SUIP: new rating policy lands heavily – in Greytown
By Martin Freeth
For all those not in “the know,” SUIP is a new rates regime which has hit some 560 South Wairarapa ratepayers this rating year – with the top impact of the new charge located in Greytown.
Greytown Orchards Retirement Village takes the Crown for biggest single ratepayer in the district thanks to the rating policy on Separately Used and Inhabitable Parts (SUIPs) of a property.
In other words, the second (or more) – separate, and inhabitable – dwelling/s are rateable.
Property rates data on the SWDC website shows Orchards retirement village to be one rateable property at 67 Reading Street but with 71 separate dwellings – and accordingly, a $326,957 total rates bill for 2024-25.
Until the latest rating revision was implemented, the village was rated as one place/dwelling.
Greytown Orchards stands out among 560 rates accounts identified by SWDC as potentially subject to additional rates under the policy in 2024-25.
All have at least one additional SUIP (separately used and inhabitable part) at the urban or rural property. … Continue Reading
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