Allotment Rents

[Unwashed]

Keep the coming.  So far:

On a ten-pole basis then, the average rate is £4.32/pole.
On a five-pole basis the average rate is £4.66/pole.

These are the ten-pole rankings:

£1.54   heloise
£2.30   tonybloke (without water)
£2.80   Squash64
£2.90   tonybloke (with water)
£2.91   ktlawson
£2.93   TeeGee    
£3.00   Trevor_D
£3.00   PurpleHeather
£3.70   Sparkly  
£4.12   Bill Door
£4.71   Unwashed  
£5.50   SMP1704
£5.50   manicscousers
£6.75   Digeroo  
£8.63   brian4951
£8.77   Twoflower

And the five-pole rankings:

£1.54   heloise
£2.20   ktlawson
£2.60   tonybloke (without water)
£2.93   TeeGee   
£3.40   Trevor_D
£3.70   Sparkly   
£3.80   tonybloke (with water)
£4.12   Bill Door
£4.40   Squash64
£4.71   Unwashed 
£5.50   manicscousers
£5.50   SMP1704
£6.00   PurpleHeather
£6.75   Digeroo   
£8.63   brian4951
£8.77   Twoflower

[Unwashed]

[Twoflower]

Thats typical of our council :-\  anything for a fast buck legal or not.

[heloise]

Blimey - I didn't realise how cheap these were!!  :o

[emmy1978]

Gosh, what a difference!  :o

[Unwashed]

Thats typical of our council :-\  anything for a fast buck legal or not.

Are you refering to the increase in your rent?  The council can lawfully increase the rent for new tenants, it's only for existing tenants that the increase is restricted - do your old tenants pay the same rate as new tenants?

[kt.]

The council can lawfully increase the rent for new tenants, it's only for existing tenants that the increase is restricted - do your old tenants pay the same rate as new tenants?

Our rent is the same for all both new and old tenants.  Once rent is paid in April, if a new tenant takes over a few months later, we do not charge them rent until the rent renewals are due for all.  (BTW - Our facilities include water and 3 skips per year for allotment waste that cannot be composted.)

[Unwashed]

*boing*

If you haven't already, can you say how much a plot costs at your allotment site, and then we can get an idea of what an average rent looks like.  Thanks.

So far:

On a ten-pole basis the average rate is £4.20/pole.
On a five-pole basis the average rate is £4.52/pole.

Ed: added Lucho.

[Lucho]

According to my tenancy agreement I pay £14.98 for 198 square yards. This is the average size plot on our site although a few have since been divided. We have no water.

[BarriedaleNick]

Im probably a 5 pole plot holder although I have not measured it - it may be a little more.
20 quid all in a year.

[reddyreddy]

I have a ten pole/rod plot and it costs be £12 a year (when I got it they offered direct debit, £1 per month!!) it would be worth ten times that to me!

[saddad]

We are charging £24pa for 300sq yards (10 Poles) or 8p per Sq Yard as we have many Odd sized plots... water and "NSALG" included..

[Unwashed]

If you haven't already, can you say how much a plot costs at your allotment site, and then we can get an idea of what an average rent looks like.  Thanks.

So far:

On a ten-pole basis the average rate is £3.95/pole.
On a five-pole basis the average rate is £4.22/pole.

Five-pole rankings:

£1.20   reddyreddy
£1.54   heloise
£2.20   ktlawson
£2.34   Lucho
£2.40   saddad
£2.60   tonybloke (without water)
£2.93   TeeGee    
£3.40   Trevor_D
£3.70   Sparkly  
£3.80   tonybloke (with water)
£4.00   BarriedaleNick
£4.12   Bill Door
£4.40   Squash64
£4.71   Unwashed  
£5.50   manicscousers
£5.50   SMP1704
£6.00   PurpleHeather
£6.75   Digeroo  
£8.63   brian4951
£8.77   Twoflower


ten-pole rankings:

