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Thank you.The one on Friar Road
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Thank you.The one on Friar Road
You must be beside yourself with joy at the prospect...
Oh yes.You must be beside yourself with joy at the prospect...
The going rate seems to be about 150 litres per day per person.Wondering how many units on the water meter is 'normal/average usage ' for 2 of us in a house ???? ( now that we have a new meter and a big underground leak under Severn Trents side has been fixed.)
Would anyone be kind enough to tell me approx how many units their house water meter reads on the 6 / 12 month billing please?
Would be nice to know if the new meter and their work last week has finally done the job. (Got sons readings but it's only him in a small 2 bed and he's out at work most of the time )
Going to try to have a look tomorrow to see if I can read it ok ready for next week (now that the ST blokes who came out to jet wash all the clay mess off the pavement & road yesterday have shown me how to get the new lid up and frost cover out to get to it)
ThanksThe going rate seems to be about 150 litres per day per person.
But I consume far less than that. 65 litres/day over January, having read it yesterday.
That would be about double what you were really using, but on top of your usage, so the reading would be about three times higher than it should be.Thanks
The meter they've just replaced was still moving at a rate of 576 litres a day with our stop tap turned off , when the ST bloke tested it the other week.
Being super efficient with the water this fortnight to rake the money back in on my account , the leakage rebate for the last 6 months is based on the average for this fortnightThat would be about double what you were really using, but on top of your usage, so the reading would be about three times higher than it should be.
I'm sure all the houses on this estate are on meters , as sons is as well. Our seller said he didn't realise he was on a meter either. (I find that hard to believe) . I'm sure on the solicitors forms he put not on meter (although he also ticked 'no' for vacant possession by mistake as well which had to be verified as a clerical mistake )They can't put you on a meter without your permission. They've definitely put meters just outside our stop taps all down here though, convinced it's due to neighbours overwatering.
Same here, sprinklers on 24/7 just last summerThey can't put you on a meter without your permission. They've definitely put meters just outside our stop taps all down here though, convinced it's due to neighbours overwatering.
We didn't have any water at all for quite a few days the other hot summer in the Stafford house, and had to have bottled water supplied off lorries in the Co-op & Queens retail park which were delivering from Derby. The people handing the water out said that it wasn't an actual shortage of water , just they couldn't get it pumped through quick enough as those nearer to the supply were taking it all up with hosepipes and filling hot tubs etc before it could reach us.Same here, sprinklers on 24/7 just last summer
On the island to the west, which escaped from the UK a century ago, I do have a water meter, but the annual charge is €0. It is possible that a charge greater than that could apply, but I would have to use a truly stupid amount for that to happen, and I don't know of anybody who has been subject to such a charge.We didn't have any water at all for quite a few days the other hot summer , and had to have bottled water supplied off lorries in the Co-op & Queens retail park which were delivering from Derby. The people handing the water out said that it wasn't an actual shortage of water , just they couldn't get it pumped through quick enough as those nearer to the supply were taking it all up with hosepipes and filling hot tubs etc before it could reach us.
We've never owned a hosepipe, just a good old ancient watering can for the plants and a bucket and sponge for car washing. Car not getting washed much since being here with a meter though ! Maybe once the bills are sorted we might dare fill a couple of bucketful again...
Just read on TV teletext (or whatever it's called now) that the average water bill is going to rise by £31 a year to £448 p.a. from April .
Gosh , if we had have had that sort of bill here we wouldn't have even investigated any leaks! Our last Stafford bill based on rateable value was over £508 for this year in a small 3 bed semi on Wildwood.
The estate may have been built with meters, which is a subtle difference.I'm sure all the houses on this estate are on meters , as sons is as well. Our seller said he didn't realise he was on a meter either. (I find that hard to believe) . I'm sure on the solicitors forms he put not on meter (although he also ticked 'no' for vacant possession by mistake as well which had to be verified as a clerical mistake )
I meant to message you to say that I still have some rubber lace clips that turn laced shoes into slip ons but the rubber still looks like you're wearing laces.Here's a milestone I thought I'd only ever get to celebrate once in life: I tied my own shoelaces today!