Soldato
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- 19 Dec 2003
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Hey folks, I have been in our property coming up to 3 years, and my next water bill is due in a week or so (for the past year).
It started off with quite high usage, and so the following year my direct debits were increased to around £70 a month (3 bed semi / family of 4) as even though that year was considerably lower (worked out about £52 per month usage) I still had to pay an offset from the first year so it was easier to just raise the DD to £70.
However, since October last year we really have taken extra steps to save water usage, far FAR less time in the shower, dishwasher vs sink washing and everything is always taken into consideration when using the water, so much so, that I am expecting a far lower bill this time around, however, when I went to look at the meter a few weeks ago, it was blank / display was dead. I called the water company who sent an engineer a few days later who said its totally broke and they will replace it soon, and they won't be able to get any readings from it.
Now, the issue there is, I have a feeling they are going to average my bill out from last years bill, which is not fair, as basically I have wasted all this time saving water for nothing - where would I stand here? Surely it's their fault as it's their meter that has broken, it's ridiculous as I genuinely wanted to see how well we had done this year with water usage saving, only for the sodding meter to be broken!!!
It started off with quite high usage, and so the following year my direct debits were increased to around £70 a month (3 bed semi / family of 4) as even though that year was considerably lower (worked out about £52 per month usage) I still had to pay an offset from the first year so it was easier to just raise the DD to £70.
However, since October last year we really have taken extra steps to save water usage, far FAR less time in the shower, dishwasher vs sink washing and everything is always taken into consideration when using the water, so much so, that I am expecting a far lower bill this time around, however, when I went to look at the meter a few weeks ago, it was blank / display was dead. I called the water company who sent an engineer a few days later who said its totally broke and they will replace it soon, and they won't be able to get any readings from it.
Now, the issue there is, I have a feeling they are going to average my bill out from last years bill, which is not fair, as basically I have wasted all this time saving water for nothing - where would I stand here? Surely it's their fault as it's their meter that has broken, it's ridiculous as I genuinely wanted to see how well we had done this year with water usage saving, only for the sodding meter to be broken!!!
