Also, it appears that the owner of a 1 bed apartment in Dublin is likely to be paying more than the owner of 4 bed detached house down the country.
In all fairness Yachtie, the owner of a 1 bed apartment in Dublin receives much more from local services than the owner of a 4 bed detached house down the country. Given that this tax is described as being used to fund local services then this seems fair to me. I certainly would not be happy paying the same as the owner of an apartment in a city center if I owned a house in the country where I had to install my own septic tank, source my own water, etc. (I don't by the way, just showing how any system used can be described as fair or unfair depending on your angle).
Apartment owners in Dublin are already paying management fees because their properties/land are private and are never going to be taken in hand by local councils. We already pay for landscaping, ground maintenance, grass cutting, esb on the lights, etc....
... but not water nor sewerage, the services mentioned by @CeistBeag.
... but not water nor sewerage, the services mentioned by @CeistBeag.
The Government could have saved 500 million reforming local government.
They prefer bringing in property tax for many who are in mortagage arrears and negative equity.
That's not true. Some people don't, many do.People down in country areas don't even get sewerage services.
.... many do.
I'm unclear on the link between property tax and negative equity.
The point is, how do the government expect people with properties in negative equity (which they cannot sell) and mortage arrears (so they are already in financial trouble) to come up with property tax on top of their existing problems?
There are property owners in negative equity who could afford the property tax. The fact that they cannot sell their home (assuming they even want to) is not relevant.
Unless one of the reasons they wish to do so is to pay lower property tax.
Maybe. I see negative equity to be an issue seperate to financial distress.
Where does that figure come from ?
Also, it appears that the owner of a 1 bed apartment in Dublin is likely to be paying more than the owner of 4 bed detached house down the country.
Are you sure? from reading various reports I gathered that one bedroom apartments are going for two a penny in Dublin!
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