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To think they’re having a laugh charging this

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FlyingSoap · 22/07/2024 21:03

We have recently bought a 3 bed semi with no water meter. Fixed yearly price of £582.47.
They have (somehow) worked out that although we missed the first 3 months of the year, we will be paying £62 a month for water. I think this is stupidly high for a 3 bedroom house, 2 adults and a baby. They aren’t budging on the price & saying we’ll have to just request they instal a water meter.

AIBU thinking it’s high?

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LizzieBananas · 23/07/2024 09:47

As a rule of thumb, if you have less adults than bedrooms, you would probably benefit from a meter.

DataPup · 23/07/2024 08:57

TizerorFizz · 23/07/2024 08:40

It’s pretty clear why the water supply and waste treatment are problematic. Some of these bills seem very low for an essential service. If we want clean rivers and a better water infrasrructure, we need to pay more. Some of these bills are dwarfed by what you would pay for coffee on the high street!

Ours is metered so we're paying exactly the same per cubic metre as anyone else on a meter in our area

Heavenssakes · 23/07/2024 08:47

@FlyingSoap
Could you clarify what you mean by missing the first three months of the year/
You only moved in after the first 3 months? Or missed paying ?

TizerorFizz · 23/07/2024 08:40

It’s pretty clear why the water supply and waste treatment are problematic. Some of these bills seem very low for an essential service. If we want clean rivers and a better water infrasrructure, we need to pay more. Some of these bills are dwarfed by what you would pay for coffee on the high street!

PuppyMonkey · 23/07/2024 08:32

DataPup · 22/07/2024 22:28

Ours is similar, 152 for the past 6 months. 2 adults, 2 dogs and both full time working from home so in all day.

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Sorry, I forgot to say we’re a family of four (me, DP, DD who is 27 and DD who is 17). Five bed house with dishwasher, two shower rooms, washing on about every day. I don’t want to go monthly, I prefer the six monthly bill and it sounds like it works out cheaper looking at what everyone else on here is paying.

JohnTheRevelator · 23/07/2024 01:26

I live alone,2 bedroom flat and pay £51 a month (not on a water meter).

CoffeeCup14 · 23/07/2024 01:02

It doesn't make sense - if a full year is £582, that should be £48.50 a month (582/12). Even if they bill over 10 months the amount for 3/4 of the year should be £436.

Beautiful3 · 23/07/2024 00:26

Mine's similar. I don't recommend a meter because once my friend switched, it increased a lot. Instead of using water ehen ever she wanted to, she became frugal with it.

gano · 23/07/2024 00:02

Sound about right. Before my exh moved out we paid £58pm. This was 2 adults and a pre schooler, in a 3 bed house.

To give you an idea, I've now changed to a water meter, because it's just me and dd (50% of the time) and I pay £31 per month. I'm very frugal with water. Use water butts for the garden and left over washing up water, no dishwasher, time my showers, water saving devices etc.

Nsky62 · 22/07/2024 23:59

£21 cat and I south east

skyandocean · 22/07/2024 23:51

That's cheap. You'll be paying more on a metre. I live in a 3 bedroom house, unfortunately have a water metre n it's so high! Just glad we get the discount due to children under 18

ALPHAFEMALESINCEBIRTH · 22/07/2024 23:42

i have a large 3 bedroom
only pay £22

been paying roughly that for years

some of these prices are mad

dreadisabaddog · 22/07/2024 22:47

Ours is almost twice that. Family of 4, one teen but not one that spends her life in bathroom yet

HelpMeGetThrough · 22/07/2024 22:43

Can I have your water rate, we are paying over £1200 a year for a 3 bed.

thecatneuterer · 22/07/2024 22:36

Oops. Didn't intend to quote the OP!

thecatneuterer · 22/07/2024 22:28

FlyingSoap · 22/07/2024 21:03

We have recently bought a 3 bed semi with no water meter. Fixed yearly price of £582.47.
They have (somehow) worked out that although we missed the first 3 months of the year, we will be paying £62 a month for water. I think this is stupidly high for a 3 bedroom house, 2 adults and a baby. They aren’t budging on the price & saying we’ll have to just request they instal a water meter.

AIBU thinking it’s high?

I'm a single person and my water on a meter is around 600 a year.

DataPup · 22/07/2024 22:28

PuppyMonkey · 22/07/2024 21:56

We have a water meter and get a bill every six months. Last one was £173 and the one before that was £184. Severn Trent Water.

Sounds like mine is pretty good value looking at what you lot are all paying!

Ours is similar, 152 for the past 6 months. 2 adults, 2 dogs and both full time working from home so in all day.

newyeardelurker · 22/07/2024 22:26

£36 for 3 people in a 4 bed house, Thames water, on a meter.

This Is less than we paid unmetered in a smaller house, same area.

Another in the get a meter camp.

Bignanna · 22/07/2024 22:25

poshfrock · 22/07/2024 22:07

Wow ! I can't believe how cheap these all are! I pay £92 per month for 2 adults. No meter. We don't have a dishwasher and only do about 4 loads per week in the washing machine. I think I need to ask about a meter. Our supplier is Yorkshire Water.

That’s a lot! The We’re with Yorkshire water too, on a meter. Approximately £30 a month, 2 adults. You would be better off with a meter.

Bignanna · 22/07/2024 22:22

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Don’t think so! We pay approximately £90 a quarter, 2 people, three bed house

LeroyJenkinssss · 22/07/2024 22:20

Gosh I was slightly annoyed when ours went up from £27 to £33 on a flat rate (no sewerage though)! I’ll count myself lucky now!

foothandmouth · 22/07/2024 22:19

They won't/can't budge on the price. Unmetered water is billed April-april. So you have missed aoril, May June

If you want to pay for use then get a metre.

245Help · 22/07/2024 22:19

£25 for waste and £8 for fresh here in the south. Two people, two bed flat, unmetered.

Another2Cats · 22/07/2024 22:18

That sounds very reasonable. I know somebody in a one bed flat with no water meter (the water company couldn't install a meter) and they are paying £277 per year for one person in a one bed flat.

OhmygodDont · 22/07/2024 22:16

Metered unmetered so we have one they can see but we don’t use it, five people, greenhouses, orchard, pool so lots of water usage. £46 a month 3 bed.