Eon want to increase my Direct Debit to £250/month

[DiscoStu]

What's next - replacing bottle of water with "council juice" from tap?

Come to think of it the bloody water now costs £400 per year for house I rent, FFS - £2.50 for 2 bottles of 2L diet coke in local Tesco.

Can't you get a water meter? Should save loads of cash.

[MarillionFan]

What's next - replacing bottle of water with "council juice" from tap?

Come to think of it the bloody water now costs £400 per year for house I squat, FFS - £2.50 for 2 bottles of 2L diet coke in local Tesco.

FTFY.

[shaunbhoy]

Come to think of it the bloody water now costs £400 per year for house I rent,

Chickenfeed!! Our annual water rates are in excess of £1300!
South West Water Staff are almost at the point of riding black horses, wearing masks, and sporting pistols!!

[DimPrawn]

Chickenfeed!! Our annual water rates are in excess of £1300!
South West Water Staff are almost at the point of riding black horses, wearing masks, and sporting pistols!!

Listen, there's no inflation right, infact have a 20% pay cut.

[AtW]

Chickenfeed!! Our annual water rates are in excess of £1300!

Do you live in the middle of Sahara or something?

I remember just 10 years ago max annual charges were maybe £220 - FFS, they pretty much DOUBLED in 10 years.

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6232734.stm

The average council tax bill has almost doubled in the past decade, says a report by the Halifax building society.
The rise, from more £550 to almost £1,100, is three times higher than the rate of inflation and twice the increase in average earnings.

The tax is now 91% higher than when Tony Blair first took office.


And that was 2007!

[AtW]

Can't you get a water meter? Should save loads of cash.

It's a rented house, I am going to change it in a couple of months ... expect a few big rants about it coming soon to CUK

[shaunbhoy]

Do you live in the middle of Sahara or something?

Why are South West Water's bills the highest in the country?
This is due primarily to historical under-investment and the traditional use of sea outfalls. Major improvements and treatment works on all these outfalls were necessary to comply with the EC Bathing Waters Directive. The Government decided that the upgrades in this region should be paid for by the customers of South West Water. This has meant that the vast capital programme to improve water quality at 30% of the designated bathing beaches in England and Wales is met solely by 3% of the population and local industry. Over the next few years major new European Standards are likely to be imposed which could have significant costs to all of us.

The average water and sewerage bill amounts to as much as 9% of the single person's state pension – a greater proportion than anywhere else in England

GRrrrrrrr

[AtW]

GRrrrrrrr

£1300 vs £400 is a big difference, pretty effing huge amount per year, that is unless you've got a poll or something?

[conned tractor]

Chickenfeed!! Our annual water rates are in excess of £1300!
South West Water Staff are almost at the point of riding black horses, wearing masks, and sporting pistols!!

No wonder you have the poshest all stainless pressurised water heating systems if the water is that valuable.