council tax

[Ako Si Jamie]

I really am sick now hearing what everyone else pays, I live on my own, and don't waste water. The washing machine goes on 2 or 3 times a week, i use the dishwasher 2 or 3 times a week and I shower once or twice a day, i've moved the ball in the toilet cistern so it doesn't fill as much and I still pay £45 pm to the robbing gits at Severn Trent

Something doesn't sound right there. I use a similar amount apart from a dishwasher which I haven't got and I pay around £110-£120 per year and that's with Severn Trent.

[gWaPito]

I pay my water bill 6 monthly. The last bill was 150 and I thought i was being robbed.

I used to pay by dd. No more. They were taking way over the odds.

We both shower twice a day then she may bathe as well. I water the garden and wash my car.

We have a meter because the house was built at the time when all new houses were having them fitted.

Council tax rates according to the government are being frozen for 2 years, correct me if im wrong. Looks if Jamie's is melting!

[Englishman2010]

Something doesn't sound right there. I use a similar amount apart from a dishwasher which I haven't got and I pay around £110-£120 per year and that's with Severn Trent.

That seems low, just my standing charges are more than double that. Are standing charges linked to the number of taps, toilets and bathrooms that you have?

[Ako Si Jamie]

That seems low, just my standing charges are more than double that. Are standing charges linked to the number of taps, toilets and bathrooms that you have?

Not sure Englishman. Just looked at my last bill from the period Sept to Feb.

Water Supply @ 136.51 pence per cubic metre £10.92
Used Water @ 83.68 pence per cubic metre £6.69
Water Standing Charge £10.14
Used Water Standing Charge £4.77
Measured Drainage - Band 01 £10.80

Total £43.32

[Englishman2010]

Not sure Englishman. Just looked at my last bill from the period Sept to Feb.

Water Supply @ 136.51 pence per cubic metre £10.92
Used Water @ 83.68 pence per cubic metre £6.69
Water Standing Charge £10.14
Used Water Standing Charge £4.77
Measured Drainage - Band 01 £10.80

Total £43.32

Thanks Jamie, I've just checked my last Severn Trent Bill (April 2010 - Oct 2010)

Water supply 74m3 @ 136.51 pence per m3 - £101.01
water standing charge - £13.55
Used Water 74m3 @ 83.68pence per m3 - £61.92
Used water standing charge - £6.37
Measured drainage - Band 03 - £43.33

I was £29.71 in credit so they increased my direct debit from £37 pm to £45 pm

I don't actually know what any of the above means but I've just read my meter and I've used 33m3 water since the last bill almost 6 months ago.

In hindsight, the last bills would have been based on usage when my ex-wife was still living in my house, so usage will have gone down now.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Thanks Jamie, I've just checked my last Severn Trent Bill (April 2010 - Oct 2010)

Water supply 74m3 @ 136.51 pence per m3 - £101.01
water standing charge - £13.55
Used Water 74m3 @ 83.68pence per m3 - £61.92
Used water standing charge - £6.37
Measured drainage - Band 03 - £43.33

I was £29.71 in credit so they increased my direct debit from £37 pm to £45 pm

I don't actually know what any of the above means but I've just read my meter and I've used 33m3 water since the last bill almost 6 months ago.

In hindsight, the last bills would have been based on usage when my ex-wife was still living in my house, so usage will have gone down now.

The standing charges are fairly similar to mine so it looks like the amount of water you've used is what makes it so high plus the drainage. I reckon your missus must have been washing with Evian spring water

Also, the majority of my bills aren't DD. Much prefer to pay at the P.O.

[gWaPito]

I got monthly direct debits for everything apart from water, gas and electric.

They take too much. Its not money lost, its just sat in there bank accounts earning them interest while, in my case, it could be paying off debt saving me interest