Lists of Unfinished Estates Exempt from Household Charge
March 22, 2012
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Posted by Money Guide
Houses in certain unfinished housing estates are granted a waiver from the Household Charge . Because of some variations in assessment criteria by different local authorities – and because some of the assessments were done in 2010/2011 – there could be some estates that are not really unfinished – but are on the unfinished lists. So – before you rush to pay you might want to check that your housing estate is not on the list. It will save you €100 !
Which Unfinished Estates are granted a waiver ?
The government has decided that only homes on two categories of estates qualify for a Household Charge waiver in 2012 – these are :-
Category 3 unfinished estates - where a receiver has not been appointed and the developer is still in place but is effectively inactive;
Category 4 unfinished estates - where the development has been effectively abandoned and is posing serious problems for residents.
There are about 1320 unfinished estates in category 3 and 4 that have been granted a waiver from the Household Charge . We estimate that there could be as many as 34,000 completed houses and apartments on these unfinished estates. Owners of these houses will not have to pay the household charge ( in 2012 at least).
Note : – owners of homes on these estates are supposed to register for the Household charge and claim the waiver for 2012.
Read more about some other Household Charge Exemptions
The full lists of unfinished estates in the various counties to be granted a waiver can be found below ,….. these are all the category 3 and 4 unfinished estates.
Unfinished Estates in County Cavan
Unfinished Estates Cork City Council
Unfinished Estates Donegal County Council
Fingal County Council Unfinished Estates
Galway County Unfinished Estates
Laois County Unfinished Estates
Unfinished Estates County Mayo
North Tipperary County Council
South Tipperary County Council
We have been in touch with South Dublin Council - and they have confirmed that there are no category 3 or 4 unfinished estates in South County Dublin Council area.
Residents nationwide in the following types of unfinished estates will have to pay the Household Charge:
Category 1: where the development is still being actively completed by the developer
Category 2: where a receiver has been appointed;
Categories: Household Charge, Household Tax, Householdcharge.ie, Property Tax, Unfinished Estates
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hy, i live in an unfinished estate since 2005 although the developer is finishing phase 2 now. we pay 365.00 maintenance fees per year but get nothing in return. The road is still unfinished and some of the street lights are gone since september 2011. Will i have to pay both fees as in theory the property tax should cover all that the maintenance fees do not.
Conor – the Household Charge has nothing to do with maintenance fees on an estate.
The Household Charge is supposedly to fund all local council services – not just the lights outside your door.
Who gets the €365 ? Why pay it?
hy again, yea the management company gets the 365.00. When we asked roscommon co council who is responsible for replacing the street lights they said to contact the builder. We did and in turn nothing has been done. We have got legal advice since about not paying the 365.00 and he agrees that we have grounds to withdraw this payment since the estate is not covered by roscommon co council. cheers
HI we live in an unfinished estate and i registered the other day and i just want to know do i have to pay after i registered as i heard that if you live in a unfinished estate you don’t have to pay. I just want to make sure that im after doing the right thing as a lot of people are after telling me that i shouldn’t of registered as i will have to make the payment now. Can you please advise.
Thanks a million
Jenna – if yopur estate is on the lists of unfinished estates – then you are given a waiver but you still have to register.
Only estates on the lists are given a waiver . Just because your estate is unfinished in your eyes – it doesn’t automatically mean you don’t have to pay. See the Unfinished Estates Lists Here
hi
my estate is not on the unfinished list but has been unfinished for 5 years, with building going on maybe once a week, it seems the builder just wants to give the impression they are building. the estate is dangerous for kids and only a third finished in 5-6 years. its a small estate in meath. there are no lights to walk to the village and the paths are very dangerous and unfinished. we were told that Meath CoCo will not be fixing the paths anytime soon so why would we paythe charge? seems you are just trying to scrounge money for nothing again. i live in Summerseat Clonee
the list of houses in the Roscommon are the same as the sligo list? how does this work? how do I find out the house in Roscommon? thanks
That error has now been fixed Geraldine – see here for Roscommon http://www.towns-ireland.com/unfinished-estates-co-roscommon/
Hi,
I live in an unfinished estate in Co. Laois and i have clicked on the Laois County Council link, to see if my estate is on the list, but there is just a blank page appearing? Could you send me a link that is working please?
see http://www.moneyguideireland.com/laois-unfinished-estates-list.html
I have paid the housdehold charge. The council has not as yet taken over our estate and the residents assoc have run out of money to cut grass etc…can we now ask the council to do this as we have paid the household charge for council services?
You can try John – but I don’t think you will get any joy.
The link for Dun laoire rathdown is invalid
The link is valid – but it is a PDF file – maybe your computer can’t open pdf files. We will put up a file that all can read shortly.
new link here http://www.moneyguideireland.com/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-unfinished-estates.html