20+
Years of Industry Experience
Automated Utility Billing
Screamer Automated Utility Billing that keeps your recovery accurate, auditable, and on time
SAUB helps estates, landlords, and managing agents automate water and electricity billing, reduce disputes, and recover utility costs consistently—without adding heavy software bloat to your workflow.
1,000+
Multi-Property Portfolios
100,000+
Smart Meters Managed
Built for reliable recovery and fewer disputes
A clear process and clean billing outputs make utility recovery easier to manage, easier to explain, and easier to trust month after month.
Consistent monthly runs
Billing follows a repeatable process so statements stay consistent, explainable, and easier to manage across every cycle.
Clear audit trail
Supporting detail helps reduce disputes and keeps records tidy for owners, agents, accountants, and trustees.
Smart metering ready
If you use smart meters now, or plan to later, SAUB supports workflows that align readings with billing outputs.
Designed for estates, landlords, and managing agents
Different portfolios, same need: accurate billing, cleaner statements, and more reliable utility recovery.
Whether you manage a single property or an entire portfolio, the goal stays the same: simpler monthly recovery, clearer billing, and fewer avoidable disputes.
Estates & bodies corporate
Ideal for communities that need structured monthly billing, clearer resident communication, and fewer back-and-forth disputes.
- Structured monthly billing runs
- Cleaner statements for residents
- Better dispute handling
Landlords
A strong fit for landlords who want less admin, more consistent recovery, and supporting detail that is easier to reference.
- Less admin per property
- Consistent recovery
- Clear supporting detail
Managing agents
Built for portfolios that need repeatable monthly scheduling, audit-ready outputs, and a process that scales without chaos.
- Portfolio-friendly process
- Audit-ready outputs
- Repeatable monthly scheduling
Also suited to these billing environments
SAUB supports a wide mix of utility recovery setups across residential, commercial, and mixed-use properties.
- Large or bulk municipal electricity and water supplies
- Generator electricity supplies
- Solar electricity supplies
- Power wheeling administration
- Water reclamation or purifying supplies
- HVAC chilled water billing
- Heat pump resources and hot water billing
- Gas bottle banks and distribution networks
- Retail tenants
- Residential tenants
- Common area recoveries
- Industrial tenants
Simple to run. Easy to repeat. Built to scale.
A structured monthly process keeps billing consistent, easier to manage, and easier to explain across every property.
Setup
We confirm your site details, unit list, and how readings are captured so the process starts on solid ground.
Readings
Readings are captured, whether manual or smart metering, and aligned to your billing cycle.
Billing run
Statements and supporting detail are generated for clear, recoverable utility charges.
Reporting
You receive structured outputs for admin teams, trustees, and portfolio oversight.
Support
We help you handle exceptions and disputes with a consistent record trail behind every run.
Scale
Add sites and units without rebuilding the process every time your portfolio grows.
Services that make utility recovery simple
Pick what you need, keep it lean, and scale up when your portfolio grows.
Core service
Automated Utility Billing
We generate consistent bills for water and electricity with supporting detail that makes recovery cleaner and disputes easier to manage.
- Tenant-friendly statements
- Clear line items and reading periods
- Repeatable monthly runs
Smart Metering Support
We help align billing with metering data so readings translate cleanly into recoverable charges.
- Meter-reading workflows
- Consumption tracking
- Dispute reduction support
Technology & Process
We keep your billing process structured and predictable, so portfolios stay manageable without spreadsheet chaos.
- Process mapping and setup
- Practical reporting outputs
- Clean handover and support
Benefits you’ll actually notice
Less admin, fewer disputes, and a cleaner trail when someone asks how the numbers were calculated.
Good utility billing should not create more admin than it solves. SAUB helps make recovery simpler, cleaner, and easier to defend when questions come up.
- Accurate timely utility billing
- No more estimated bills
- Immediate identification of meter tampering or leakage and wastage
- Full compliance with municipal standards
- Increased energy and water efficiency
- Faster query resolution and tenant satisfaction
Faster recovery
When billing runs are consistent, recovery becomes more predictable and far easier to manage month after month.
Fewer disputes
Clear supporting detail reduces the back-and-forth that slows approvals, delays payment, and drains admin time.
Audit-ready records
You keep a tidy record trail for managing agents, trustees, finance teams, and compliance checks.
What you receive every month
Clear outputs that make admin easier, oversight cleaner, and recovery smoother.
Everything is structured to make monthly billing easier to review, easier to share, and easier to act on when questions come up.
Standard deliverables
Built to support recurring monthly billing without admin chaos.
- Monthly billing run outputs
- Tenant-friendly statements
- Exception flags for missing readings or anomalies
- Consumption summary for oversight
- Structured reporting outputs
Want to align this to your site workflow?
