LamieRobertson
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Help needed with Southern Water bill.
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Wonder if it would effect his credit file?
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Could quite possibly be marked as an historic debt until repaid. Obviously he would have to ask Southern Water if they would refer the debt to the credit agencies.
I had a problem with my key meter when i first moved into my home. I informed Scottish Power that i think there's a problem with my tariff. £10 would last me a month
This went on for well over four years before i contacted SP again. They looked into it and since they had records of me reporting the issue they wiped out a debt of over £1500 as a good will gesture.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Tell them you want the historic debt to be an agreed sum and then "ringfenced ". Then agree a reasonable monthly amount to pay off the ringfenced debt, wholly separate from your ongoing contract.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Did they ever officially tell you they would be metering your property? Or did you assume it when you saw the men digging the trench?
They are trying to get you to pay for one year in arrears and one year in advance. If it had been metered this wouldn't have happened, so insist they put you a meter in and pay the year in arrears by installments or whatever, you will then only be liable for water as the estimates or readings become due for the current year. Or at least not until April 2014.
I don't know if they still are, but Southern Water used to be pretty lax in collecting their bills. Not from me I hasten to add.
Talk to your neighbours, those that have been metered and those that haven't.
You have not been charged for this information, some of which may not be correct, and some may not even be true.
They are trying to get you to pay for one year in arrears and one year in advance. If it had been metered this wouldn't have happened, so insist they put you a meter in and pay the year in arrears by installments or whatever, you will then only be liable for water as the estimates or readings become due for the current year. Or at least not until April 2014.
I don't know if they still are, but Southern Water used to be pretty lax in collecting their bills. Not from me I hasten to add.
Talk to your neighbours, those that have been metered and those that haven't.
You have not been charged for this information, some of which may not be correct, and some may not even be true.
pornomagboy
wake me up before you gogo who needs potter when
I had a big southern water bill, they told me how much to pay and they sent me a payment card and just pay it every month at pay point
I do that with both waters and tv licence.
Stumpy Tim
Well-known member
I have had a similar thing with my tax bill. Put on the wrong tax code, and now owe £25,000. Glory be
pornomagboy
wake me up before you gogo who needs potter when
I have a dept on payment card and paying my current water rates by dd
cloud
Well-known member
How do they know what your bill should be for each of the two years, when by their own admission they haven't installed a meter and therefore don't know what your consumption would have been? Does the amount they are asking for look realistic?
This may be useful
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/wales/consumer_w/consumer_energy_and_water_supply_e/consumer_water_supply_e/consumer_problems_with_paying_your_water_bill_e/backdated_water_bills.htm
This may be useful
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/wales/consumer_w/consumer_energy_and_water_supply_e/consumer_water_supply_e/consumer_problems_with_paying_your_water_bill_e/backdated_water_bills.htm
Yep, good post.
Now if you had of been on a meter, like the others in your street, like you "would" have preferred, (tongue in cheek) then your bills "would" have been much lower.
So ask them to put a meter in, then gauge your usage over say....2 months, then calculate the last two years on that consumption.
Meantime in that two months, shower once a week, ALL of the family together, with all the weeks washing up in the shower with you......and have a dump and a wee down the outside drains..............Sorted.
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- #32
I'm yet to get the bill, they obviously rattled out a quick preemptive letter when they unearthed the mistake, while they are sorting the rest out.
As said I've no intention to weasel out of it, after all I did let it slide when I realised they had made a mistake x amount of months later.
I just want to make sure I have the knowledge of NSC so I can legally pay off their mistake on my terms, not theirs.
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- #33
You mean 'Black Sunday' as it's become know.
A while ago we were out walking the dogs in filthy weather on filthy ground, we got filthy.
1 bath = 1 x child, twice, me, 1 x Labrador, then 1 x Golden Retriever.
It was pointless putting the last dog in, I think he came out dirtier.
portslade seagull
Well-known member
Tell em you haven't washed for 2-years and have only been drinking rain water captured from your downpipe and also using the local wood when caught short
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Don't listen to all the tossers who will tell you to just pay it. Make a fuss and you might be able to wangle a bigger discount. You obviously should be on a meter so they must've cocked up somehow and the £25 is an admission of that, you just need to talk to the right person who has power to help you.
When I lived in a rental house share a few years ago the electricity company didn't bill us for two years because they cocked up on setting the account up. We just ignored it and then got a bill two years later for a couple of grand. With a little bit of pressure from me (but not that much really) they cut it by 50%.
You might not get anywhere, but it could be worth your while to try.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
It's not the new water that all the bill is for. You pay more on your bill to get rid of it. Plus you pay about £18 per annum to put the rain that falls on your roof down the drain and you pay more money for the rain that falls on the road outside your house and unless the councils drain blocks, comes nowhere near you.
At the end of the day a portion of the money you pay Southern Water to distribute something that falls out of the sky, ends up where a lot more of your money ends up, namely......... China.
At the end of the day a portion of the money you pay Southern Water to distribute something that falls out of the sky, ends up where a lot more of your money ends up, namely......... China.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Anglia Water cocked up my direct debit because my youngest son moved to CLEETHORPES and his letting agent sent a letter saying he had moved into rented property as was the bill payer but failed to mention his first name and only gave his first initial which is the same as mine. Anglia Water re-instated the direct debit and waived the monthly payment that hadn't been collected as a goodwill gesture.
The French own Southern Water......but i get the gist.
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- #39
That's a relief they only want:-
£815.68 payment immediately by return!!
Of that the important bit is £368 outstanding debt from '12-'13.
Which is the bit I want the best deal for me on.
Assuming I can just reinstate the DD they cancelled for '13-'14.
£815.68 payment immediately by return!!
Of that the important bit is £368 outstanding debt from '12-'13.
Which is the bit I want the best deal for me on.
Assuming I can just reinstate the DD they cancelled for '13-'14.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
That's a relief they only want:-
£815.68 payment immediately by return!!
Of that the important bit is £368 outstanding debt from '12-'13.
Which is the bit I want the best deal for me on.
Assuming I can just reinstate the DD they cancelled for '13-'14.
How can they work out what water you have used if there is no meter reading or are they estimating usage for 2012-2013 ? It is their cock up , the £25 credit is a joke.