Could Validating Your Water Bills Save You Money? Do you get your water bills validated? Have you ever considered it? There’s every chance that the answer to both of those questions is no. Why would you, might be a decent follow up question. It can just sound like an unnecessary task that adds admin and hassle to a part of your life that you could do without. You pay your utility bills and don’t think more about it. Perhaps you don’t even know what validating your water bills would entail and why it’s important. It’s a simple process that is done on your behalf that could end up saving you a lot of money you’re paying out unnecessarily, that you don’t owe, is an answer to the question of why you would (or should) bother. Interested?

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Here’s an uncomfortable fact for you that you may not be, but really should be, aware of: there’s every chance that your water company is charging you the incorrect amount for your water usage, meting out fees and charges that you don’t owe and shouldn’t be paying, which in turn is causing you to bleed out money unnecessarily. As it turns out, this isn’t at all uncommon and many companies have been found to be guilty of doing it for quite a while. This might be down to the companies making miscalculations on what you do and don’t owe or it might even be down to a faulty water meter showing the wrong readings, which results in you paying out more than you should. For the majority of us, changing water providers to avoid this and see some more competitive prices and services isn’t an option (unless you’re a business in Scotland, in which case it’s really something you might want to consider). But back to the rest of us, this is where having your water bills validated is something you really should have a think about, to make your life easier and see some serious cuts in the prices coming up on your water bills. What have you got to lose?

So what does it mean to have your water bills validated and how do you go about it? Well, for starters, half of the point of this service is that the admin is done for you. The impetus isn’t on you to get out and do the legwork, as there are a number of companies out there who will do all of this for you. H2O Building Services is just one of these, who in the past has helped such companies as McDonalds, ASDA and Pizza Hut among others, as well as official capacities such as Hammersmith and Fulham council and HMP Parkhurst. These companies work on your behalf to validate your bills and ensure you’re paying out the right amount for your water usage. Let’s face it: most water bills are a list of fairly opaque charges that most of us don’t have an entirely comprehensive understanding of— at least, not to the point where we would know how much we should be paying out compared to what we actually are. Unexpected spikes in prices we tend to put down to higher usage, rather than an indicator of something wrong. And if we are paying more from the start that actually reflects our usage, we’re even less likely to know about it. Thus, many of us pay out too much on our water bills and are none the wiser. This is the main benefit of having your water bills validated. The company you choose to work on your behalf will access and analyse your water bills before you receive them, to make sure you’re paying out the right amount for the amount of water you use. It’s an on going service that will continue throughout the year, so any future bills are automatically checked and validated. Through doing this, excessive charges are identified and dealt with on your behalf immediately, before the bill reaches you. So by the time you come to pay, you can rest assured that you’re paying the right amount for what you’ve used. This constant survey over your bills also means that any discrepancies popping up on your bills can be identified and examined, to see if they are indicative of a greater problem. A sudden spike could mean anything from a faulty meter providing the wrong readings, to a water leak, that could in turn have devastating effects on both your property and your bank account. The validation service not only helps prevent you paying out on too high prices, but it also means there is someone on hand to notice any worrying anomalies straight away, before they can have a bigger impact on you. And it’s not all about saving you money, though to be honest, that’s probably enough reason to give the service a go: there are other benefits to having your water bills validated, including the fact that you will automatically have your entire water bill history entered into a database, which you can then access via email, as opposed to keeping mountains of paperwork around, that take up a large amount of space and make finding the information you want, hard to access when you need it. As well as that, a sudden increase in the water used will be dealt with on your behalf, so as to help avoid incurring any high water charges. Best of all, this service usually comes without an annual fee and no lengthy annual contracts to tie you into something, so there really isn’t anything for you to lose by giving it a go.

What it most often comes down to though, is the fact that you could make huge savings simply by having your water bills validated, with most that employ the service surprised at exactly how much they save as a result. You can be confident that you’re paying out only for what you owe and not seeing any charges and fees that you shouldn’t be. You can make huge savings and be confident that it’s only what you are due. If you’d like to find out more about validating your water bills please visit the H20 Building Services website - http://www.h2obuildingservices.co.uk/