Townsville's rates of doom...

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  1. hammer

    hammer Well-Known Member

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    Any TSV locals care to shed light on why the rates are so high?

    Been having a sniff around and it appears rates are 3-4k per annum?

    Have I missed something?
     
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    Welcome to regional Queensland.......

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    Really? Mackay too? :S

    What do you pay for insurance? Water?
     
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    For my PPOR rates are about 4200 pesos per annum and my insurance with contents is about 4900 pesos per annum (Suncorp).

    Cairns is even more horrendous I understand. @Kinnon Bell and @hobo could chime in here.

    pinkboy
     
  5. Kesse

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    Water and land rates for my place is a touch over $3000p/a but on the upside water usage is cheap. I can only hazard a guess as to why the charge is what it is which would have to do the cost of infrastructure up here.

    My insurance just renewed (and went up [thanks Debbie]) and that's a bit over $3kp/a too.
     
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    So the 3-4k rates include water? If so I guess it is not too bad...
     
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    Yep, includes:
    General Residential Land Val
    Water Access Charges
    Sewerage Charges
    Cleansing Charges
    State Emergency Management Levy

    Water bill just gone was $30 for the period but no idea how we compare to other houses and don't have it in front of me at the moment to see how much the water is.
     
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    myusernam Well-Known Member

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    in townsville now you can split the water and charge it to the tennant. you just have to have wels3 compliant fittings in the house (shower heads, toilet cistern etc) its a water saving rating/ water saving shower heads etc. Rental managers will try and make you have a plumber do an audit but you can get around this by taking photos of the installed units and receipts/ proof of purchase as per the info sheet i found whilst googling.