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143 replies

yorkie11 · 24/01/2014 12:53

We are on a meter and pay 6 monthly. Our bills tend to be in the region of £200 to £250 six monthly. This sounds really expensive. We are a family of 5 btw.
Just wondered what others pay and how many people are in the household.
Thank you

OP posts:
Lollyheart · 24/01/2014 12:55

We pay by dd every month which works out at £234 every 6 months,
We are a family of six .

Fudgeface123 · 24/01/2014 12:56

Family of 3 and we pay £25/month so £300 for the year

wonderingsoul · 24/01/2014 12:56

i pay £34 a month family of two in a small flat.

£200 does sound a bt high

wonderingsoul · 24/01/2014 12:56

and im normally in credit

dobedobedo · 24/01/2014 12:58

200 quarterly. For a family of three who shower instead of bath. I might contact the water company to make sure this is right Confused

OddSocksHighHeels · 24/01/2014 13:00

£26 per month for 2 of us by direct debit.

BreconBeBuggered · 24/01/2014 13:02

We pay around £53 a month. 3 of us in the house, except when student DS1 is at home, which is only a few weeks a year. Currently in credit, but only just. We do have baths rather than showers, but I share bathwater with DS2.

FatimaLovesBread · 24/01/2014 13:06

I pay £28 a month over either 10 or 11 months.

Ours isn't metered though

Norudeshitrequired · 24/01/2014 13:08

I'm on the water sure scheme so my bill is capped at the cost of an average bill (£410 per year), but the water meter shows that we actually used £950 worth of water in the last 12 months.

TotallyBenHanscom · 24/01/2014 13:14

Direct debit of £175 per month, for 7 adults. Obviously 7 very clean adults with very clean clothes.

Tweasels · 24/01/2014 13:16

£175 per month Shock

How big is your house?

WoodBurnerBabe · 24/01/2014 13:18

Family of 5, Thames Water, and we are metered. It is £18 per month, which is lower than anyone else I've ever come across, but it has been that for 3 years now. They read our meter every 6 months, so it is based on actual readings. Either we are scummy buggers and I haven't noticed, or there is something odd going on. I do 1 or 2 loads of laundry a day, we have a dishwasher, DH and I shower every day and the children have a bath every other day.

Can't understand it, but I've phoned TW twice and they insist it is correct Hmm

TheSporkforeatingkyriarchy · 24/01/2014 13:18

Family of 6 + 1 lodger and we pay £37 per month. I'm not sure if we're on a meter or not.

FitzgeraldProtagonist · 24/01/2014 13:20

Rates and around £175pm. SWW. Ridiculous, but 3 under 5s and two adults. I think I had better not switch to a meter.

SarahBumBarer · 24/01/2014 13:20

Christ. £600 per year for 4 (including 2 toddlers who bath together)! Bloody Severn Trent.

TotallyBenHanscom · 24/01/2014 13:22

It does seem rather a lot doesn't it - will be interesting to see if anyone others with large families have similar bills. House not that big - one main bathroom, two en-suites (with bath/shower), and one WC. Two loads in the dishwasher every day, plus the washing machine pretty much constantly on. Use water butts for the garden, and top up the pond from time to time.

Scholes34 · 24/01/2014 13:22

Family of five - one bath, two showers, three toilets, washing machine, dishwasher, occasional paddling pool in the summer,two fish tanks, water butt for the garden (always over flowing). We pay about £350 a year and are on a meter.

WoodBurnerBabe · 24/01/2014 13:23

Just dug out the last bill - we were £20 in debt on a 6 monthly bill, which implies it should be nearer £21 a month, but that is still very very low...

IrishBloodEnglishHeart · 24/01/2014 13:23

Family of 3. Not on water meter. £34.30 per month. Billing period is only April to Nov so total for the year on water rates is £308.70

StainlessSteelCat · 24/01/2014 13:23

£60 per month. No meter. Dread to think what it would be if we were metered. 2 adults - 3 kids.

Tweasels · 24/01/2014 13:24

So where you live obviously has a bearing on it. We pay £39 per month not metered.

craftynclothy · 24/01/2014 13:25

Do I take it from your username that you're in Yorkshire? We don't have a meter and pay £45 a month for 10 months, 2 adults & 2 kids. Starting to think we might be better off with a meter Hmm

TeaAndFag · 24/01/2014 13:26

£25 a month

HaplessHousewife · 24/01/2014 13:28

I thought ours was a lot but judging from most of you on here it's a bargain. We're on a meter – family of four, use the dishwasher every day and washing machine on a lot.

The last six months was £180 but we had months of building work and they were constantly using the water to mix cement and plaster, hose things down etc. I think previously we paid £140 for six months.

BackforGood · 24/01/2014 13:29

£437.27 for the year - £54.66 x 8 monthly payments

There are 5 of us living in a 4 storey Victorian house. We are not on a meter fortunately . There is a lot of washing done and a lot of people spending ages in the shower.