Send your requirementsSAUB vs spreadsheets vs generic billing tools
A quick reality check on time, consistency, and dispute risk.
When billing needs to stay consistent month after month, the gap between a structured process and a patchwork setup becomes obvious pretty quickly.
| What matters | SAUB | DIY spreadsheets | Generic billing tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consistency month-to-month | High | Depends on the person | Mixed |
| Dispute reduction | Strong supporting detail | Often unclear | Varies |
| Audit trail | Clear and structured | Messy over time | Sometimes limited |
| Time spent per billing run | Lower | Higher | Medium |
| Smart metering readiness | Supported | Manual effort | Depends on tool |
Why SAUB works better than patchwork billing
Your billing should be repeatable, explainable, and easy to manage, especially when portfolios grow.
Fully managed, not just handed over
SAUB does not just provide software. The platform, billing engine, tariff application, data handling, and day-to-day processing are actively managed for you.
Live visibility helps prevent disputes
Smart meter data can be collected in near real time, helping managers track usage, spot leaks, flag unusual consumption, and act before small issues become expensive ones.
Less spreadsheet work. More reliable outputs.
Remote meter reading, automated billing, reporting outputs, and tariff-driven calculations reduce manual effort and help keep monthly recovery consistent.
Built for growth across different property types
The platform scales from smaller sites to large portfolios and supports electricity, water, gas, prepaid, postpaid, and custom billing structures without rebuilding the process each time.
Supports prepaid and postpaid
Including structured monthly invoices, token tracking, and accurate tariff handling.
Usage alerts and monitoring
Helping flag outages, tampering, leaks, and irregular consumption patterns earlier.
Manual and smart metering support
Nationwide manual meter reading is available, while smart metering enables remote, near real-time data collection, typically every 30 minutes, with clearer usage visibility.
Dedicated operational support
Clients benefit from a dedicated data acquisition engineer and billing specialist, backed by Screamer Telecoms field technicians for nationwide smart meter support and troubleshooting.
Common questions, answered fast
A quick reality check before you dive into the full FAQ below.
Do we need smart meters?
No. SAUB can work with manual readings and supports smart metering when you’re ready.
Can you start mid-month?
Yes. Setup is aligned to your billing cycle and starts from the cleanest practical point.
What if readings are missing?
Exceptions are flagged so issues are handled consistently and do not derail the full billing run.
Questions people usually ask before starting
Straight answers first. Extra detail when you need it.
SAUB supports structured utility billing for estates, landlords, and managing agents, including monthly billing runs, smart metering workflows, clear supporting detail, and cleaner recovery processes for water and electricity billing.
What does automated utility billing mean?
It means your water and electricity billing runs follow a consistent process that generates statements and supporting detail without manual rework every month.
This helps reduce errors, improves recovery, and makes disputes easier to resolve because the calculation trail is clear.
Who uses SAUB?
SAUB is used by estates, landlords, and managing agents who need reliable utility recovery and cleaner billing records.
If you manage multiple units or sites, automation becomes the difference between control and chaos.
Can SAUB work with smart metering?
Yes. SAUB supports smart metering workflows so readings can be used consistently for billing and reporting.
Visit the smart metering page for more: Smart metering.
How do you reduce billing disputes?
By producing statements with clear line items and supporting detail that explain what was billed and why.
When residents or tenants can see the logic, disputes usually drop and payment moves faster.
Do I need to change my entire system to use SAUB?
No. SAUB is designed to be practical and can be aligned to your current process so you do not have to rebuild everything from scratch.
The goal is a clean setup and repeatable billing runs, not unnecessary disruption.
How long does onboarding take?
Onboarding depends on your site size and data readiness, but the goal is always the same: set up a repeatable billing run as quickly and cleanly as possible.
Send your site basics and SAUB can confirm the cleanest next step.
What information do you need to start?
Usually basic site details, unit count, billing frequency, and how readings are captured, whether manual or smart metering.
If you are not sure, send what you have and SAUB can guide the rest.
Are the monthly retainers fixed?
The retainers are structured tiers and SAUB matches the tier to your monthly volume and support needs.
You will be guided to the best fit before you commit.
Can SAUB support multiple sites or portfolios?
Yes. SAUB is well suited to managing agents and portfolio owners who need consistent billing across multiple properties.
That is exactly where automation tends to deliver the biggest operational win.
How do I get a quote or start?
WhatsApp your site name, unit count, and whether you use smart metering, and SAUB can guide you to the right tier and setup plan.
WhatsApp here or use the contact page.
Ready to stop chasing utilities?
Pick the fastest route below. SAUB will guide you to the right tier and start a clean onboarding process.
What happens next
- You message us with your unit count, billing frequency, and metering type.
- We confirm fit and recommend the right monthly setup.
- We onboard and schedule your first billing run.