Insane water bill!!

[TheBeesKnee]

Ours has just come through for the year: £491

This has essentially doubled since we bought our house 5 years ago.

We had a water meter installed last summer and were assured it would probably save us money but the prices have been creeping up year on year.

£236 a year for fresh water and private sewer system that costs us about £1K per year to maintain.

@ducksinarow123 You get a discounted rate because you are a large family? Never heard of that before...

@ducksinarow123 No I think Watersure is because you're on benefits? Just looked it up.

www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/water/problems-with-paying-your-water-bill/watersure-scheme-help-with-paying-water-bills/#:~:text=To%20apply%20for%20the%20scheme,waiting%20to%20have%20one%20installed.

I had 4 children (though one is now an adult) and claimed tax credits (now universal credit). You have to apply and send proof

@ducksinarow123 Ah I see. We're a large family too but both work so we don't qualify unfortunately.

I had no idea water bills should be that cheap. We are £93 a month so going to find out what is going on.

We both worked at well but still qualified (however do rent in the south east so that qualifies us for universal credit as housing costs are included).
It might help some people anyway

Seems cheap to me

Ours is around £60 a month.

£1194 for a bog standard 3 bed semi with 4 people, bastard south-west water!

£727 here not on a meter... annoyingly ten mins from the lakes so plenty of the bloody stuff

@ducksinarow123 Are you in private rented? We only earn around £2800k p/m jointly take-home but our rent is £1,175 and our Council Tax £230p/m 😞 Literally get no benefits whatsoever.

And you have 3 dc?
I just quickly put it into entitledto calculator - 2 working adults with join income of 2800, 3 dc and rent of 1175 and it says I should get universal credit of £1002.25 per month.
Maybe you need to recheck your entitlement?

@ducksinarow123 Just over 16k of savings (saved for a house deposit for a house we can't afford until we inherit!) so nothing 😞

Mine is around £800 a year. Three bed house, family of four, and the water comes from a lake six miles away.

United Utilities are an absolute joke.

No water meter either I should add!

Oh that's crap. Have you not got a nice trusted parent who will look after the money for you? Which is obviously totally against the rules and I would never advocate doing

Sounds fine to me. Ours is about £750 for the year.

Much depends on the area you live.

Check the actual usage on your bill to see if it's increased significantly- occasionally there's a leak.

Is anyone here with water plus?

Wow it all seems cheap to me, ours is £720 a year, 4 bed - 2 adults and 2 teens - Southern Water

How is that insane?

Our bill is £67pm.

I live alone and pay about £160 twice a year (£320/year)

£32 a month here Thames Water (devil sewage people). Our bill halved when we went on a meter. Previously two kids at home and we were charged on the rateable value. Once they went, it was so much cheaper to be metered.

However I would say that I’d pay more if they would use it to clean up their act and restore our rivers to swimmable conditions. But they’ll only spend it on more bonuses to shareholders!

£56 a month here. Only two of us in a three bed semi.