{"id":76702,"date":"2018-01-15T13:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T06:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-was-i-harassed-over-a-water-bill-thats-nothing-to-do-with-me\/"},"modified":"2018-01-15T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T08:03:07","slug":"why-was-i-harassed-over-a-water-bill-thats-nothing-to-do-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-was-i-harassed-over-a-water-bill-thats-nothing-to-do-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was I harassed over a water bill that\u2019s nothing to do with me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nCastle Water sent me bills at the wrong house number when I\u2019m a Thames Water customerCan you please stop Castle Water harassing me to pay bills for a next door property which is nothing to do with me. I live at number 26 and pay Thames Water. For some unexplained reason, Castle believes I live at 25, and keeps sending me bills there which my neighbour passes on. Despite me repeatedly telling the firm there is a mistake, debt collectors have insisted I owe \u00a3567 and threaten additional charges \u201cin excess of \u00a31,000\u201d. As instructed by Castle, I have sent proof that I am paying council tax at my actual address along with a bill from Thames Water showing I am paying my water bills to them, but it is not resolved. This has being going on since May. I feel threatened and also worry my credit rating is likely affected. BL, London Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/jan\/15\/castle-water-thames-unpaid-bills-debt-collector\" target=\"_blank\">Why was I harassed over a water bill that\u2019s nothing to do with me?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Castle Water sent me bills at the wrong house number when I\u2019m a Thames Water&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-jX8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88839,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/water-firm-took-1500-from-me-but-wont-give-it-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":76702,"position":0},"title":"&#039;Water firm took \u00a31,500 from me \u2013\u00a0but won&#039;t give it back&#039;","date":"May 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Castle Water blames Thames Water and has held up my money for more than six monthsOver a year ago, I lived in a flat and paid my water bills to Thames Water. 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