rent of your plots does it cost a lottie

[Mrs Dobby]

Ours is £40 a year for a full plot (11m by 25m) and £22 for a half plot (5m by 25m), plus £5 subs for the allotment society, includes a water tap for every 5 plots, sheds and greenhouses ok (need permission first), and free bark chippings, can have fires whenever we want (tho prefferred when its not windy!)

[dexterdoglancashire]

An interesting thread dinky doo - and thanks jonty for all those statistics and graphs - VERY impressive! It just goes to show the differences around the country - I reckon that everyone is just very happy with their little lottie, no matter what the cost? Am I right? Bernie aka Dexterdog

[johnty greentoes]

Johnty you have missed off Yo an' Bob.

Now I have their square yardage I can do the metric conversion - after I've got back from a night at the pub.

I'm on my holidays dearest moderator.

[sewer rat]

5 acres at £250 per acre per annum - don't ask me for metric - still deal in old money

[Snadger]

5 acres at £250 per acre per annum - don't ask me for metric - still deal in old money

You've got about 2 hectares or two European footie pitches worth methinks SR!

[raine]

Blimey-I'm beginning to feel hard done by. Here in east london it's £ 62 for whole plot but we do have water and toilets. Horse poo is also delivered free (that poo fairy certainly gets around) and they'll deliver to your particular site if you're quick enough!
Raine

[Earthbabe]

Our rent works out at £3.04 per rod, so that means £30.40 per year for the two.

Facilities - well we have stand pipes and there are some bushes around for the gents to pee in, nothing for us girlies unless you want to wander across to tesco or have a shed and convenient empty bucket. Don't want to worry the neighbours.

Could do with some pony poo delivered but I think I'll have to organise that myself.

[Snadger]

Our rent works out at £3.04 per rod, so that means £30.40 per year for the two.

Facilities - well we have stand pipes and there are some bushes around for the gents to pee in, nothing for us girlies unless you want to wander across to tesco or have a shed and convenient empty bucket. Don't want to worry the neighbours.

Could do with some pony poo delivered but I think I'll have to organise that myself.

Are you saying a single plot is only 5 rod then Earthbabe?

[johnty greentoes]

New and updated

Updated...updated...updated...

WiZer (NW Kent) = 27.3p/m2
clarelouise (Grimsby) = 26.6p/m2
hazel at the hill (Sutton Coldfield) = 16p/m2
nicos (N Cheshire) = 14p/m2
muckman (Derbyshire) = 12.6p/m2
Ian (Birmingham) = 12p/m2
johnty greentoes (Hull) = 11.2p/m2.
tyto alba (East London) = 11.1p/m2
Bex (Birmingham) = 10.5p/m2
nick the grief (Warwickshire) = 9.5p/m2
yoandbob (Huddersfield) = 9p/m2
madderbat (Loughborough) = 8.3p/m2
mrs dobby (Manchester) = 8p/m2
carlsewolf (Ilfracombe) = 6.5p/m2

CURRENT AVERAGE = 13p/m2

[denise]

I pay about (cant find papers) £11.00. This for a full plot and Allotment Assocation fees. No loos on site and rainwater as caught into SPJ's around site - a long walk rom my plot. No poo fairy, but can order at £35 a load, if you can get order in at right time.

[yoanbob]

so johnty whos is the best value for facillities etc?

[bubblewrap]

Had bill yesterday £17.49 half price for 300sq yards +water & rubbish skip (no bonfires)(our allotments surrounded by houses)We had new securiy fencing last year.

[dinky_doo]

wow love the chart johnty my plots is 40ftx60ft 2000sq ft if the brain is working where am i on the leauge table
just had a letter from t'council informing me of an advance rent increase for 2008/09 going up by £7.50 to £30.00 due to and i quote "above inflation utillity and land fill charge" but still cheap at the price as we do have water and can put up sheds and trees

always in the sh*t, only the depth differs never has a truer word been spoken

[Earthbabe]

Are you saying a single plot is only 5 rod then Earthbabe?

Some are Snadger are some are 10, some are inbetween. I find it best not to ask as to the rationale for this. Most people seem happy with a smaller plot especially if they are on their own. As you can see we have 10 rod which is not quite enough for everything we want to plant so we will shortly be taking on a third which is probably the worst plot in the whole of Southampton. We will be paying our rent but the council will be clearing it for us of strange structures that housed goats, weird fences and sundry other garbage. We'd do it ourselves at no rent for the rest of this year and half rent next but don't quite have the time.

When sorted that will be the place for the herb spiral, medicinal and magickal herbs and flowers, most of the remaining fruit and permanent beds. Then anything else we still have room for. We aim to make it look really attractive as it is right at the entrance to the site.

[johnty greentoes]

Updated...updated...updated...

WiZer (NW Kent) = 27.3p/m2
clarelouise (Grimsby) = 26.6p/m2
hazel at the hill (Sutton Coldfield) = 16p/m2
nicos (N Cheshire) = 14p/m2
muckman (Derbyshire) = 12.6p/m2
Ian (Birmingham) = 12p/m2
bubblewrap (Loughborough) = 11.6p/m2
dinky_doo (Preston) = 11.2p/m2
johnty greentoes (Hull) = 11.2p/m2.
tyto alba (East London) = 11.1p/m2
Bex (Birmingham) = 10.5p/m2
nick the grief (Warwickshire) = 9.5p/m2
yoandbob (Huddersfield) = 9p/m2
madderbat (Loughborough) = 8.3p/m2
mrs dobby (Manchester) = 8p/m2
carlsewolf (Ilfracombe) = 6.5p/m2

CURRENT AVERAGE = 12.8p/m2