Aibu to ask your house price and council tax cost. (Disparity between areas)

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£250,000. £3263

RIP off.

200k, B, 1936

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/139600502#/?channel=RES_BUY

This is a £900,000 property in Peckham, SE London. Peckham is being gentrified but is still a pretty grotty zone 2 area with a shabby high street, plenty of grafitti, gangs and crime. It is not some leafy idyll with parks and rivers and the majority of the population earning 6 figures.

I'm sure there are larger £200,000 properties in parts of the country in far nicer localities and in way better condition.

House prices when taken out of the local context are meaningless in council tax calculations.

Missing the point but what the fuck is going on with that fireplace?

1.3 mil and 1320 council tax 😁 I live in Wandsworth. Great council services as well, bins every week, clean streets, 2 libraries at walking distance, etc.

It did increase when Labour came in though, despite their campaign promises.

Also Peckham absolutely has parks and rivers.

£225000
Band A £1600
East Anglia

Mr Monkey used to live in Wandsworth - the council were tighter than a gnats arse.

Just to add, 1.3 mil will only get you a basic terrace with postage stamp garden in my part of Wandsworth.

How so?

Renters do pay CT but no were near that much.

What? Council tax is the same whether you own or rent

You had to pay extra for a lot of stuff other councils deliver for free or at lower cost.

But that is how they keep the council tax low - it is an idealogical issue for them.

As you say that may be changing now it is a Labour controlled council.

£650k and £3140.

£650k and £1760, band D. London, not central.

If you live in a densely populated area, with lots of properties and businesses and/or many properties are in higher council tax bands, the councils are able to charge less to reach the per population funding required.

Unfortunately the reverse of that is if you live in an area with fewer properties/businesses and/or most the properties are in lower bands, then the individual bills must be higher to generate the same income per head.

Hence why the council tax rates are relatively low in many London boroughs when compared to rural constituencies.

£350k, £1700 band C

But it isn't. It's not looking at current market value. I do like in a nice area (of a not so nice town)
Bands should be consistent country wide and they are not.

Also you can have several adults living in one house and they pay the same as a two.adult home. Really unfair for any single people as they only get 25% reduction

Well they tried charging tax for each adult in the home - It did not work out too well.

And the desk and chair in the bathroom?

You’re returning to the poll tax if you want to pay per individual. Look how well that went.

Also Wandsworth but in band D. 2 bed flat with garden worth c.£750k in nice leafy street.

With single person's discount I pay £685 per year.

Parking is extra though and I pay an additional £185 per year for parking my car on the street (plus extra for visitors who come Mon-Fri during the day).

Circa £475k
£2300

£121,000 bought 3 years ago, semi detached house. Needed a lot of work. £89

£530k - £3648.57 E. Lothian band G
Scottish c tax includes water

£616,000
£2205
Surrey

House worth c. £750k. Council tax of £3234. Croydon council so includes a contribution to GLA for centrally provided services.