Grrrrr rate rises!

I'm so annoyed. Our stinky rates are going up by 11.3%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So much for the 7 or 8% that is in the LTCCP (10 year plan)

ahh that suxs big time.. must mean we are getting our bill soon then... ARGH and i bet it has gone up too

joys of being a home owner

See I don't mind rate increases if they aren't crazy. But I remember sitting at a meeting where the CEO of council took our unit (this was when I was working at council) through the LTCCP and how he said they only wanted to raise rates by 7-8% each year for several years to pay for everything they wanted to do in the city..

So it really grates me when they say without an 11% increase which is more than they had in their 10 year plan they cant provide essential maintenance in the city but they can spend millions on developing a museum which no one goes to.

Yeah

Rate rises are a PITA but unfortunately you have to pay them. There are always good and bad things about being homeowners I guess.

It farks me off that to get a rates rebate in Chch you have to have an annual household income of no more than $25,000. Um hello? How the heck would someone (or a couple/family whatever) on $25,000 own a home anyway? It's like 'oh we're so good we give our ratepayers rebates' shame that hardly anyone qualifies for them. D*cks.

Thats better than palmy Emma, it's only just gone up to $21k here

Bah humbug, Palmy rates are much better than Feilding!! Ours are over 2k a year and are about to go up a similar amount next month.

The thing I don't understand is all house prices have increased hugely in the last couple of years so City Councils will getting more anyway because of the increase in house prices. So why then do they also need to increase the rates surely theres a good surplus from the increased house values.

That's the one!!! It cost $100K of all things, made in Australia or by an Australian (nothing against Australians but ... go figure?!) and when I queried it as part of my rates rise submission, they said it cost them "only" $50K because the other half was donated. Yeah, well, "only $50K" would look quite nice against a rates drop

melnel wrote: I dont get it, are Australians bad artists? What has the connection to Australia got to do with it being bad?

Cause its in Palmerston North and that's got nothing to do with Australia.

Oh and house prices going up doesn't have anything to do with how much rates go up, as the total value of housing goes up at a similar rate comparatively within each region.

Rates will go up every year regardless of the market value of your house.