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Im ok paying for water I use

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  • 26-05-2015 12:24pm
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    NeptunesMoon
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭


    Im a single person renting a bedsit and my landlord told me a few months ago that they got an application form for where I live and i was to fill it in. the landlord dropped the form down but I never filled it in, actually more to do with being too busy than any protest. fast forward a few months to now and they rang me and said that the company were on to them that there was no application made from my place so the landlord gave my details and now Ive a bill of €64.10 to pay (with some €100 rebate bull****)

    the thing is that I dont mind paying for the water i use but theres no water meter in my place so it looks like they are just giving me a fixed charge, which defeats the whole purpose, no?

    if it was my own place id probably just wait until a meter was installed before i paid anything but I dont want to cause any hassle or fuss for the landlord, but the principal of the thing annoys me a little. im probably just going to suck it up and pay it, but reluctantly. im living in Dun Laoghaire in a little purpose built block where each place has its own front door and I think water feed from outside (not sure about that though).

    I don't agree with the term that prohibits harvesting of rain water and possibly being charged for the amount collected and I'd rather fluoride be removed too, but I'm happy to pay for a relatively clean supply of water direct to my kitchen tap.

    the most important thing is not to annoy the landlord as my rent is below market value now and there was no increase as they said im such a good tenant so any increase in rent would cost way more than a few water bills a ayear and if i was to have to move it would be even worse.

    cheers for any replies!


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    It's sixty quid a year. Pay the cursed thing.


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    recyclebin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    It €60 quid a quarter, not a year.

    My first bill is metered and came to €27. So about €108 for the year.

    With the grant comes to a grand total of €8 per year.


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    BoJack Horseman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,248 ✭✭✭✭BoJack Horseman


    If you have a job, the income tax reduction last January pays this 2 or 3 times over.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    recyclebin wrote: »
    It €60 quid a quarter, not a year.

    Forty quid a quarter with a hundred quid rebate.


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    Tony Beetroot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Tony Beetroot


    I am doing the Bear Grylls on this one and boiling my urine for tea, save me a fortune.


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    NeptunesMoon
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭NeptunesMoon


    cheers for the replies, yeah id much rather pay 260 a year than any reprocussions of pissing the landlord off.

    whats the deal with the 100eur rebate, is that a once off so the first year will be 160 and then each year after back to the 260?


    what's the income tax reduction?? im self emplyed so how would that efect it?


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    vandriver
    Registered Users Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭vandriver


    You are being charged as a couple.Get on to irish water and get it changed.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    NeptunesMoon wrote: »
    cheers for the replies, yeah id much rather pay 260 a year than any reprocussions of pissing the landlord off.

    whats the deal with the 100eur rebate, is that a once off so the first year will be 160 and then each year after back to the 260?


    what's the income tax reduction?? im self emplyed so how would that efect it?

    Should be 160 for water and waste for a single person.


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    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,747 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Got my first quarterly bill last bill last week and payed it straight away I have never let a bill sit


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    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,268 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Here we go again...


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    NeptunesMoon
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭NeptunesMoon


    vandriver wrote: »
    You are being charged as a couple.Get on to irish water and get it changed.

    So it'll be even cheaper? nice cheers
    kneemos wrote: »
    Should be 160 for water and waste for a single person.

    so an income tax reduction of 160, i dont pay any waste charges as our apartment got one of them communal bins so would it all go on water then?


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    Tony Beetroot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Tony Beetroot


    NeptunesMoon wrote: »

    so an income tax reduction of 160, i dont pay any waste charges as our apartment got one of them communal bins so would it all go on water then?

    You ****e in the communal bins?


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    Buck Melanoma
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Buck Melanoma


    NeptunesMoon wrote: »
    So it'll be even cheaper? nice cheers



    so an income tax reduction of 160, i dont pay any waste charges as our apartment got one of them communal bins so would it all go on water then?

    It is a water waste charge.


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    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Something about water, free, priceless, natural, resource.


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    Geuze
    Registered Users Posts: 13,103 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    recyclebin wrote: »
    It €60 quid a quarter, not a year.

