tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post5233214846430527220..comments2024-03-06T18:07:22.993+00:00Comments on Landlord and BTL Blog: Tenants & water metersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-66833936365556144202019-05-24T20:07:14.320+01:002019-05-24T20:07:14.320+01:00It's a bit naughty of a tenant to install a me...It's a bit naughty of a tenant to install a meter if the tenancy was only for 6 months without notifying you, however she acted within her legal rights as did the water undertaker. There's no confusion in the wording -<br /><b>(3)Subsection (1) above does not apply where the tenancy is a fixed term tenancy for a term of less than six months; and for this purpose “fixed term tenancy” meansGraeme Finlaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602714548643600858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-60586283586686314152019-05-24T17:02:17.959+01:002019-05-24T17:02:17.959+01:00Sorry this is a very old thread but our tenant, wh...Sorry this is a very old thread but our tenant, who was only in our property for the 6 month fixed term agreement and then moved out put in a water meter despite us telling her we did not want one only a week earlier (the week she moved in). It is a 3 bedroom family house. Why she moved to a property where she could not afford the bills or manage the stairs is beyond me! 3 days before our next Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387541992920107098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-73109905180542410222014-03-12T09:50:56.361+00:002014-03-12T09:50:56.361+00:00I realise this is an old discussion, however as a ...I realise this is an old discussion, however as a tenant I have recently come across this issue.<br /><br />I also work for a large water company...<br /><br />Your advice to landlords to refuse consent to a tenant to move to a metered supply is incorrect.<br /><br /><b>Provided a tenancy agreement is for more than 6 months, the Landlord may not prevent the tenant from having a water meter Graeme Finlaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602714548643600858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-13003618994120700542013-03-13T21:02:38.184+00:002013-03-13T21:02:38.184+00:00Because once it is done it can't be reversed -...Because once it is done it can't be reversed - shouldn't the landlord really be weighing the following pros / cons :<br /><br />1) Impact on getting NEXT tenants in with a water meter (versus without a water meter)...<br /><br />For some tenants it may matter, some it won't big house big family may be better having fixed rate small house, low number of occupants may be better having Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-61382418450452007502013-01-11T12:40:27.383+00:002013-01-11T12:40:27.383+00:00Recently advised that once a water meter has been ...Recently advised that once a water meter has been installed it cannot be removed. Apparently it can only be converted to a "sleeping meter" by the tenant who requested it then once the tenant moves the new tenant(s) would be automatically charged on a meter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com