Living On A Budget & Money Matters

maidenlane · 13-03-2012 23:33

I'm trying to decide whether to switch to a water meter. Do you have one?

We have water butts for the vegetable patch and with a hose pipe ban in place for the first time in our region in 20 years, we'll be much more careful this summer. But I've always resisted the meter idea as I don't want to live in fear of flushing the loo or running a hot wash.

Opinions and experiences would be gratefully received.

Luv Maid

(PS if you've not posted on here before, please feel free to join in, I'd love to hear from you too).

maidenlane · 13-03-2012 23:33

I'm trying to decide whether to switch to a water meter. Do you have one?

We have water butts for the vegetable patch and with a hose pipe ban in place for the first time in our region in 20 years, we'll be much more careful this summer. But I've always resisted the meter idea as I don't want to live in fear of flushing the loo or running a hot wash.

Opinions and experiences would be gratefully received.

Luv Maid

(PS if you've not posted on here before, please feel free to join in, I'd love to hear from you too).

sparkling-sunshine · ‎14-03-2012

Hiya,

We moved into a house with a water meter about 4 years ago. For the first year I was sooo tight and scared to use it. Now I've got into the habit of turning the tap of in-between teeth brushing and am not so worried about turning the tap on. What I realised from looking at my bills is that a lot of the charges aren't actually the water but the sewage charges etc.
I've compared my bills to people without a meter and I don't think there is a lot in it. We're in a 4 bed house, there are 3 adults and 3 little ones at the minute. We have 3 loos so there is always plenty of flushing going on! lol We pay £37 a month for our water and it always covers it.

HTH