Property Tax over valuation of houses

25th March, 2013

Dear resident,

It has come to our attention in the past week as people continue to receive their Household Charge Bills from the Revenue Commissioners that the current market value of houses, are being grossly overestimated. The Notice of Estimate at the bottom of the page sets out what you should pay for this year. It “ is legally payable by you the resident, UNLESS, you submit a completed Return setting out the amount of Local Property Tax payable by you in respect of this property,” i.e an honest assessment of what you think your property is currently worth.
For example, currently houses in Finglas South are being offered for sale on Daft.ie and myhome.ie for under 100.000 euro . They are actually selling in the region of 55,000. Revenue in their letter to residents in Finglas South are asking for 157 for this year thus estimating that a house in this area to be worth the region of 150,000 to 200,000. The full Household Bill for 2014 will therefore be 314 euro with a review upwards from 2016 onwards.
In Pairc na Cuileann, the Revenue Commissioners have put an estimated value of 250,000 to 300,000 euro on each house. If you agree on this figure the Property Tax for 2014 will be 500 euro. The two City Council built houses are on Willow Park Road, Glasnevin are on the market with an asking price of 165,000. Daft.ie estimate that a 3 bed in Poppintree is worth 135,000 and a four bed is in the 150,000 to 200,000 bracket. Therefore , residents in Pairc na Cuileann fill in section B Band number 2 and enter 112 euro.
This letter is for information purposes and we are not advocating that you pay the Property Tax but if you do decide to pay make sure you do not pay more than you legally have to.

Is mise,

Dessie Ellis.

Issues with Greyhound

Please see below response regarding issues we raised with National consumer Agency about the service Greyhound are providing.

In relation to Greyhound Waste Collection, the NCA is currently engaging with the waste collection sector as a whole in relation to several issues. With regard to Greyhound Waste, we have received a commitment from the company that it will amend certain terms in it’s standard consumer contract which the NCA thinks are unfair to consumers. This commitment was made in an Undertaking to the Agency signed on 19th December, 2012 (a link to relevant information on our website is attached below). This Undertaking committed Greyhound to refunding those consumers who have already had credit balances forfeited. From 18th January, 2013, the company’s new terms and conditions state at 10.5 that “Any credit balance in the customer’s account will be refunded in the event that the contract is terminated , by either party within the 12 month period”. However, it should be noted that no timeframe for refunds is mentioned.