Council Tax- how much is yours

[OnlyFoolsnMothers]

I’ve read that council tax outside of London can be more expensive than inside, so I’m being nosy having just got my new bill.

I’ll start:
London, 3 bed terrace £1691.52 (or £169 over 10
Months)

Bloody extortionate imo!

5 bed semi, surrey £209 month. It would be rebanded if I ever sold as I've built an extension. It's my second most expensive bill a month. 🤬

2k a year, 3 bed semi. It’s a disgrace.

I remember years ago seeing a thing about how much council tax Tony Blair was paying on his £7million London house and it was less than me. I don’t understand how it’s been allowed to go up so much. It seems to go up between 5% and 10% each year....far more than inflation!

£240 with single person discount

Somerset, 5 bed detached £3150, no street lighting, no pavements. The problem I think is that council tax is still based on property valuations of 1991. The key here is the property valuation and council tax band rather than the size.

@CeeceeBloomingdale

£1725.74 (£173 a month over 10 months). 3 bed detached, NE England. Most other 3 bed houses on my estate are a band higher so an extra £200

Meant to say I'm band C

@CovidCorvid

2k a year, 3 bed semi. It’s a disgrace.

I remember years ago seeing a thing about how much council tax Tony Blair was paying on his £7million London house and it was less than me. I don’t understand how it’s been allowed to go up so much. It seems to go up between 5% and 10% each year....far more than inflation!

Yep Mine just went up 5.1%- nursery went up, my phone bill went up- spent the afternoon looking at my direct debits deciding what to cull bye bye Brit box!

They limit you to two bags???!!! What if you have nappies?

I believe you can call them to discuss if you have nappies, not sure what the extra allowance would be. We have three adults and two children and honestly I struggle sticking to two black bags and I recycle everything I can

South Glos 3 bed semi Band C £200 pm.

Water on a meter extra.

Ours is around £2500. We got a shock, moved out of London to a house half the price and council tax went up around £1000 a year. No idea why its so much, maybe as its rural?

There's pretty much no crime, only thing I can think of is a lot of thatched cottages so need more fire stations than average. Never seen a fire but its the risk. Though a lot of the staff there are volunteers from the villages.

Northants, where the council bankrupted itself by pretty literally throwing our money away

Damn it wrong photo!

Northants!

HA in Hampshire - 2 bed terrace £ 129 month x 10.

Same as my friend who has a mortgage ( lower than my rent) and us a semi with garage and 3 beds in the same town.

Banding is flawed.

London 3 bed flat £2,100 p.a.

End of terrace, small three bed in band D. Up to £206/month. More money for less services. Restrictions have been placed on visits to the dump and they’re now charging £15 for a replacement bin (when their bloody bin men chuck them and the wheels fall off!). £80 for a gardening bin too.
As you can see, I am not impressed!

@notmethenwho

£3924.97 South Wales coast. Bloody hell I had no idea how expensive ours is.

Are you in Penarth or VOG? That's shocking

Oh, we’re in Greater London. SW

2 bed Victorian ground floor flat - £70 a month

Band C, 2 bed end of terrace in Kent. £177 per month over 10 months.

Our banding is all over the place - based on prices 30 years ago.

3 bed detached £237/month. Scotland so includes water. Brown bin (garden waste)would be '£30 extra which is fair enough.

It's nearly 1500 a year in my part of the NE, band A...I get the single person reductive, a UC reduction plus a special covid discount this year so actually comes out at about £350

East Sussex 3 bed end of terrace £245 for 10 months. Water is extra £40 a month

West Mids, 2 bed terrace, single occupancy £95 a month

I never realised how much it varies!

London, band C, £1,549.88 this year. 5 bed terrace (extended from 3 bed). Garden waste collection £80 extra per year.