 4, using water for all the usual purposes (such as personal hygiene) plus watering the garden, washing the car and using a dishwasher is £572.47. That equates to £143.12 per quarter:
https://www.southernw...s/wouldYouBenefit.asp
Metered water bills vary widely, depending upon whether or not people follow water-saving measures (such as only flushing the loo when it's really necessary and then using the water from their shaving bowl to do so). My own bill (for just me, with no dishwasher and using the laundrette rather than a washing machine) averages around £15 per quarter.
Chris
https://www.southernw...s/wouldYouBenefit.asp
Metered water bills vary widely, depending upon whether or not people follow water-saving measures (such as only flushing the loo when it's really necessary and then using the water from their shaving bowl to do so). My own bill (for just me, with no dishwasher and using the laundrette rather than a washing machine) averages around £15 per quarter.
Chris
We were paying over the odds in our metered house. But not having had a meter before it was hard to know what we should be paying. The water company contacted us to say they were aware something didn't add up. They automatically changed the meter. Older ones, I was told by the workman, are prone to going wrong but newer ones are much better. Anyway, I had a rebate of about £80 and now pay a more sensible DD.
I live alone, out from 5am til 7pm. toilet use twice a day, shower 3 times a week dishwash once a week and washer once a week.
If I was at home regularly my bill would be over double the rateable charge.
Had a meter fitted and after 11 months I had only saved £30 per year so I asked them to remove it.
They do not remove meters but revert back to the rateable value for billing and when I sell the house the new owners will be meter billed "neat trick".
It was al the add-ons which made it so high
1. Water used ok
2. Water waste (sewerage) ok
then
3. Rainfall water dispersal excuse me but they charge me for getting rid of the rainfall not ok
Feel sorry for the next owners
If I was at home regularly my bill would be over double the rateable charge.
Had a meter fitted and after 11 months I had only saved £30 per year so I asked them to remove it.
They do not remove meters but revert back to the rateable value for billing and when I sell the house the new owners will be meter billed "neat trick".
It was al the add-ons which made it so high
1. Water used ok
2. Water waste (sewerage) ok
then
3. Rainfall water dispersal excuse me but they charge me for getting rid of the rainfall not ok
Feel sorry for the next owners