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

[Moscow Mule]

Council tax £2400
gas/electric £2500
water £400
septic tank cleaning £100

...not to mention the rest. Ouch!

That must just be inbound water then - if you've got a septic tank. It would be double without!

[ChimpMaster]

Ours too. £2565.................

That means almost £4k a year with the water rates. Four king joke!!

Council tax £2400
gas/electric £2500
water £400
septic tank cleaning £100

...not to mention the rest. Ouch!

[scooterscot]

Hail!

oppps or is it opps ops

[scooterscot]

I'm reliably informed by somebody who has a wood burner that the Royal Parks will sell you a boot load (even an estate) for c£30.

I'm not sure what that is in Kgs though.

I've been learning fast about quality.

There's soft wood (goes up the chimney in minutes)

There's hard wood (burns forever)

And in both categories the wood needs to be dry! There are cowboys out there selling stuff that was cut yesterday which no good, otherwise it spends half the time drying out with no heat.

Once you find a reliable supplier for good quality, you've no worries... Worth paying the extra £20-30 IMO

[scooterscot]

Ours too. £2565.................

That means almost £4k a year with the water rates. Four king joke!!

Feel better now.

I heard in Westminster some residents have the lowest council tax in the land, around £300 - £400, I gather because most tax is paid for by business.

All hale Socialism!

[scooterscot]

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.

To rub salt into it, a couple of friends visited from London a few weeks ago - they were astonished how soft the water was.

What are you people drinking down there????

[TimberWolf]

Things getting tough? And we haven't even started tackling the massive deficit yet. Boomed.

[Moscow Mule]

Since we live in the city I order my wood from a local company in Peebles, £65 for 300 Kgs, which lasts me a couple of months.

I'm reliably informed by somebody who has a wood burner that the Royal Parks will sell you a boot load (even an estate) for c£30.

I'm not sure what that is in Kgs though.

[shaunbhoy]

What cuckoo land are you people living in?

Our council tax bill just came in yesterday too, £1950

Ours too. £2565.................

That means almost £4k a year with the water rates. Four king joke!!

[scooterscot]

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!

What cuckoo land are you people living in?

Our council tax bill just came in yesterday too, £1950

[TimberWolf]

Imagine how difficult things must be getting for people on NMW.

[scooterscot]

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!!

Yikes - our water rates just came through the door yesterday - £400

[scooterscot]

Tell me more !

How do I go about setting this up if I have a standard combi boiler connected to central heating and hot water outlets ?

We used this company and installed a Hwam, this one in the top of the page.

We had a back boiler system which has now been replaced by a modern combi boiler, which is great. However there was a massive hole in the fireplace where the back boiler used to be, which the hot furniture company renovated for us. Masonry, lined the chimney, fitted a black ash hearth and the stove of course.

It's lit most evenings, the heating is off and only the lounge (the high ceiling sort, which is often more costing for the central heating) is very toasty. Only one log or two if you need a boost is required.

Since we live in the city I order my wood from a local company in Peebles, £65 for 300 Kgs, which lasts me a couple of months.

If I lived in the sticks I'd probably cut my own, instead I've got it stacked in the communal hallway - looks rather rustic.

[TimberWolf]

Oh and I still haven't received my free electricity usage monitor from British Gas!

Me neither.

[ChimpMaster]

Oh and I still haven't received my free electricity usage monitor from British Gas!