Minxie Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Just had my Water Rates and Douglas Borough Council Rates demands through. Is it my imagination or do they seem to have gone up an awful lot this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeitshould Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Never had a rates bill plus I live in Ramsey, so they pay us to live here but someone's got to pay for that new fangled water treatment thing that serves the sprawling metropolis of Douglas and it's cling-on, Onchan, which may as well just be called North Douglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Just had my Water Rates and Douglas Borough Council Rates demands through. Is it my imagination or do they seem to have gone up an awful lot this year What do you expect when it's all run by an awful lot. By the way, there was a lottery and you got to pay for the seagull statue - sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 http://www.manxforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxie Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 BTW I'm in upper Douglas - I expect we pay a high rate for water and my bill was £229.70 for water - what are you doing Mutley, leaving the taps open 24/7 to achieve some soothing feng shui water feature? The rest of my rates were £373 for all the other bollox I pay for. I am also in upper Douglas and my water rates were about £400 (I have one bathroom, and two toilets in the house) and my Borough of Douglas rates were about £670 (amount before the date discount). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 My water was £240ish and my corpy rates were 370ish I think. Middle Douglas I guess, near the Rosemount. £670 for your corpy rates seems hideously expensive. That's nearly a grand in total for both. Edit: Err, over a grand, not nearly a grand. Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 [my Borough of Douglas rates were about £670 (amount before the date discount). my corpy rates were 370ish I think Could be a typo - I'd get on the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxie Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Could be a typo - I'd get on the phone. I did and it wasn't She said that town houses that are made of stone are a lot different (ie cheaper). I also checked with a neighbour and theirs is the same as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 She said that town houses that are made of stone are a lot different (ie cheaper). Eh, where's the logic in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxie Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Eh, where's the logic in that? I wondered that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Eh, where's the logic in that? I wondered that as well. It means you can take out hardbacked books out the library, are entitled to a key to visit Hutchinson Square gardens after lock up, to dump more crap into local litter bins, and go into the secret fast-service queue when down at the corpy. Never put logic and government in the same sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 My water was £240ish and my corpy rates were 370ish I think. Middle Douglas I guess, near the Rosemount. £670 for your corpy rates seems hideously expensive. That's nearly a grand in total for both. Edit: Err, over a grand, not nearly a grand. Christ. Im not far from where Ans lives, so maybe it is Middle Douglas and the figures do look comparable. I don't understand the type of building material scenario - sounds a bit of a daft way to work out rates. My house is a brick terrace house if that helps at all. Don't know if detached or semi makes a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I'm brick terraced too. Minxie is a modern detatched house with a garage. That's probably a huge difference right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Minxie is a modern detatched house with a garage. And there's me thinking all this time she was a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Erin Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I got a shock this week when I got my rates bills. I'm at the top of Farmhill and the house rates came out at £463 and the water rates is £285 before discounts = £750 for a 3 bed semi (ouch!) There should be discounts for sole occupiers. We get off lightly compared to the UK though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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