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Water charges

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admirible · 04/02/2025 10:44

Am I being unreasonable to think that water charges of 40.00 per month for one adult in a 2 bed terrace are unreasonable.

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SeaShellsSanctuary1 · 04/02/2025 10:45

Yes it is unreasonable. Is it rates or metered

3 people, 5 bed house £37 a month on a meter

FuzzyPuffling · 04/02/2025 11:08

To a certain extent it depends on who your water company is. Rates are not equal across the country.

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admirible · 04/02/2025 11:19

FuzzyPuffling · 04/02/2025 11:08

To a certain extent it depends on who your water company is. Rates are not equal across the country.

United utilities

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admirible · 04/02/2025 11:19

SeaShellsSanctuary1 · 04/02/2025 10:45

Yes it is unreasonable. Is it rates or metered

3 people, 5 bed house £37 a month on a meter

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Yes I thought so, thank you.

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SeaShellsSanctuary1 · 04/02/2025 11:26

admirible · 04/02/2025 11:19

Yes I thought so, thank you.

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Metered or rates will determine whether it's unreasonable though.

Rates will likely be considerably higher for a single person

tillytoodles1 · 04/02/2025 11:34

Welsh Water were charging me £67 a month for a single person in a one bed flat. I asked them to fit a water meter, but they couldn't and they reduced it to £40 a month. I still think it's too much.

Catza · 04/02/2025 13:29

Very much depends. If you live close to the sea, you are paying extortionate sewage charges. If you have a garden, you use a lot of water in summer months (Between May and August we used £200 worth of water on top of our usual charge when we were had a veg patch).

Upstartled · 04/02/2025 13:33

Yes that seems really steep, op. We pay £60/ month with Northumbrian Water, 5 people and the washing machine.just.never. stops.

cheesegromit13 · 04/02/2025 13:46

Northumbrian Water £38pm, 2 bed, 1 adult 2 children. We had a summer of paddling pool fun so I blame that!

nancyastor · 04/02/2025 13:53

I'm in the Southwest and currently pay 85pcm (with every water saving device going). And we get the privilege of raw sewage pumped into our lovely coastline.

FOJN · 04/02/2025 14:38

I'm south west water and paying £53 for single person in a three bed house. I'm, metered and quite conscious about water usage because of the cost. It's exorbitant.

United utilities like SW Water has a huge coastline and that's why we end up paying more.

XenoBitch · 04/02/2025 15:16

I was paying £40 for one adult in a 3 bed terrace. That was unmetered. I have since had a meter fitted, and it dropped to £16pm. That is with Thames.

PixieLaLar · 04/02/2025 15:18

YANBU that doesn’t sound right at all!

ObsidianTree · 04/02/2025 15:20

I was paying over £40 for a long time. I got a recent bill and saw that my credit after my last bill was more than that bill. So cancelled the DD and set it up again for £5 a month. Id rather get a bill after 6 months with money I owe rather than adding credit for no reason. I'm sure the credit I have will cover the next bill.

I suggest you check what your next bill is and if you have a lot of credit, cancel the DD and set up with a token amount or one that you want to pay.

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