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I haven't read this thread, so apologies if this post is off topic, but I came across it when I did a search for "water meter", as there was a thread last year around the time I changed to a meter, and I wanted to post on it but found this one.


I have just received my bill.


Last year it was ?399.34.


This year it is ?192 but my account is actually ?32 in credit as I pay by direct debit.


I have saved over ?200.


ETA: Oh, and it was free to fit and absolutely no hassle at all, and Thames Water were very helpful (and put no pressure on me at all to change).


I won't be going back to the old system, obv :)


ETA: Maybe this is the thread I was thinking of .....

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Sue Wrote:

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> I haven't read this thread, so apologies if this

> post is off topic, but I came across it when I did

> a search for "water meter", as there was a thread

> last year around the time I changed to a meter,

> and I wanted to post on it but found this one.

>

> I have just received my bill.

>

> Last year it was ?399.34.

>

> This year it is ?192 but my account is actually

> ?32 in credit as I pay by direct debit.

>

> I have saved over ?200.

>

> ETA: Oh, and it was free to fit and absolutely no

> hassle at all, and Thames Water were very helpful

> (and put no pressure on me at all to change).

>

> I won't be going back to the old system, obv :)

>

> ETA: Maybe this is the thread I was thinking of

> .....



Hi Sue, that's a really useful response. Can I ask what the size / room numbers of your property is?

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If you're looking for comparisons, my bill has been around ?250 per annum for the last three years - we have a water meter and are two people in a semi detached modern house. The Thames Water site has us as "low" users of water compared to other similar houses in the area.
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Jocky Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I haven't read this thread, so apologies if

> this

> > post is off topic, but I came across it when I

> did

> > a search for "water meter", as there was a

> thread

> > last year around the time I changed to a meter,

> > and I wanted to post on it but found this one.

> >

> > I have just received my bill.

> >

> > Last year it was ?399.34.

> >

> > This year it is ?192 but my account is actually

> > ?32 in credit as I pay by direct debit.

> >

> > I have saved over ?200.

> >

> > ETA: Oh, and it was free to fit and absolutely

> no

> > hassle at all, and Thames Water were very

> helpful

> > (and put no pressure on me at all to change).

> >

> > I won't be going back to the old system, obv :)

> >

> > ETA: Maybe this is the thread I was thinking of

> > .....

>

>

> Hi Sue, that's a really useful response. Can I ask

> what the size / room numbers of your property is?



Three bed terrace (one bedroom very small), through living room, through kitchen/diner.


But I presently mostly live by myself, and since I got the meter I have been very careful about water use!

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  • 4 weeks later...

An update after we had a meter installed just over a year ago.


Originally our bills were ?600 (ish, can't find the old non-metered one, but the 1st metered ones carried about that over as the estimate)..


1st year over and we are now running at ?460... And that's with a fair bit of washing (2 small kids) and them having a bath most nights etc..

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