Water meter

just got this years water bill and it's nearly £40 a month so wondering about having a water meter fitted, anyone have one is it cheaper and worth doing??

My water meter is much cheaper and there are 4 of us. I still pay £47 a month though (I live in Devon and South West Water are the dearest in the country I think for water rates ) but it would be £70 something rates else I think.

we paid £110 for the last 6 months on a meter for water and sewerage, but currently we have no nappy washes. I thnk when P was in Cloth it was another £10ish so I'm expecting a rise from the summer

we had to have one fitted when we moved in, and it was great because tons cheaper... but that was pre-kids (and therefore pre-nappies), so not sure now whether it'd be cheaper or not now.

We have a meter and pay £21 a month for 4 of us in a 4 bedroom house - definately the cheaper option for us, although we are quite careful about how much we use.

Just to add - there is an in-between thing you can do. There is an "assessed meter charge" which aims to give you the metered charge without a meter which could be worth looking at

there is more info here about how to save money on water http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12759940

I was really nervous of the switch because although there are only 3 of us, I seem to wash a lot of nappies and we love showers, at least 1 each per day and we use a dishwasher. I was concerned that would bump up the price. Saying that we used to pay just over £100 a month. We switched and last month it was under £40!!! aaarrrrrgggghhhhh. I wish they could back date it to when we moved 5 years ago
It's heart breaking to think how much we could have saved.
Switch!!!! now!

The woman at the house we are moving to had arranged to have one fitted just at the point where we was deciding to go ahead with the house swap. I made her rearrage it and tell them she didn't want it as I just think for soon to be 5 of us with 2 in cloth it would cost us a fortune!

We've lived in houses before now where we've had a meter and found it cheaper - whilst the children were quite young. We enquired about having one fitted here and were told that as our family grew and then the children grow and use more water for bathing (no longer sharing showers, taking longer), toilet, etc. it wouldn't be worth it.