We currently can’t have a water meter fitted as we’re on a common supply to a terrace, apparently. I guess this is because at present all meters are at the stop cock in the street. Why that is, I’ve no idea, I had a colleague some 30 years ago (he lived near Shipston on Stour) who had a data logger fitted to his supply inside his house, and he periodically got a replacement “memory” and sent the other back. We could (now, since we had a new supply pipe fitted, though still on the common main) have a meter fitted on our incomer. Perhaps with the advent of smart water meters that’ll start to happen.
We’ve also had a message that SO energy will be in touch about smart meters for gas and electricity. I shall decline, again.