Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Uzumlu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: pookie on October 08, 2007, 12:09:40 PM
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I have just had the shock of my life. Our water bill - for one year, has finally been produced (after months of asking for it). Total ....wait for it.....£600.00. Surely this can't be right ? Yes we have a pool, and I guess the sprinklers have been on quite a bit over the summer for the garden, but surely this can't be right ? Its dearer than Cambridge ! Can any one give me a pointer as to how much we should expect ? :o :o :o[xx(]
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Did your builder pay his water bill after construction had finished?
The nice people who built our house tried to leave us with an £800 water bill, took a lot of sorting out.
Have also heard that houses with pools in Uzumlu pay extra for water, only hearsay so check with another resident from your area.
Good luck
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Hi just paid mine, 972ytl ,changing garden to pebbles and looking for well water with devining sticks ,and just one bath a month!!!!!!!
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:o OMG, thats ridiculous,surely something amiss there.:(.
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Originally posted by calvin 1949
Hi just paid mine, 972ytl ,changing garden to pebbles and looking for well water with devining sticks ,and just one bath a month!!!!!!!
Oh ! That was you we niffed as we came up the Uzumlu road the other night - thought it was the goat sheds :o ;)
Please some one tell me this is wrong......I will check whether the builder paid his part, me thinks not.:(
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Calvin - how long was this for, do you live there permanently ?
Ours was for one year, but only one pool fill and 5 weeks of showers and washing machine etc. ??
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Lots of members seem to be receiving, ridiculously high Water & Electricity bills :o
Not a worry for me yet... over there 8) I'm basing my comment on what I pay here in the UK, & it's NOT anywhere near the amounts that have been quoted, I'd have a heart attack if they were :o
Good luck sorting it, something is definitely wrong...
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pookie, tryng to find out how long it is for ,think it is for 1 year ,i must learn to make notes on payments ,connot remember when i last paid , the old grey matter not what it was ,we are semi permenant at the moment ,have to go back every three months to see docter, we have a lot of grass and large pool will have to moniter usage per month
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Pookie - while I've not seen our bill, my parents have and told me it was 50YTL. This would have included all the water the builders used for renovation work in February/March, and then we had it on constantly over the 5 weeks we were there pouring into the garden to soften the soil, and then at least an hour a night watering since we left by our neighbour. Domestically, we probably didn't use that much - just showers and the odd bit of washing up and filling the kettle & water containers. But we don't have a pool either and as you know your rates are triple as a pool owner. Your bill sounds way over the top though. I would get it checked out - sounds like the builders used your water to build all of the villas in your plot in you ask me. Good luck! I don't think filling your pool with water should make such a huge difference to the bill as you have only done it once.
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We also have had a very large water bill of just over £800. When I checked with the water man at the Beledisi he blamed the builder! I also tackled the Estate Agent about this but he didn't want to know! needless to say I won't be reccomending either. The Estate Agent isn't I may add Yetkin. One way to check on the cost is to multiply the meter reading by 1.75YTL which is the charge made per cubic metre if you have a pool. Still cheaper than UK if your'e metered and have a pool.
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The absolute gullibility of some people who buy property over here never ceases to amaze me. Surely when buying/renting a new property in the U.K. you would have a closing/opening meter reading carried out by the utility company concerned?? It's law,so why doesn't everyone do the same here? It's so simple to take meter readings, a child could do it!! The builder is responsible for water/electricity payments until you move in and take readings, if you have been living in the property for a length of time before you get Tapu, surely you don't expect the builder to pay for your usage during that time??
Maybe Loz and I have just been very fortunate in our time here, including our house purchase, but I think the fact that we were closely involved in all stages of the transaction, has more to do with it!! NEVER been "ripped off".
Gordy.
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Originally posted by GordonA
The absolute gullibility of some people who buy property over here never ceases to amaze me.
Gordon, one thing I am not, is gullible ! What I am, is stuck in the UK, trusting builders and Agents to do things on my behalf. Meters weren't even on site when we first visited, then months later, after completion and Tapu, we are told everything is in hand and bills will arrive any day. The Agent took the readings and was supposedly sorting it out. At no stage have we lived there, purely fleeting visits. A year after Tapu and constant chasing and this is what we end up with. We did expect a large bill, but not this large. Think your post was quite harsh given that we have our hands tied and are at the total mercy of other people to sort out our affairs. I am ascertaining from other posts that this amount doesn't seem to be totally out of line. We are out next week and we shall take control ourselves and ensure that we are fully aware of how much water is being used for the pool and garden in our absence.
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Pookie go on you tell him! I told him at the time he was being far to harsh.
It is difficult when purchasing abroad and residing in the UK, our friends who have purchased here have been lucky in as much as I have taken meter readings for them when they started to use the properties prior to receipt of Tapu; then I have read them again to ensure that the readings are correct or approx..
Friends have recently moved into a villa which is still using Builders electricity for 2 villas, again I have taken the readings, when and if he demands payment we can work out an approx consumption.
I know this will mean more work for many agents, maybe it should be on a "check" list for buyers to start pushing for.
As for Gordon taking meter readings, well he only knows where the meters are sited, where the trip switches are, and the buttons for the remote control.
As for being ripped off, he has been many times, usually by me..
:D: :) ;) the first time it took him 18months to find out, and 1 year for the other "rip off" don't mention Chestnut furniture, or watches and clocks, and how time flies! : :)
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Hi Loz whos wound Gorden up hes like a dog with its hackles up Pookie is only asking for other peoples advice and help,chill out Gord
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I wound him up!:D told him to get out and do the garden, I started it and he had to get on and finish the job, then the police turned up and had a moan at him, so not the best of times.
