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Council Tax Rebanding SUCCESS stories
MSE Insert! Forumite lanerideruk successfully reclaimed 19 years' worth of council tax - £2,400! Join and let us know what you've reclaimed too. Read how to do it yourself: Council Tax Cashback This thread is especially for reporting your successes in getting your council tax rebanded plus refunds. The aim is to show…
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New to the Reclaiming Mortgage Fees, Council Tax, etc board? Start here
🏠 Some threads that may be useful * Council tax rebanding success stories 🏠 Useful links to MoneySavingExpert.com guides * Lower your council tax band (England and Scotland) * How to reclaim overpaid council tax * How to claim the 'severely mentally impaired' council tax discount * Complain and reclaim 💡 If there's a link…
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Council Tax Challenge
Nationwide valuation data quote my flat as Band D, yet my flat in 2003 was given a Band E. Then and now there are no comparisons. How can I make a challenge.
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Council Tax Challenge
I have unsuccessfully being trying to challenge my council tax band. I am in a higher band than my neighbours who all live in the same type of property - year of build, size, design, etc. The only difference with mine is that it was once the end of terrace but when I bought it, a house had been built in what would have…
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Council Tax Challenge Query
I have checked my council tax band via the steps listed, it does suggest that we are currently paying the correct amount, however, as part of this is based on what it should have been in 1991, I'm not sure if it's actually incorrect? this valuation check seems to suggest we are paying too much but our house has had an…
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My name is registered with wrong surname. Newlyn Enforcement
Hi Everyone, I live in midlands and always have. However, my name is registered to a property in Manchester with correct first name but a different surname. I have contacted council various times to say that it is incorrect but they keep passing me to newlyn and newlyn is saying that as long as any part of your name is on…
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Council Tax Band tribunal evidence - House Size vs Land Size
Good morning all, I am currently navigate my way through a claim to adjust my property banding. I have made it to the point where we are prepping for the tribunal. I have received the 6 week pack containing the COA evidence for their increase and I am in the process of discrediting their evidence and providing my own.…
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Council Tax appeal
Jus been notified successfully challenged banding, rebate for last 10 years is £5310, thanks Martin
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Hoorah! Councils improve their online live-in Carer Council Tax discount information
Unpaid carers finally have clearer information on their eligibility for the live-in Carer Council Tax discount, as 69 councils have improved their websites following a MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) campaign. Yet it's crucial for carers who thought they weren't eligible due to councils' misinformation to check again, to make…
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Barnet Council 100% tax surcharge for empty home
Hi All, A relative in Barnet died recently and their home is being sold. It's empty at present. Barnet Council have doubled the council tax charge because it's empty. The bill is truly enormous. Can we challenge this blatant profiteering by Barnet council? Thanks :)
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Stamp Duty - this can’t be fair
My daughter has shared ownership flat in London and is trapped and unable to sell due to fire safety defects and no EWS1 certificate. She’s been fighting this for years with metropolitan Thames Valley Housing. She is a single woman and the stress this has caused has been immeasurable. For her mental health she moved back…
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Successful change in Banding back to 1991
Hi, I'm new on here, I'm in Scotland - please go easy 😉 I applied to get my CT banding changed because I knew it was wrong. I had moved from a same size flat on the same street but different bands, however it took me 4 years to get around to doing it . 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ It's been dated back to when it was originally banded in the…
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Reclaim Single person's council discount from 5 years ago
Hello, for part of a tenancy about 5 years ago, my housemate moved out - what do you reckon my chances are of getting a refund now? How would I go about it? This was in Cambridge
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New home service fee too much?
Hi all, my partner (26F) and me (28M) moved into our first home in September last year, and it's a newer build 2007. We were made aware when buying the home that there was a service fee of around ~£200/year on the estate and that was fine, the previous owner had paid for the year starting in May ahead of time. We've just…
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Dividing house into two - Council Tax
hi, I'm struggling to find out how to proceed…. I have a one-bed granny flat; my daughter has a 4-bed house [to which g/flat is attached]. We have always paid as one household [since we have a connecting door, that has been ok]; the property is in Band E. But things change - my daughter is now a single parent on benefits…
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Reclaim overpaid council tax
Hi! This is the discussion thread for the Reclaim overpaid council tax guide Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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Council tax challenge advice
Hi Can I have some advice please. Previous posted in the wrong thread. I'm not very good at tech 😔. I recently challenged my council tax band. I checked using the correct calculator on MSE. Plus the bungalow I'm adjoined to which is a band B (I'm a C). The reply I received was identified 5 more properties in the area…
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Council Tax Band Challenge failed
Hi there, I’m in need of advice. I’ve lived in my property nearly 8 years and have only just been made aware that my council tax is too high. I’m in band D for a 2 bed semi-detached property built in 2018 and as this was my first house purchase, I was not aware that this is not normal, especially for my house value. I have…
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New Build Homeowners - Refund - Is this real?
Hi all, newbie here so let me know of this is the wrong place. I've seen a couple of ads on Facebook suggesting that owners of new build properties purchased between 2022 and 2024 may be due a refund (see attached screenshot). Has anyone else seen this? Is it legit? I had a brief look on some of the info and there does…
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Getting council tax band changed, penalised by year property built
I moved into a relatively small 3 bedroom bungalow 4 years ago. It is in tax band E as are several similar bungalows and all the large 4 bedroom houses in the road. The properties were built in 1990. I think the bungalows just tipped into the E band because being brand new in 1990 they were more expensive because they were…
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Rules for reclaiming Council Tax when owner in a care home
At the beginning of 2021 my elderly mother's health deteroirated to point where she was unable to live at home and moved into a care home. While there she had an operation in hospital and with the care she received in the home recovered enough for her to decide try living at home with carers again after 8 months in the…
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Council band query for individual property
I am certain our bungalow is in the wrong Council tax band we have lived here a few years but I cannot find any comparable 3 bed bungalows in the area 15 mile radiuss & dont know how to challenge this.We are in Band E the same as 2 large 5 bed properties either side of us the properties were all unique self builds in 2002…