    My first bill is metered and came to €27. So about €108 for the year.

    With the grant comes to a grand total of €8 per year.


    It's 160 pa or 40 for quarter, max, for a single person.

    So 60 pa after the DSP grant.


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    NeptunesMoon
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭NeptunesMoon


    So the grant is given annually of €100 and then you get €160 tax deduction, so a single self emlployed with a bill of €40 per quarter will actually come out €100 richer every year? :confused::pac:


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    Ush1
    Registered Users Posts: 11,461 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    NeptunesMoon wrote: »
    So the grant is given annually of €100 and then you get €160 tax deduction, so a single self emlployed with a bill of €40 per quarter will actually come out €100 richer every year? :confused::pac:

    There is no tax deduction.

    All said and done after grant a single person with pay 60 quid per year, a couple with pay 160.


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    recyclebin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    People with their own wells come out €100 richer. You will be down €60. Don't think being self employed has anything to do with it.


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    NeptunesMoon
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭NeptunesMoon


    someone mentioned income tax reduction of 160 for water and waste?


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    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    While the water runs down the price will rise up


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    renegademaster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭renegademaster


    kneemos wrote: »
    It's sixty quid a year. Pay the cursed thing.

    It's per quarter and when the cap is gone it will be €400 per quarter, have a spare €1600+ a year to pay for water again do ya?


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    renegademaster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭renegademaster


    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    If you have a job, the income tax reduction last January pays this 2 or 3 times over.

    Ah nice, so the gets a reduction in tax, for a double tax to kick in and take €240 back off ya. When the cap is gone water will cost a minimum of €400 per quarter btw! ;)


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    [Deleted User]
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    renegademaster wrote: »
    It's per quarter and when the cap is gone it will be €400 per quarter, have a spare €1600+ a year to pay for water again do ya?

    How do you reach that figure? Can you see into the future?

    OP, if you register with Irish Water you will only be charged €160 per year. You will have to register seperately with Department Of Social Protection for the €100 Conservation Grant, but not until August.


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    renegademaster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭renegademaster


    kneemos wrote: »
    Should be 160 for water and waste for a single person.

    Until the cap is gone and its a minimum of €400 per quarter! ;)


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    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,092 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Did all the neighbours in your bedsit get an identical bill OP or are you getting the bill for the whole bedsit. I am in a similar situation myself but the bill hasn't come yet so I don't know what will happen. As you didnt register you dont get the rebate as far as I am aware.


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    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    You'd want to be using a lot of water, or they'd want to be putting the price up by a lot for it to be 400 per quarter. Our metered usage was less than a euro more than the capped price and I've heard of a lot of people paying less than the cap.


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    falan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,574 ✭✭✭falan


    NeptunesMoon wrote:
    So the grant is given annually of €100 and then you get €160 tax deduction, so a single self emlployed with a bill of €40 per quarter will actually come out €100 richer every year?


    The grant is given once. A big dangly carrot.


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    renegademaster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭renegademaster


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    How do you reach that figure? Can you see into the future?

    OP, if you register with Irish Water you will only be charged €160 per year. You will have to register seperately with Department Of Social Protection for the €100 Conservation Grant, but not until August.

    The uncapped figure is on the back of the bill so as soon as the cap is gone its automatically A MINIMUM of €400 per quarter. I already pay for water thanks and have no desire or means to register to pay some dodgy quango for something we all already pay for.


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    PeteFalk78
    Closed Accounts Posts: 762 ✭✭✭PeteFalk78


    renegademaster wrote: »
    Until the cap is gone and its a minimum of €400 per quarter! ;)

    Source?


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    renegademaster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭renegademaster


    Bobblehead Panda wrote: »
    You'd want to be using a lot of water, or they'd want to be putting the price up by a lot for it to be 400 per quarter. Our metered usage was less than a euro more than the capped price and I've heard of a lot of people paying less than the cap.

    No ya don't, its on the back of the bill what you'll be charged when the cap isn't there, also, if people start to conserve their use IW will be putting their prices up to compensate. Next


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