Can anyone share what their council rates are on a monthly basis in Auckland? Does it change in cost between areas, i.e North Shore and Auckland City? Thanks
Can anyone share what their council rates are on a monthly basis in Auckland? Does it change in cost between areas, i.e North Shore and Auckland City? Thanks
Hi Elaine
can not answer you fully but you may be able to go onto the council website type in an address for that area and it will tell you it certainly does for Wellington areas also it is worth checking to see whether the rates include water like they do in Welly
thanks for the tip Janey, I'll try that
We live in Browns Bay and come under North Shore City are various rates are as follows:
North Shore City Council: $151.50 per month (we pay by DDR)
Auckland Regional Council: $25.15 per month (we pay by DDR)
HTH
Anneliese
All areas covered by ARC will pay rates to that Council (we pay $32/mth) and then city council rates for the relevant council (we pay $161/mth).
The amount is based on the estimated value of your house (CV) which gets updated every few years I believe.
Much cheaper than the UK Only real difference I've noticed is that here you have to pay at the council tip!
Neil
You have to buy garbage bags to get your garbage taken away. Garbage collection is not free. And recycle tips are private, as Neil pointed out. Ironically, Even Auckland is far far cleaner a city than any city you'd find in the UK. It's so clean you actually notice when there's litter around!
Other than that, I can't think of anything that isn't included that would normally be included in the UK. Street lights can be a bit thin on the ground in places I suppose.
Wheelie bins and Recycling is included in Auckland City
Neil
Oh yes I should have said 'in North Shore'. Recycling bin is included, but standard garbage you have to buy bags for. While this is good in the sense it encourages recycling, it does have a tendency to encourage people to chuck unrecyclable stuff into the recycle bin!