Foulon costs double
Saturday 2nd January 2010, 2:30PM GMT.
THE cost of burial at Le Foulon Cemetery has more than doubled for 2010.
A typical funeral there will now cost in the region of £5,000.
The charge for a grave plot has now risen from £750 last year to £1,536, while the general burial fee has gone up from £700 to £1,433.
Both costs will increase again in 2011 to a target figure of £2,000 for a plot and £1,700 for burial.
Argent Funeral Services director Jai Vaudin said the increases were outrageous.
‘We hear of Guernsey Post’s monopoly, but where is the Office of Utility Regulation now?’ he asked.
‘As a St Peter Port resident myself with a family, I wonder where we can be buried when we die. We can’t go anywhere else as the other parishes won’t take us and the average cost of plots elsewhere is about £250.’
All other charges at Le Foulon have increased by 2.4%, in line with September’s RPIX figure. It means the cost of cremation rises from £460 to £471.
The increased fees for grave plots and burial fees are in line with phased charges implemented by the Treasury and Resources Department 12 months ago.
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Whilst it is understandably a touchy subject, but the fact is we have to start making changes in order to protect the earth. Be it going forward or right now today with the land we have available.
Cremation is what we will be doing an ever increasing amount of.
It is getting harder to find enough food for all the lives present, certainly is not gong to be the land spare to bury in the ground. Land is needed for far to many living essentials.
It does mean that perhaps burying is an option for those with deep pockets, but that is not enough of a reason alone to not put prices up as burial is not the method for disposing for the future.
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this is extortionate!!! cant afford to live and cant afford to die!! why are we more expensive than any other parish. I bought a plot in le foulon 8 years ago for a few huundred. I see its only a matter of time before land runs out and in this parish cremation will be made law! lets hope states put extra money earned through this towards buying new land. Foulon fast becoming cemetery to abvoid with all the hassle over what can be put on gravbes and now escalating costs, wish i could afford to live in another parish!! but my daughter is buried there so that will be my resting place too, even if it bankrupts my family or takes most of my estate
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I can see Guern abroad’s point. Guernsey has finite space and I would prefer it was used for the living, not the dead.
Personally I’m not too fussed what happens to my body when I die. If my bits can be used to help someone have a better life then that’s great – otherwise I’m not bothered as it won’t be any use to me. As my religious beliefs (Christian) leave me free to choose, I’m happy with whatever happens.
Incidentally, I wonder if anyone has thought about burial at sea? It’s right next door and there must be a way of ensuring we can bury far enough out to sea without causing environmental issues to the coastline?
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