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To think they’re having a laugh charging this

115 replies

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?

OP posts:
Ineedaholidayyyy · 22/07/2024 22:14

£21 a month for my family, small house though. 2 up 2 down.

MumApril1990 · 22/07/2024 22:13

We are paying loads as not on a meter, they said they can’t fit one because we have two inlets so we’ve no other option. I know we would be paying loads less on a meter.

ilovesooty · 22/07/2024 22:11

BrioNotBiro · 22/07/2024 21:44

I pay £40 living alone.

I pay more than that living alone - not far short of the OP's proposed payment.

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.

Agapornis · 22/07/2024 22:06

What you pay with a meter varies hugely by supplier. Thames Water: 2 adults, about £30-35 a month. Having a meter was well worth it here. A friend previously paid £50 a month for 1 person in a 1 bed flat!

Unless of course, you're washing your car, taking lots of baths, watering the garden, filling up a hot tub and the swimming pool...

Aligirlbear · 22/07/2024 22:05

Sounds cheap ! We had to sort out my parents house 3 bed semi , no water meter and had to start paying £75 per month even though it was empty ! Get yourself a water meter asap - we were offered one at no cost

HighHeelsOnCobblestones · 22/07/2024 22:03

We're paying that on a water meter for 2 adults, 2 kids in a 3 bed semi detached.

TwistedSisters · 22/07/2024 21:59

We pay £40 but we have a septic tank so aren't paying any sewerage charges ... before we moved, we were paying £80 in a 3 bed detached , family of 4. £62 sounds about right to me.

Izzynohopanda · 22/07/2024 21:58

We pay around £60 for three adults in the house.

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!

Londonrach1 · 22/07/2024 21:54

Meter might be more. Can you ask your neighbours what they pay month. Just be careful and do some research.

hilariousnamehere · 22/07/2024 21:50

I pay £28/month on a meter, just me and two cats. Have a dishwasher but don't run it every day, washing machine ditto. Looks like it's on the lower end of what people are paying, going by this thread. £62 is less than 2.5 times that so doesn't seem terrible for 2 adults and a baby?

Matronic6 · 22/07/2024 21:48

Also 2 adults and a toddler in a 3 bed. Our bill was £58 a month until we got meter installed. Now it's £34.

BuyOrBake · 22/07/2024 21:44

I wish mine was that low!!!

Move to Wales. We pay a fortune for our water. We put up with all the rain and then it gets pumped to Birminghamwhere they pay less for it than we do!

BrioNotBiro · 22/07/2024 21:44

I pay £40 living alone.

MrsBrightsidde · 22/07/2024 21:34

That’s similar to what we pay - two adults and two small children.

lastgreat · 22/07/2024 21:34

We pay £33 per month on a water meter for 2 adults 2 kids in Greater London

mondaytosunday · 22/07/2024 21:33

I pay around that and it's just two of us. And I have a water meter.

ButtSurgery · 22/07/2024 21:30

Where are you? Which water company? It makes a huge difference.

We're two adults with South West Water on a water meter and we pay £57/month!

Lidlisthebusiness · 22/07/2024 21:25

I pay £47 a month on a meter. 5 bed house, 7 people with SWW, so that would seem a lot to me.

LittleRedHen77 · 22/07/2024 21:24

TizerorFizz · 22/07/2024 21:18

Just think of all that infrastructure that needs replacing! We need better water quality and better sewerage systems. Of course it’s reasonable and probably should be more!

This is so true. I think our water bills are cheaper than any mentioned here but I'd pay three times as much if they guaranteed no more sewage being dumped into the sea, it's so depressing.

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 22/07/2024 21:21

Ours is £75.50 a month 2 adults and a 5 year old, 3 bed semi. Used to be split between Anglian and Essex and Suffolk for clean/waste so I thought two sets of overheads admin costs etc made it expensive, it's combined now, one provider and more expensive than it was last year

mewkins · 22/07/2024 21:20

I pay 48 a month. Three of us in a three bed house. No water meter as our water supply is linked to my neighbour's (or something) which means they can't install one. In the south east (Affinity water).

Miley1967 · 22/07/2024 21:19

We pay around £67 a month and that's fixed rate ( no meter). there are 3 adults in the household. Water rates aren't something you negotiate so I'm not surprised they aren't budging !

SquishySweets · 22/07/2024 21:18

We pay £29 a month on a water meter for a family of 5 in a three bedroom house