At lower end of the market it's more common, AFAIK, especially these houses where they've split them into 3 or 4 seperate units (multi-occupancy) and it's impra

At lower end of the market it's more common, AFAIK, especially these houses where they've split them into 3 or 4 seperate units (multi-occupancy) and it's impractical to have 3/4 different metered supplies. In my younger days I had a bedsit with a coin-meter even though there was a separate meter in the hallway. Landlord had it set to a crazy high rate so he was making a profit on it. One day two guys forcibly entered the building to cut off the supply because he hadn't been paying the bill. According to them, my set up wasn't exactly unique.