Water Meter Ј50 a month, a dam Joke

A question about : Water Meter Ј50 a month, a dam Joke

Been on a water meter a numbe of year now, its gone from Ј30 a month to just over Ј50 a month.

Its a dam joke. I can not go onto to water rates, as the meter has been in the house more than a year.

The water bill is just spiralling out of contral.

I have checked for leaks, and even reduced the amount we use.

Best answers:

• Is your meter on the street?
  Could there be an underground leak you are unaware of?
  £50 a month is more than most people would pay with a bill based on their ratable value.
  What size is the property and how many people?
• Hi there. We have moved into a bungalow with a water meter and we thought we would have high bills, but our payments are £20 per month and we were paying £32 per month for water rates at our old tiny cottage. We do not have a bath so only have showers, we do not flush the toilet after a wee only, (unless we have guests)!, we put all water from the tumble dryer condenser into the water butt, we limit use of the dishwasher and washing machine. Also, the paperwork when we bought the bungalow said that when the property was sold it could be transferred back to rates? but it was dated 1999 so things may have changed since then.
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• God thats a lot of water usage, hope you get that sorted.
  I dread having one its in my new property which I move in, in 2 weeks (1930's semi) I really dont want one. but cant change as it was installed a couple of years back, fine for a couple, family is different. I dont mine cutting back, I do try and save, not that we get any water shortages where I live last one being 1976
• Thats a huge bill. Ours is approx half that for a family of 4
  in the Thames water area. The washing machine, dishwasher and bath are used daily (kids !). Sounds like a leak somewhere to me.
• Thanks, yes I did that's how I knew they had a meter, never thought to ask, its only when they submitted bills to my solictor for house purchase that I knew they had one.
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• ours is £24 pm. 2 of us new house, no garden to water
  we are fairly careful ie only ever use showers. Dishwasher and washing machine only when pretty full
  £50 for a family with bathing etc seems to be on a par
• Oh my! We are on a water meter and pay £14 a mth in gloucestershire. There is OH, me DD 5, DS 4 & DD 6mths. I sdo approx 2 dishwasher loads a day at least 3 loads of washing a day and theres at least 1 bath ( kids have excema) and 2 showers a day. In summer the kids have paddling pools and we have a 70ft garden to water & plants.
  We have always been in credit and to be honest we do use plenty of water since youngest was born. I honestly would die if they put our water DD up to £50 a mth!
  I dont know if it matters but i live in a 3 bed terrace?
• reading back i seem to have very cheap water?
  The guy comes and reads the meter very regular too
• Makes me happy that we live in a house that can't actually be metered (shares the plumbing with the house next door as it used to be one big house before it was split) and we pay less than 80 quid a year
• I am in an unmetered house and my annual water bill is £650. I've looked into getting a meter and it seems it will cost more as our water is one of the most expensive in the country.
• Tis true, water meters are almost certain to be more than the norm for anything more than one person living alone. They recommended to us (a young couple in a flat, both work five days a week) that we didn't bother getting a meter as it would definately prove more expensive
• If you ring the water company they can tell when your consumption started to increase. My bill jumped from 20 to 70 a month and when I queried it they say it jumped up in May last year. Were waiting for the water board to come out to check for leaks.