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The property belongs to the council. I rent it from them. By law they have to maintain it to a reasonable standard. All we had to do was keep it clean, decorated and not break anything.

But over the past few years, tenants have become responsible for inside doors and door furniture, garden fences and gates, all power sockets, switches and light fittings, lubrication and cleaning of window mechanisms, insulation of internal cold water pipework, permanent floor coverings, attic insulation, stair handrails, cooker gas connections, plus soffit and fascia board cleaning.

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So you think that I should pay it for you:confused:

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Council Housing does not get any input from Poll Tax. It all comes from rent and refunds of Housing Benefit from the DWP.

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33,000 Light puffer jacket and Reebok Ridgerider 6 trainers on Prime Day.

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Tommy Hilfiger belt on 46% off from Prime too.

Also bagged a set of colour-changing light bulbs that connect to my Echo dot, £10 down from £25.

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The Govee ones? good make them

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Those are the fellas - a few people have said that :tu:

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Yeah Govee are great. I've got their TV backlights on my TV. Really good quality.

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Mycorrhizal fungi powder. The Garden Centre said they couldn't sell it, so dropped their usual markup to 5%.

KERCHING!

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Shopping from Iceland

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Thats a long way to go for some shopping, hows the volcano doing ... :D

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They arrived today - cracking set of bulbs!

(apologies for sounding like something from a 'Carry on' film).

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I was thinking about tax paid to the council however I take your word that the citizens of a council area do not contribute the the cost of the housing in that area. Find it hard to believe but......:dozey:

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If councils cross-subsidise from housing to their general fund, or vice versa, they’re breaking the law.

https://www.local.gov.uk/publication...rnment-finance

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Council tenants in flats play an additional free for communal area lighting, cleaning and security. They also pay for the maintenance of "surrounds" of their building.

Council tenants in houses, also pay an additional fee for the maintenance of "surrounds" of their building.

As I said earlier, more and more of the maintenance of the buildings they rent from the council is being passed directly to them.

No other council money is used for those purposes.

We previously lived in a tower block, one of 3 sited together. Owners of flats that they had bought were each liable to 124th of the cost of any renovations or modifications done to the blocks. When overcladding and double-glazing were fitted, the cost to private owners ran into the tens of thousands of ££s. Then all doors had to be upgraded to higher fire standards That cost private tenants a lot too. Then the lift replacements, new gas central heating, etc., etc. None of that money came from general council funds, but from the rental side of the business.