Hello all
My annual water bill has arrived for this year and its going to be £315 for the year, which works out to be about £26 a month. Its just a domestic property, with nothing daft like a pond or sprinkler system or anything that uses a lot of water. Im the only person living here so i dont use a lot of water anyway. I think by my calculation about £12 a month would be about right.
The main advantage of getting a water meter is that it'll cut my bill to about half, with my current circumstances. The water board are saying i can go on the meter and then come off after 12 months if i want, which is the good news. But they're also saying that they wont remove the meter once installed and will use it to bill the next owner. Im looking at having the house for the next 4 to 5 years.
Now i know not everyone wants to be billed by a meter, so in the long run am i looking at possibly making it harder to sell my own house as people are easily put off by the whole water meter scenario?
Im thinking water meters will start to show in the HIP's packs for the homes, but im also thinking that with every idiot jumping on the environment wagon it wont be too long before they become compulsary.
Your thoughts please on wether i should get it now and save on my bills, or wether getting it now would mean shooting myself in the long run?
My annual water bill has arrived for this year and its going to be £315 for the year, which works out to be about £26 a month. Its just a domestic property, with nothing daft like a pond or sprinkler system or anything that uses a lot of water. Im the only person living here so i dont use a lot of water anyway. I think by my calculation about £12 a month would be about right.
The main advantage of getting a water meter is that it'll cut my bill to about half, with my current circumstances. The water board are saying i can go on the meter and then come off after 12 months if i want, which is the good news. But they're also saying that they wont remove the meter once installed and will use it to bill the next owner. Im looking at having the house for the next 4 to 5 years.
Now i know not everyone wants to be billed by a meter, so in the long run am i looking at possibly making it harder to sell my own house as people are easily put off by the whole water meter scenario?
Im thinking water meters will start to show in the HIP's packs for the homes, but im also thinking that with every idiot jumping on the environment wagon it wont be too long before they become compulsary.
Your thoughts please on wether i should get it now and save on my bills, or wether getting it now would mean shooting myself in the long run?