Hosepipe Ban

I dont pay for surface water removal, but I do pay for 90%+ of the water I use to be returned to the sewers.
Which dont happen.

 

I use the tap at the Harbour when no one is looking

 

We moved in last October and the water meter didn't work. It took the water company 3 months to figure that out and fix it. They sent a "fair estimate bill" for the months they didn't get readings. For us that was ok.

Obviously, since you have a history of consumption your water company would estimate the bills based on those. So perhaps you need a Plan Pete

Wait until late spring and hope it's raining like mad so you use minimum quantities for several months. When the heat comes, the meter "gets damaged" and when the estimated invoice arrives you can claim that you actually spent the time in Tenerife. Meanwhile, fill all water butts in the neighbourhood and put up a watering service start up company. Perfect

 

Is that enough to power Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham for a year like they're telling us?

 

As many will know, when my water meter was installed I had a leak, I told them it was leaking, they just said they would fix it for free.
They then sent me a stupid bill, which they took from my bank account.
I said there is a leak, they said dont worry we will fix it.

Four months later they sent round this old bloke with a bent coat hanger, and a young lad.
They burrowed around, dug four holes, wandered around with the bent coat hanger waiting for it to cross over, it never crossed over where the leak was finally found.

They fixed the leak around 4pm after being there all day, but got a bit fed up when it came to replacing the concrete they had dug up.
Just threw a couple of bags of ready mix in each hole, water, and ran a broom over the top.

In the end I told them to sod off and I did the concreting myself.

Aren't our water companies wonderful?

 

We went on a water meter about 12 years ago . I have found it quite a lot cheaper than the rateable costing , roughly half price . There are just two of us , and Molly who never has a bath For a family of 4 the meter to RV costing may be about the same.

 

I remember my dear old dad....always one for bargains, haggling and getting full value....having the hose pipe from our neighbour filling up our water tanks. He had bought a house where water came from a well so he had no water charges. However, during the summer the well ran dry, hence the hosepipe from the neighbour.

It got better. Because the house was advertised as having water from a well and it ran dry, my dad got the estate agents to pay him for collecting water elsewhere not knowing he had a free water supply. It got so expensive the agents finally gave him a hefty settlement .

A cheeky, resourceful character my old dad and he still makes me smile when I think of him

 

The water company for your area has the legal right to install water meters as a means of charging YOU for the amount of water you use. Thankfully, as a council tenant, the council have an arrangement whereby we pay a nominal fee along with our rent.

 

Pete the previous owner had it installed but the bill since living here every 6mths isn't to bad just over £200

We've just had SSE ask us if we want a meter installed free as they're in the area and they've been told no but they keep asking.

Well they moved out water meter reader from by the property down to the end of the road...so it's combined with others in the road and works out better apparently but like you say what if it gets damaged