"Owain" wrote in message
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ben wrote:
Why is meter not an option?
Simple, landlord won't permit it. :-)

If it's the tenant who pays the utility bills it's hard to see how the
landlord can object to the tenant being able to minimise the cost of those
utilities.

Tenancy agreements are subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act; not
allowing someone to have a utility meter is probably unfair.

I know of a tenant who laid a new water pipe to his rented house and paid
for it connecting up to to improve his water flow. The landlord was not
asked by the water company or the tenant for permission. He just ticked the
box on the form that said he was a tenant.

Adam