Welcome to the Silver Savers Board

Edinburghlass_2 · 22 September 2005 at 5:03PM

Welcome to the Silver Savers board, especially those visiting today for the first time via Martin's email.

If you want to ask a question you will need to sign up to the forums which can be done here.

If you are already a member of the forums but don't get the email, sign up for that here.

Feel free to ask a question, post a tip or just browse the board. You will be made welcome whatever you decide

To help you use the chat forum have a read at sra's very helpful A-Z which goes from simple posting to choosing an avatar for under your name.

Tamarisk_2 · 8 September 2006 at 4:37PM

After reading posts a while ago re council tax banding I checked out my neighbours properties to discover to my horror every one else in the road was band D or E and although we are one of the smaller houses we were band 'F'.

I wrote to the Valuation office and without them even physically coming to view the property I received a letter to-day to inform us we have been dropped a band to 'E'. Phoned the Council and they are refunding back to 2001 and we can still appeal to see if we can go back to '99 which is when we moved into the property.

Everyone I spoke to i.e. Valuation Office and the Council were extremely helpful and very nice.

Many thanks as it was reading all the posts that gave me the encouragement to to challenge the valuation and for my trouble received lower banding & refund of £1,100.

catnatlady · 15 November 2006 at 3:12AM

I tried this with my council (Glasgow City), and I just got back a letter informing me that I was 'out of time'!

Lilacj · 22 July 2007 at 8:13PM

I read yesterday about a man in Essex who tried to cliam because all his neighbours were a lower band. All the neighbours band was raised to match his!

jonsbird · 22 July 2007 at 10:16PM

I have searched these boards to find the right button to start a thread.

I must be blind as I cannot find one anywhere

Hence I am replying to another post to find the answer.:j

JB

Errata · 22 July 2007 at 10:29PM

Hello JB, welcome to MSE. Click on the Silversavers board and when the page comes up click on the blue box marked New Thread which is on the left hand side towards the top.

mjdh1957 · 27 August 2007 at 10:07AM

Hi everyone,

I turned 50 on Saturday 25th August so am now officially a Silver Saver!

Had a great party, wore a HUGE badge saying how old I was, had a helium balloon and had a big mug of hot chocolate with whipped cream for breakfast. Does that mean I can start my second childhood now?!?

Michael

dunoon4 · 21 October 2007 at 4:27PM

:hello: I am new to your boards.
Over the past few weeks I have read numerous items and enjoyed your advise, at the moment I have nothing to share, but I will be back.

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hope this might help the elderly,
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