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Going up in Cardiff from £89 to £119 (without a meter aparantly but may vary on house size), what will the Council tax be from £304pm to ?
Finally my Water Meter is better now the kids have left home, so mine will be way less, shame you can't have a Council tax meter and only pay what you use.
That will affect busnesses as well, and fuel inflation, it's going to be a tricky year for many with energy costs increasing too.
£304! What band is that?
I thought Council Tax was going up by 6% ?
Where d’you live? the Castle?Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Mine is band G, just looked there are also band H £365pm and I £426pm before the increase, it's over ten months by DD.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
And talk of Councils rebanding and checking extensions etc as it must be years out of date.
https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalog...authority-band
Doris just checked our water rates for me, we currently pay £79.86 per/month I dont have a meter. the figures you give means a 33.7% increase for water ?, nice, Labour do it again :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
It's a big increase that's for sure, they reckon 27% on average. I can see lots of people asking for meters to reduce it, if you have more bdrooms than people you'll be better off with a meter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
The average Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water household customer bill will increase by an average of 27% for 2025-26. A typical metered customer would see their annual bill increase from £437 to £575, whilst a typical unmetered customer would see their annual bill increase from £693 to £913.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e4zv98zeqo
https://corporate.dwrcymru.com/en/ne...4bn-investment
I’m paying £271 pcm at the moment , so it will probably be £300 in April.
My mum is staying with me at the moment, I casually mentioned to her that her water would be going up just over 30%, i very nearly heard her say the F word for the 1st time in my life, she was doing a MOXEY on the F and just about managed to stop :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
I'm on a shared supply so can't have a meter which would reduce my bill. Just had a 35% increase in the rate for next year.
After the water, an increase of 6% sounds ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
It's going to be tough if you're young with a few kids and a big mortgage just coming up for renewal with the low fixed rates coming to an end. I think we might see a lot of bigger houses on the market as more people downsize to save on Council tax, water and energy costs.
Tories tried that, it was called the poll tax. that didn't work either:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Shocking and if there is anything we have plenty of it's fecking rain water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
The excess money raised will obviously be utilised elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
I can echo this. We are two people in a four bedroom house. Before we had the meter installed (18 months or so ago) we were paying £60 p.m. and after, £37 p.m. A saving of £23 p.m. or roughly 40%.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Have now had the bill, 34.18% increase on last year.
You definitely need to get a meter as you will be paying over £100 a month (according to your earlier figure of £79 p.m.). You are allowed to change your mind within 2 years and go back to standard charge if you are worse off financially with the meter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
Ours up from £79 a month to £105. With some bullshit letter trying to justify it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
who runs the water? (i'm a welsh immigrant) living abroad
Its not labour,water is privatisedQuote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
Your a dope if there's only two of you.A meter would half your water bills.
Also if they cant fit a meter they have to reduce your bill.
As for gas leccy the good old tories privatised that as well.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+ki...ANAB01&PC=ACTS
Whomever turns the taps on.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
just applied for a meter based on this thread :thumbup:
If you can’t have a meter, they’ll give you an assessed measured charge which will reduce the billQuote:
Originally Posted by Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
Thanks for the heads up; only just heard of the assessed charge from that Martin Lewis bloke. Use to have a meter in my old house and the difference between my usage there and the rate they gave me for my new house was over £400 (p.a.). Managed to negotiate it down to a more reasonable level back then so will see what I can do with this hike.Quote:
Originally Posted by darran1927
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
my water charges were best part of £100 per month now on meter just me and the wife £27-50 a month
Mine on a meter, which I didn't want at the time went up to £110pm with two young adult kids home using loads, to £57 after my daughter had left, to £32pm at the moment before the rise, but I partly because I've overpaid for a while. Four bed four baths, just two of us now and I use water butts, for the grass and garden.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
If any of your toilets are slightly leaking, Welsh Water will repair them for you, so please get that done, as you are paying for any water wasted in leaks if you have a meter.
free of charge repair too
Yes follow the link https://www.dwrcymru.com/en/help-adv...tref/leaky-loo :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bozza64
Doris has started the process for getting a water meter, if it is outside the house as some in the street are, then we'll probably go for it, if it means digging up any part of the drive then we might not bother.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
mine is about 30 yards away in an area with 4 others :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
I think they try and do them outside if they can, depends on the street.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
Depends on location of stop tap which will already have a cover and room for a meter normally no digging requiredQuote:
Originally Posted by Heathblue
Usually on the pavement…..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bozza64
See gas going up again, glad I’m fixed deal….so not funny that they say wholesale prices go up, then a few months later they tell us their profits are through the roof again….begs the question why they need to raise prices then? Of course, they don’t, they just do because they can get away with it…:shrug:
We did have the water meter fitted this week, it was fitted near the Kerb just outside the house which worked out perfectly, I didn't want my drive dug up as i had a resin drive laid a few years ago, because it took a while for them to sort it, W Water did reduce our water bill to just over £40 p/m which is great but now the meter is installed we will use the water as we normally do without making any conscious effort to reduce at this time just to see the saving based on our normal use we'll then take it from there and cut down where possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
drink more beer!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bozza64