General Chat

I'm in a small three bed terraced near Harwich and ours has just come in at £850 (band A) Get nothing for it really. No facilities here at all.

Band C here in Nantwich comes in at £1, 141 I'm in Band A at £856 Doesn't take into account the extra plot of land i'll have to buy to accomodate all the various wheelie-bins they keep giving us!!! LOL. 4 at the last count........ Sarah :)

We've just got our bill, Band 'C' is 1097 (the pound sign has dissapeared-sorry) In Poole, everyone here seems to moan dreadfully about the price, in comparison to some of you it doesn't seem too bad! Suex

got ours yesterday ..band A £987. gone up about £ 40. odd pound ann xx

I live in Wales so we went up a Band last year - which put the bill up by an extra £250. This year the increase is 4.8 % which takes my Band D property to £1164. I suppose the Council has to find some way to fund the 133 posts they've just created to teach children how to play.

You should try North Cornwall's band F Geoff !!!! Not funny.

I haven't had my new demand yet, but according to Epsom & Ewell Borough Council website a Band C property pays £1128.73. I wish I only paid that - not that many Band C properties round here! Sue x

Here in Bolton band B is £988. We live in a 3 bed semi. Think they've got a damn cheek considering since the last couple of weeks they are only coming to empty our wheelie bins every fortnight!!

You lot get it so cheap !

Trafford Council (near Manchester) Band B - £853.60. Seems lower than some on here but I still think it's a rip off! Lynne

But what is it exactly that we get so cheap, Brian ?! - our bins emptied once a week if we're lucky ?

Caradon District Council band E - £1485, plus water rates of nearly £900 - daylight robbery if you ask me!! Pauline

Where I live, band C is £1145.42 The local council have explained what a band D household pays for: Service.................................... Weekly Cost (£)................. Annual Cost (£) Social care for children, families and adults...............................11.93 ............................... 620.37 Education for all ages............................ 0.05.................................... 2.82 Planning advice, applications and enforcement............. 0.30.................................. 15.75 Environmental health............................ 0.19..................................... 9.75 Marketing the Town for conferences and tourism..................... 0.28.................................. 14.70 Trading standards and consumer protection............................. 0.20.................................. 10.54 Housing for those in need................... 1.85.................................. 96.20 Economic development and improving the town's wealth................ 0.04.................................... 2.25 Running and maintaining leisure centres....................................... 0.16.................................... 8.35 The registration of births, deaths and marriages......................... 0.02..................................... 1.21 Housing and Council Tax Benefits........................... 0.30.................................... 15.41 Roads and pavement maintenance........................................ 0.74.................................... 38.29 Refuse collection, disposal and recycling....................... 1.40..................................... 72.64 Maintaining parks and open spaces....................................... 0.75.................................... 38.80 All your other Council services................................ 2.66.................................... 138.38 Sub Total: Bournemouth Borough Council.... 20.87................................. 1,085.46 Dorset Police...................................... 2.87.................................... 149.13 Dorset Fire & Rescue Service......... 0.97....................................... 50.67 Total.................................................... 24.71................................ 1,285.26 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! Merry

Can anybody tell me, if anywhere else, apart from Norfolk, you pay water rates and sewage rates seperately please.

We do Bob - Bournemouth, Dorset Merry

We pay ours seperatley as well, in Poole Dorset, just up the road from Merry. Merry I think I need to move across the border, you seem to be a bit cheaper than us, and as Bournemouth starts about a mile from our house, I'd hardly notice it! band C here is 1096.76 Whoops I got it wrong! It's cheaper to live here, my mistake, I'll stay put! Suex

Talking about water rates. does anybody know about the rates of water meters? For instance a band A property and a band F property at the moment pay different water rates (dont know why as its all the same water) but if they had meters fitted would the rate per unit be the same or will it be higher for one than the other?

Council tax (according to my local council) is based on 50% property element and 50% personal element (25% for each of 2 adults)

Chelmsford want £1,905.63 for a band F. That's b*****y nearly forty quid a week! So that's another thread killed.