I knew you'd ask

Why has my Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles increased so much this year?

Originally Urb. Villas Andrea was classified as "outside the town". The Valor Cadastral of our houses (which determines the tax we pay) was based on that. This year, Urb. Villas Andrea has been re-classified as "urban" hence the increase in the Valor Cadastral you will notice on this year's bill.

In fairness though most of us were paying over £1,000 per year in Council Tax in the UK (almost ten times the amount we pay here) and what did we get for it? I don't know about you but we never had of the free things like fiestas or weekly concerts in the area where we lived.