Independent Water Networks Reviews 

Carl & Baylie came out today to check our new water meter.

I complained about my low water pressures from 2 years ago, and with no hesitation they came into the house to have a look and made recommendations. I thought they were absolute gems, with how they handled my distress and offered their kind help.

Thank you guys!

Same problem as most other reviewers - new build and stuck with this company. It started at £50 a month and has somehow climbed to £74 on a Direct Debit (in credit). The worst part is that the waste water company, United Utilities, is separate, and their charges are scaled from the IWNL payment, but they're charging £96 a month...much more for sewage treatment than water being used at the property?

It’s getting too expensive, especially with my wife on maternity leave (more washing being done and bottles being made for baby), and we’re expecting it to only get worse.

Revised prices and review rating because United Utilities is more at fault, but still annoyed as no support.

We had an outage for a short while today, so they came to test our water supply for bacteria, etc. Charlotte was brilliant, she explained everything that she was doing, while she was doing it and when we would get the results.

If there was a zero star, I'd give to this useless company.
I have given a review some months back on how terrible they are, I just came back here to re-iterate it - this is the worst company on the surface of the earth. And I have decided to come here every month and give them a review until they get better. They just bill you whatever they feel like! My bill keeps increasing every month for no reason. If anyone know a way on how to report this shitty company, please feel free to share with me

Wery fast wery clear wery frendly thank you

I’ve struggled with this company since I moved into my new build. They estimated all my readings (getting one done is not simple) and left me with a significant bill. I questioned whether I had a leak as it was so high. They sent their employee Steve who was brilliant. He did all the due diligence, explained and tracked my usage and provided reassurance. Without Steve this review would be terrible. You are saved by your great employee who went out of his way to provide a good customer experience.

Terrible company, they overcharge, they don't have smart meters. I was charged almost £300 for two months. There's no email contact. The company was imposed by the developer, and there's no way to change it.

Had a lovely experience with Joe today. He was very helpful, knowledgable and helped me solve an issue I was having. Calling for help is normally such a pain, and you end the call with no useful answers. I only wish when I had to call for support everyone could be like Joe!

Baylie, Water Field Technician, visited today to investigate my alleged high water usage. Baylie is very friendly, helpful and professional. He couldn't find any evidence of a leak but discovered my property was connected to the wrong water metre! Thank you Baylie for your money-saving help!

This company who we have no choice but to use are a complete failure, over charging me, putting my DD up every other month, contacted them they adjusted my DD, next month put it up again, they are fleesing there customers snd making profit on my money, just give me a acurate bill, i used to have Yorkshire water who had smart water meters to read my meter, brand new house back to the golden age, now have to go outside to read my own meter which they totally ignored anyway.

Had an issue caused by IWNL, that was semi resolved by one of their reps on the door fixing those mistakes within a few days, HOWEVER I then received a call from one of their advisors who was incredibly unprofessional.

We are on the Priority Services Register and I asked their advisor on the phone to cease his behaviour as it was triggering conditions linked to us being on there - he continued. This lead to a triggering of those health conditions.

Made a complaint, and although they even acknowledged this to be true not so much as a gesture other than “we will pass this on for learning” etc, etc.

Essentially they can accept wrong doing, but deny accountability for causing ill health.

Not that you have much of a choice but this will be escalated to the Ombudsman as a lack of duty of care to a vulnerable customer. I’m sharing here to make people aware of what they are like, and how little - it would seem - that they actually care about their customer base.

I’d change supplier if I could

If I could leave no stars I would . Very unhelpful . Don’t want to do their actual job . Poor communication . Won’t be using for long

Had a silent leak in two toilets in our house.

Caused our water usage to triple to 1100 litres a day!! IWNL didn't think to let me know my usage was so high, and instead has just let my balance run up to £1500!

First thing I knew was an email to say my DD was going from £51 to £185!

They are saying the only way to reduce the DD is to pay the balance off in full, and then they will look at reducing it!

I have just taken another reading now at the end of the month and our water usage now for this month has been around 350 litres a day - not the 1100 that IWNL were letting us burn through.

I have submitted these readings and now my DD has risen to £210 a month!!!!!!

The worst thing about a new build is being stuck with these.

Moved into a new build, and IWNL are our new supplier. Previously paid £60 per month to Wessex Water. Was told IWNL were the same price or cheaper. When setting the account up I was told it would be £119 per month direct debit. Refused this and decided to do monthly reads and pay that way. I was stroppily told I would miss out on the £3.50 per year DD discount (wow so generous!) by paying on bill.

First bill generated today off my readings. £44!! Don’t let them bully you into setting a DD up for much higher.

Once again they are telling a different story to last. Suprise . They are scammers. How did they get to supply water. Full of lies. Keep upping the charges. THIEVES LIARS

I HAVE ADVISED THEM I WILL PAY THE BILL ONLY ON READ METER NOT ESTIMATE.

Horrendous provider however unfortunately anyone who has a house they supply has no choice, they clearly know this and so ridiculously overcharge. I am paying £105 a month for a house with 3 people living in it, they say it’s all based on how much you use but our previous house also had a water meter and we never paid anywhere near this much. Our water bill is more than our gas and electric combined. They offer no support and simply take advantage of families living in properties they supply. No idea how they are allowed to continue doing this.

Have the misfortune of being supplied by these for the new build property I moved into, seems they can just charge what they want. Scandalous prices! I’m now paying double of what I paid in my previous property that was supplied by southern water. These tin pot companies are just a criminal monopoly, extorting money from people.

Really friendly and helpful on the phone :)

Really easy on line registration process compared to others I have used. Thanks

We had Steve Caress a, a field technician call on us today after requesting for someone from IWNL to come and take our water meter reading for us. What a wonderful gentleman, the service we received ourselves and other neighbours who kindly asked him while he was here could he also read their meters was exceptional. Any questions we all had were explained to us by Steve and nothing was too much trouble for him, very rare you get this sort of service from companies these days. Well done Steve and thanks again.
Steph Pollard ,Market Harborough