Taxe Foncière due this month

[Fred]

Why the massive difference in price rises if you both live there I wonder? I understand it's more expensive for those of us not living in France, but then it's cheaper if you do live there, but the massive price increase there is worrying for you Ali.

I don't know why Jane, but I'll have a guess.

I think it's based on where the property is located and they estimate what the rental income would be if rented out. Then they also take into account the age, condition and size of the property. *I don't fully understand how they arrive at the figure, and it would be interesting if others gave an idea of what they pay and the size/condition of their property.

We have two places liable to Taxe Foncière.

#1 A habitable old stone house around 100 Sq Mt living space and 1000 Sq Mt of garden

#2 A large old terrace of houses with outbuildings and large barn all in disrepair (so uninhabitable and couldn't be rented out) on 2000 Sq Mt of land.

For me a tax bill of around €250 is acceptable. Yes it has gone up but only by €23 a year so not much of a problem to cope with.

Also I was once told not to claim for renovation work from the various schemes they have as it will put your rentable value up. I don't know how true that information is, as we have never claimed anything for renovation as we do our own work.