Welsh Water increases, Council tax to follow.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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.

[The Bloop]

£304! What band is that?
I thought Council Tax was going up by 6% ?

[splott parker]

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.

Where d’you live? the Castle?

[North Cardiff Blue]

£304! What band is that?
I thought Council Tax was going up by 6% ?

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.

And talk of Councils rebanding and checking extensions etc as it must be years out of date.

https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalog...authority-band

[Heathblue]

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.

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

[North Cardiff Blue]

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

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.

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

[TWGL1]

I’m paying £271 pcm at the moment , so it will probably be £300 in April.

[Heathblue]

It's a big one isn't it from google.

he 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

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

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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.

[North Cardiff Blue]

£304! What band is that?
I thought Council Tax was going up by 6% ?

After the water, an increase of 6% sounds ok.

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.

[sneggyblubird]

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.

Tories tried that, it was called the poll tax. that didn't work either

[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.

Shocking and if there is anything we have plenty of it's fecking rain water.

[Wales-Bales]

Shocking and if there is anything we have plenty of it's fecking rain water.

The excess money raised will obviously be utilised elsewhere.

[Gofer 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.
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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%.

[Heathblue]

Have now had the bill, 34.18% increase on last year.

[Gofer 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.

[Michael Morris]

Have now had the bill, 34.18% increase on last year.

Ours up from £79 a month to £105. With some bullshit letter trying to justify it.

[ToTaL ITK]

who runs the water? (i'm a welsh immigrant) living abroad

[dandywarhol]

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

Its not labour,water is privatised
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

[The Bloop]

who runs the water? (i'm a welsh immigrant) living abroad

Whomever turns the taps on.

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just applied for a meter based on this thread

[darran1927]

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.

If you can’t have a meter, they’ll give you an assessed measured charge which will reduce the bill

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

If you can’t have a meter, they’ll give you an assessed measured charge which will reduce the bill

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.

[Gofer Blue]

just applied for a meter based on this thread

[Bozza64]

my water charges were best part of £100 per month now on meter just me and the wife £27-50 a month