Council tariff increases

[ians]

Did you know ... my council bill costs more than my bond every month ... that is a scary fact.

My water/electricity/rates is now officially higher than my bond

[ians]

I plan to break the council account down to assist people who dont understand how it works ... dont have time this week ... but will try get around to it as asap.

[adrianh]

Did you know ... my council bill costs more than my bond every month ... that is a scary fact.

My water/electricity/rates is now officially higher than my bond

My water costs R1,6k a month and my electricity is about R2,5k per month = R4,1k - my bond is R12k

You must tell us your numbers - Are you are running a public swimming pool / EV charging station?

....or did you make a deal to settle your arrears in a couple of big payments!

[Blurock]

Did you know ... my council bill costs more than my bond every month ... that is a scary fact.

My water/electricity/rates is now officially higher than my bond

So how do you know that you do not have an underground leak? Check your daily consumption and get alerts for leaks or bursts with a cost effective AUS-iot Monitor.
Water and electricity will become much more expensive as this is the soft target that the pirates of the Ain't No Consequences party is now targeting.
You cannot risk one drop of water going to waste anymore.

[Derlyn]

Just received my new bill.

Don't suppose I've got anything to complain about.

Electricity is prepaid and we use about R300/month.




Peace out ... Derek.

[ians]

My council bill has hit an all time high ... R4.5k ... it use to be a small percentage of my bond.

[Justloadit]

Because I talk a lot of BS at home , I pay R475 ex VAT for sewage, more than double my water consumption.
My rates are more than your municipal bill, and I do not have a a large house, and it is residential rates..

[Blurock]

The govt. is bankrupt and are now looking for other avenues of stealing from the people.

If you do not vote in the upcoming elections or vote for the wrong party, do not come crying!
South Africa needs a competent and responsible government, so make your vote count!

[adrianh]

Cape Town has levies on everything - they put fat levies on the water when there was a drought.....the levies still remain while the dams are overflowing...

Another trick that the fxxxkrs use when they need money is to increase the municipal valuations of the properties...contrary to what people believe - the increase in property value is only marginally related to the actual market - they use it as a way to force people to pay higher rates n taxes. This is easy money for them because if they claim your house is worth twice as much then you think you are scoring....no....you are getting screwed over on a month to month basis. There have been many court battles over this nonsense.

[AndyD]

I don't have any bonds anymore. It would be losely related to your property value but my rates are around R1200 per month which includes water, sewerage, garbage etc. I'd guess my property market value would be somewhere around the R3 mil mark, not sure what the municipal value is but I think it's considerably lower than that. I buy R1k of electricity per month and put it in the ED but we don't use that much because I noticed the other day we've got over 2000 units on the display so I'll make a point of skipping a few months now.

[ians]

My property was valued at R700k ... I paid just over R700 rates per month ... I see they decided that the property value has increased a couple months ago ... to R1.2 M ...so now the rates have increased to R1200 per month.

I noticed a house further up the road is on the market for R2.2 M ... they dont have a 9 m long kitchen ... 4 car garage with doors on both sides so you can drive through ... a single garage storeroom ... offices ... 4 bedrooms ... a study ... a deck on one side of the house and outside under cover pub area on the other side of the house ... maybe I should rather just keep a low profile

[adrianh]

My property was valued at R700k ... I paid just over R700 rates per month ... I see they decided that the property value has increased a couple months ago ... to R1.2 M ...so now the rates have increased to R1200 per month.

I noticed a house further up the road is on the market for R2.2 M ... they dont have a 9 m long kitchen ... 4 car garage with doors on both sides so you can drive through ... a single garage storeroom ... offices ... 4 bedrooms ... a study ... a deck on one side of the house and outside under cover pub area on the other side of the house ... maybe I should rather just keep a low profile

They will keep putting the valuations up - its a clever little trick.

Market value is part municipal valuation, part the condition of the house and part wishful thinking. My house has a municipal valuation for R1.6mil but people two houses down are trying to sell their house (which is more or less the same as mine) for R2.6mil (they won't get it but that doesn't stop them from trying)

[Derlyn]

Shouldn't actually advertise it, but I have one of the newest houses in our suburb and the lowest rates. Municipal value R435 000. I am a happy chappy.

Peace out .. Derek