We saved a huge amount when we had a water meter fitted. Only two of us at home, and we do have a dishwasher, which uses a fraction of the water I use when washing up by hand. Our water bill was previously based on our rateable value, and our house is in one of the highest brackets, so the change was well worth it for us.
We weren't given any choice. They just installed meters in this road and most others locally. Our bills went right down. The hosepipe ban didn't do any harm either.
We weren't given any choice. They just installed meters in this road and most others locally. Our bills went right down. The hosepipe ban didn't do any harm either.
Ditto. Just the two of us, and I don't use a hosepipe. Watering can (good exercise), plus saving grey water from the bath/shower. Especially last summer.
I live alone, use a dishwasher about once every 6 days, never wash my car, shower not baths but I have a huge garden, including 2 big polytunnels, which can not be watered with a can and I'm not watching it die, so I use my hosepipe with gay abandon. I'm very pleased NOT to be on a meter
Our house was formerly a large house which a previous owner split into two. They wanted to fit a water meter to the house when we moved in but apparently they can't because our water supply is joined to next door and there is no way to split it up. I prefer not to have a meter. My daughter had a real problem when there was an underground leak, they wanted to charge her a fortune.
Our worry about going on a meter is once we are all on meters they will hike the charges. As so many people save at the moment, they will loose money unless they do hike prices.
A young man from DPD has just delivered a large box containing a 20kg sack of chicken poo pellets that I ordered yesterday. He asked if I wanted it lifting into the house. No thanks I said, I'm going to put it in the shed. Before I'd even got hold of the shed key he'd picked it up and carried it round the back
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
A young man from DPD has just delivered a large box containing a 20kg sack of chicken poo pellets that I ordered yesterday. He asked if I wanted it lifting into the house. No thanks I said, I'm going to put it in the shed. Before I'd even got hold of the shed key he'd picked it up and carried it round the back
That's lovely. In our area, you're lucky if they're still at the door by the time you get there.
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Just the two of us, and I don't use a hosepipe. Watering can (good exercise), plus saving grey water from the bath/shower. Especially last summer.
I'm very pleased NOT to be on a meter