over the top for me...back down to earth... simple things...
if i purchased a house just to live in...so that i dont have to pay off someone elses bond as i have in the past 8 years...the most recent 4,5 years i paid off just over 300 000 of the landlords bond...kept the property in good order and did all repairs at my cost...then still got scr*wed for my deposit again...had to write off another R4500...there is always an excuse why they cant pay.

so now a simple question for a simple person...do i have to pay rates at the value the council valued it at... or do i pay rates on the amount i have just paid for it?

i paid 60% of the value because the property needs some serious attention.