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Anyone else see this in the Expat Bulletin and do a double take? For us in Deux Sevres try multiplying d'habitation by 2.6, water by 2, foncière by 2 and bin collection by 3.8 or are we not typical?..............J

"Here is what you are paying for in France: taxe d'habitation is €25.66 per month, which includes the TV licence, water costs are €16.26, electricity in a house which has no gas is €71 per month, taxe foncière is €31 per month, and €4 a month is all it costs you to have your bins collected every week."

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Whatever it is, they should clarify where they live and what size home they live in.  I would be shocked to find ANYWHERE in Provence with numbers like this.  These are the types of articles that many people read and believe hold true for all of France. 

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[quote user="cooperlola"]Typically daft article (although my taxe d'hab, fonciere and water bills are in fact less than those quoted, although the electricity is more -but I have electric heating).  Like the UK - it depends where you live. [/quote]

If they've found one case where this is true, surely it must be universally true ? [8-)]

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These figures were for couple living in a village 50kms south east of Toulouse. I wonder if there is a site to look at which would indicate how much we should be paying for d'habitation and foncière. I know we had to fill in an H1 form when we had a pool put in and again when the veranda was added and after each of these events one of these two taxes went up quite a lot. Maybe we are victims of being too honest!.....................J
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You're all right, it depends where you live in France. 

They are suggesting:

Taxe d'hab 25.66  we pay 25 euros

water 16.56, we pay  30 euros

electricity 71, we pay 100 euros

Fonciere 31, we pay 30

Ordures 4, we pay 3 euros

We also happen to run a B&B so our electricity, and water are much higher than if we didn't have 4 rooms using all that power and water for 6 months a year, oter than that, our payments are marginally less than they are suggesting.

I know we live in a much cheaper part of France than others.  But then we do have to put up with the rain!!!!

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Crikey!!! That is cheap. We live in the middle of nowhere and thought (most, exc. electricity*) of our costs were low:

THab: €301+116 redevance audiovisuelle = €417 total

water: ca. €15/month (but that was before they put in the mains drainage, which should be completed soon)

electricity: ca. €140/month

ordures ménagères: €8.5/month

So, our THab (inc TV) is 40% more, water about the same (but there are costs for the fosse septique which, presumably, must apply to the quoted figure), electricity and rubbish double (we have no TFon).

*Usually only the two of us in a 4 bed 2 recep but we have several "pet" PCs, as well as electric heating/climatisation.

[edit: decided 40% is a bit nearer the mark than 50%]

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where exactly is the "expat bulletin" showing the !!! simbols, is it on the living france website or is it on another website, i understand now because ive clicked the link to the telegraph article about france spain australia being cheaper places to live
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