A question about : Yay! From Ј43.56 to Ј19.33 a month
In our previous property (rented) our bill was initially Ј26 a month and then reduced to Ј23 a month after our first year there.
In June last year, I bought a 3-bedroomed flat, and my flatmate and I moved in. Our water bill was set at Ј43.56 a month and when I phoned Thames Water to query it, they pretty much said that 'it is what it is', which I thought slightly odd.
Anyway, through my own negligence and idleness, I did nothing about it even after I saw an article in one of Martin's newsletters months ago about getting a water meter (more fool me).
My flatmate recently moved out and I thought this is ridiculous and sent an application online to get a water meter fitted. The nice man has just visited and said that he can't fit a water meter because of the way the pipes are attached (too close to the wall) but I will be entitled to a single occupancy rate at Ј232 a year and - foolishly - even if my flatmate was still here, we would fall within Band 2 and should only have been paying Ј25-ish a month.
I could KICK myself incredibly hard. 
I could have saved myself over Ј250 if I had done something about it last year, instead of just accepting on faith what the muppet on the end of the phone told me.
So it looks like I'll be paying Ј19.33 a month instead of Ј43.56 
NOTE TO SELF: Don't leave things. Investigate it NOW!
Such an idiot! But becoming a slightly more clever idiot bit by bit...
Best answers:
- I would see if they can back date it if I were you.
Good luck ! - No harm in asking
- They usually will only backdate to the date of application for a meter.
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