I got my taxes this week and was shocked to find that my daughter’s taxes were $100 more than mine.
She lives in a 1,700 sq. ft. house on one level located on a corner lot with all the services of St. Albert. I live in a side-by-side condo. I have 1,177 sq. ft. on the level with very little yard and I pay condo fees for all services except for garbage pickup, which I pay extra for. I back onto a green belt that is seldom cut so we are overrun with mice and other rodents. The land I sit on is less than half the size of my daughter’s, so the city is collecting twice the taxes for the same amount of land.
I talked to city assessment and was told my condo assessment went down but my taxes went up. I am a senior that lives alone on a fixed income and it won’t be long before my savings are all gone and I will have to sell.
I think St. Albert needs to look into condo taxes and see we don’t get the services that single family homes get and should be compensated for that.
H. Mireau, St. Albert