He is a "teddy bear" really just has the reputation of a grizzly to live upto:D ;): :)
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Thanks for springing to my defence folks - I put it down to pmt ! (Gordon's not mine !). I do see where he comes from though - some people are naive and gullible and go into things blindfold. But we didn't ! We were aware of the pitfalls, but had our hands tied. Any way Gordon - I forgive you [:X][:X]
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:DLoz, I think you should buy Gordon a slippy pole for him to practice on in the garden. ;)
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Although we took readings etc the water board still wanted their money, the builder wouldnt pay, we had lived there for four months, had a one month old baby, an £800 water bill and being threatened with having our water cut off, not a pleasant situation to be in.
To keep our water supply we paid, then had to recover the money from the builder, which wasnt easy.
Beware, in Turkey previous debts can be carried on to the new owner.
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Apologies to all concerned, I didn't mean to come across so harshly,I AM just a big old Teddy Bear, no, really, I am,:D: :) ;)
Hope all works out well.
Gordy,
P.S. NEVER ask Loz what time it is 8) :o
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Originally posted by GordonA
P.S. NEVER ask Loz what time it is 8) :o
[?] :-\ Now, we are ALL interested Gordy :D:D ;)
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Originally posted by cef
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Originally posted by GordonA
P.S. NEVER ask Loz what time it is 8) :o
[?] :-\ Now, we are ALL interested Gordy :D:D ;)
[?] obviously a private joke....??
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Have lived here 18 months and finally received our first water bill - 700ytl (1.5 ytl per unit). This I would think is a good guide for those of you with a pool and a smallish grassed area. I am quite careful with the water for the grass. Note Turkish 'gardeners' around here keep the water on sprinkler for days on end on behalf of absent British owners in UK!!!! They don't have to pay the bill!
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Originally posted by chris tippett
Have lived here 18 months and finally received our first water bill - 700ytl (1.5 ytl per unit). This I would think is a good guide for those of you with a pool and a smallish grassed area. I am quite careful with the water for the grass. Note Turkish 'gardeners' around here keep the water on sprinkler for days on end on behalf of absent British owners in UK!!!! They don't have to pay the bill!
Thank you - I would have thought that this was a reasonable guide and was what we were expecting ! We will be speaking to our garden to tell him to cut back a bit !!
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Pookie - A garden that listens - Prince Charles would be very interested - in fact so would the whole world - you could make some serious money with that and then to hell with the water bills :) :):P
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Hi pookie, we found out the hard way like you, we had a £500 water bill for May-August the other year and we were not there !! it was all down to the gardener at the time he would leave the water gushing out of the hose overnight! Since changing our gardener I think our water bill this year is going to be around £300 and that includes filling a very big pool.
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:D G.B. PMSL, this is a serious water bill and POOKIE lets know what the garden said, I wonder if that is the definition of a grass. ;)
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Originally posted by laffa
:D G.B. PMSL, this is a serious water bill and POOKIE lets know what the garden said, I wonder if that is the definition of a grass. ;)
LOL :D Whispering grass, don't tell the trees, cos the trees don't need to Know....... :)
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:D LOL :) ;)
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Hi Pookie. Uzumlu has the highest water charges in the area. Your best bet is to get rid of all your grass and just have gravel etc. We found we saved a lolt of money by just doing away with the grass. Our bill is still around 400 YTL evry 6 months though.
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Originally posted by wickwilly
Hi Pookie. Uzumlu has the highest water charges in the area. Your best bet is to get rid of all your grass and just have gravel etc. We found we saved a lolt of money by just doing away with the grass. Our bill is still around 400 YTL evry 6 months though.
Thanks Wickwilly - I guess once we pay this years bill we will be able to keep a closer eye on it. We are out tomorrow _YIPPEEE - so will talk to our Agent about the watering habits ! We love our garden and don't really want to give up the grass, but may have to !
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Hi - I haven't seen any mention of wells mentioned in Uzumlu. This water is free rather than paying city rates. We are in Calis at the moment but are looking to move to Uzumlu - hadn't thought of this aspect, especially with a large pool and quite abit of grass, a well would provide free water but are there any free wells around Uzumlu?
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You can have a well in your garden (Uzumlu) but it costs about 4000+ ytl to have drilled. They will come and divine the land to see if you have water below.
Hope this helps
Fi
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OHH !! UPDATE !!!! Apparently there WAS a mistake in our bill. What that mistake actually was we can't get to the bottom of, but miracle of miracles, our water bill has been more than halved......um, strange that. The figure is now a far more realistic £280. oh, and by the way, the garden looked fantastic last week - very green beautiful grass, huge vibrant Cannas, roses and jasmine running amuck.....worth every lire !
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Originally posted by pookie
OHH !! UPDATE !!!! Apparently there WAS a mistake in our bill. What that mistake actually was we can't get to the bottom of, but miracle of miracles, our water bill has been more than halved......um, strange that. The figure is now a far more realistic £280. oh, and by the way, the garden looked fantastic last week - very green beautiful grass, huge vibrant Cannas, roses and jasmine running amuck.....worth every lire !
:) Good news Pookie, glad to hear everything has come up roses :) worth the posting then :) ;)
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Sorry - wanted to reply to this, but have put it in the Calis section instead. :-\
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I don't have a pool, but do water the garden every day for a couple of hours during the summer, use the washing machine & dishwasher etc and last years bill for the whole year was 70 YTL.