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Rates Bills - when do they come out?

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  • jockettuk
    jockettuk Posts: 5,809 Forumite
    you dont get two free months .. they calculate the bill over the yr and then they divide it by 10months and you get your monthly bills.. its in there best interests to not chase payments march as end of tax yr and april beginning of new tax yr.. so although you dont pay in those months you dont get them for free... oh if only
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  • BigAl94
    BigAl94 Posts: 1,919 Forumite
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    On checking the NAV of my property and neighbours on the link above, I was surprised to find that the NAV of the property next door to me which is a much bigger house on a larger plot is about a third less than mine! What can I do about this?
  • declanmcc
    declanmcc Posts: 412 Forumite
    Got my rates bill on Monday. I find it hard to believe the difference between paying rates in Cityside Derry and Waterside Derry - Waterside is almost twice as expensive. I paid £32 a month on a 3 bedroom terraced house on the Cityside, now over £60 on a mid-townhouse with a small garden and nothing out front.

    I'm expecting to find alloy wheels on my black and blue bins when I get home this evening - not the remnants of what looked like chicken curry and rice down the front of my bin after it was collected on Monday!!
  • titianbear
    titianbear Posts: 20 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :confused: Got mine yesterday also - north down area

    I normally paid by rates swipe card at PO every month ie 10 payments.

    Can anyone tell me if I change to DD do they take 12 smaller payments for the year or still only 10 payments April to Jan.

    thanks in advance:j
  • IvanOpinion
    IvanOpinion Posts: 22,136 Forumite
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    titianbear wrote:
    Can anyone tell me if I change to DD do they take 12 smaller payments for the year or still only 10 payments April to Jan.
    Its 10 payments from April through January - with February and March being the 'Payment Free' months)

    Ivan
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  • Andrew_G
    Andrew_G Posts: 164 Forumite
    " was surprised to find that the NAV of the property next door to me which is a much bigger house on a larger plot is about a third less than mine! What can I do about this?"

    Complete one of these but be warned when the VLA do a re-inspection they may decide to raise (not lower) your Valuation.
    http://vla.nics.gov.uk/pdfs/rev-val-list.pdf
  • jockettuk
    jockettuk Posts: 5,809 Forumite
    BigAl94 wrote:
    On checking the NAV of my property and neighbours on the link above, I was surprised to find that the NAV of the property next door to me which is a much bigger house on a larger plot is about a third less than mine! What can I do about this?

    my neighbours and myself both have extentions on the back of our houses but i built mine whilst i lived here my neighbours moved in after the extention was built.. therefore there house is classed a bigger property but mine isnt.. it will be when i sell it so there rates are more than mine..
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  • IvanOpinion
    IvanOpinion Posts: 22,136 Forumite
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    jockettuk wrote:
    my neighbours and myself both have extentions on the back of our houses but i built mine whilst i lived here my neighbours moved in after the extention was built.. therefore there house is classed a bigger property but mine isnt.. it will be when i sell it so there rates are more than mine..
    Maybe the rules are different in different parts of the UK but I have been told that the rates office can back date any charges to when they believe (or you prove) your extension was built. Can anyone confirm or otherwise?

    Ivan
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  • ooo000ooo
    ooo000ooo Posts: 577 Forumite
    I think my sums are wrong, The NAV is £167.00, the poundage is 144.57. If i multiply those i get £24,143, which sounds a bit high!! If i multiply 167 x 1.44 i get £240, does that sound closer? I notice from the first link that it mentions an outhouse on the property but not the double garage, that's not good is it?
  • Andrew_G
    Andrew_G Posts: 164 Forumite
    "I think my sums are wrong, The NAV is £167.00, the poundage is 144.57. If i multiply those i get £24,143, which sounds a bit high!! If i multiply 167 x 1.44 i get £240, does that sound closer? I notice from the first link that it mentions an outhouse on the property but not the double garage, that's not good is it?"

    144.57 is the Domestic District Rate Poundage
    You are looking for the Domestic Rate Poundage (last column)
    NAV (167) X 3.1110 = £519 currently

    Outhouse can be a shed, garage, greenhouse, etc.
    http://www.ratecollectionagencyni.gov.uk/props.htm
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