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paying for water I don't use
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Hi, I am a live in 24/7 carer in York,
for the last 10 years I have been paying for water at my own home in York what I don't use,
I must have paid over £2000 for a product I don't use.
I phoned the water board and they say I have to pay no mater what,
as there is a £75 a year charge on a water meter I don't want that as once they install one it can never be taken out.
Anther way is to have the water board cut the system off, but there is a charge of £300 and £400 to be re-connected.
A simple way would be just to not pay.
What do you think!
thank you for your help.
for the last 10 years I have been paying for water at my own home in York what I don't use,
I must have paid over £2000 for a product I don't use.
I phoned the water board and they say I have to pay no mater what,
as there is a £75 a year charge on a water meter I don't want that as once they install one it can never be taken out.
Anther way is to have the water board cut the system off, but there is a charge of £300 and £400 to be re-connected.
A simple way would be just to not pay.
What do you think!
thank you for your help.
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Well, seems like the water meter is the cheaper option, and if there is only you at your own home in York, it would be far better for you anyway, when you eventually start living there full time. I REALLY wish I could have a water meter, as I live alone and it would save me boodles.
14:57 Fri 18th Mar 2011
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I'm guessing that you have paid water rates... well had you had a meter fitted years ago you would have only paid for the water used.. plus a standing charge which would have been cheaper than what you have paid.. for using NO water.
I presume you are paying council tax too... and electric.... so you will have to pay the water too.. but as a single person occupancy who is never there a meter would be cheaper for you!
I presume you are paying council tax too... and electric.... so you will have to pay the water too.. but as a single person occupancy who is never there a meter would be cheaper for you!
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I've got a water meter - it really is the cheapest option, swapping from an unmetered supply has saved us hundreds of pounds a year.
Yes you will pay the £75, but if you don't use any water, that is all you will pay. Doesn't paying £75 seem more attractive than paying £2K for water on an unmetered arrangement? To me it's a no-brainer, and it's only putting off the day when getting a water meter will be mandatory.
You can't not pay now for charges you have incurred in the past two years, you owe it you pay it, you don't want a CCJ on your record, it'll give you all sorts of problems in future.
My recommendations therefore are 1) pay for what you've been charged to date, and 2) get a meter a.s.a.p. That'll prove how much you use (or don't use) in a year, and you only pay for that.
Yes you will pay the £75, but if you don't use any water, that is all you will pay. Doesn't paying £75 seem more attractive than paying £2K for water on an unmetered arrangement? To me it's a no-brainer, and it's only putting off the day when getting a water meter will be mandatory.
You can't not pay now for charges you have incurred in the past two years, you owe it you pay it, you don't want a CCJ on your record, it'll give you all sorts of problems in future.
My recommendations therefore are 1) pay for what you've been charged to date, and 2) get a meter a.s.a.p. That'll prove how much you use (or don't use) in a year, and you only pay for that.
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