£1.20   reddyreddy
£1.54   heloise
£2.30   tonybloke (without water)
£2.34   Lucho
£2.40   saddad
£2.80   Squash64
£2.90   tonybloke (with water)
£2.91   ktlawson
£2.93   TeeGee    
£3.00   PurpleHeather
£3.00   Trevor_D
£3.70   Sparkly  
£4.00   BarriedaleNick
£4.12   Bill Door
£4.71   Unwashed  
£5.50   manicscousers
£5.50   SMP1704
£6.75   Digeroo  
£8.63   brian4951
£8.77   Twoflower

[Unwashed]

*boing*

If you haven't already, can you say how much a plot costs at your allotment site, and then we can get an idea of what an average rent looks like.  Thanks.

So far:

On a ten-pole basis the average rate is £3.95/pole.
On a five-pole basis the average rate is £4.22/pole.

[springs]

 plot is one eighth of a acre £30 plot+£5 water+£2 ins We are owned by a charity so we have to deal with a land agent. the total we pay is £800 per year. We like to keep around £2000 in the bank.

[Digindep]

£25 pa  for 10 pole plot...no facilities what-so -ever...

[Unwashed]

So far:

On a ten-pole basis the average rate is £3.80/pole.
On a five-pole basis the average rate is £4.09/pole.

Digindep, if it cheers you up, allotmenteers in Newbury might soon have to pay £250 for a 10 pole plot with no facilities other than water.

[theothermarg]

A totaly thick and uneducated granny here who is pants at any math
our full plot is app 60' by 20' and cost £30 the half plot is app 30' by 20' and cost £15 we have watertroughs about 30' away and thats it no leckie and no lavs
I understand water rates and insurence takes up most of the income
marg

[Kea]

My plot is 67 ft x 45 ft and is £25 per year. While the rest of the site has good access to water I and my neighbouring plot are now the furtherest distance from water though a new pipe has been put in during the summer which terminates in front of my plot. It should take them about 3/4 years for them to get around to giving it a trough. Currently no other amenties not even a fence to stop unwelcome visitors.

[Unwashed]

So far - and I'll just average the 5-pole and 10-pole basis figure so there's just a single headline figure:

The average rate is £4.00/pole.

5-pole rankings:

£1.20   reddyreddy
£1.54   heloise
£2.20   ktlawson
£2.30   kea
£2.34   Lucho
£2.40   saddad
£2.50   digindep
£2.60   tonybloke (without water)
£2.90   springs
£2.93   TeeGee    
£3.40   Trevor_D
£3.70   Sparkly  
£3.80   tonybloke (with water)
£4.00   BarriedaleNick
£4.12   Bill Door
£4.40   Squash64
£4.71   Unwashed  
£5.50   manicscousers
£5.50   SMP1704
£6.00   PurpleHeather
£6.75   Digeroo  
£6.94   theothermarg
£8.63   brian4951
£8.77   Twoflower


10-pole rankings

£1.20   reddyreddy
£1.54   heloise
£2.20   springs
£2.30   kea
£2.30   tonybloke (without water)
£2.34   Lucho
£2.40   saddad
£2.50   digindep
£2.80   Squash64
£2.90   tonybloke (with water)
£2.91   ktlawson
£2.93   TeeGee    
£3.00   PurpleHeather
£3.00   Trevor_D
£3.70   Sparkly  
£4.00   BarriedaleNick
£4.12   Bill Door
£4.71   Unwashed  
£5.50   manicscousers
£5.50   SMP1704
£6.75   Digeroo  
£6.94   theothermarg
£8.63   brian4951
£8.77   Twoflower

[cornykev]

If your a local resident its £6 per pole
Mines 6 poles x6 = £36
Plus £4.80 water charge = £4.80
Fossils get it at half price
And I've never seen Unwashed get so excited about a thread
You must have a lot of time on your hands my old son.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D     :-*