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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 - Comparable Properties Query
We live in a two-bedroom bungalow, on a development built around 1980 on a hill off a main road. We live at the bottom of the hill and the bungalows from ours down to the main road are all Band E, be they 2 bedroom bungalows or 3 bedroom chalet bungalows. They all have internal garages but understandably the floor area of…
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Wayleave Letter For Underground Cable On My Property From PCC
Hi, I have just received a letter from a company called PCC saying that "The electricity company who owns and operates the underground electricity lines on your property should have an agreement in place known as wayleave and they should be making a payment to you for allowing the cables to remain" It then goes on to say…
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Managing expectations of Council Tax rebanding
I have just read the latest MSE email and I do feel there are two things Martin should be aware of and could possibly refer to in his articles regarding Council Tax? The first is the glacial speed the Government works at. Our son lives in one of 6 identical houses and the banding ranges from D to F. (Interestingly the Band…
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Dukes Baillifs help!!
Need some advice please. Unpaid council tax bill - long story short - was studying to be a nurse, didn’t update them (became a single parent, struggled financially etc.) and got a bill of £1268.19. I have done an income and expenditure form which leaves me with a disposable income of £93. I am also a single parent and…
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Paid more than 100 GBP for Garden Waste collection, never received the sticker
On 30th March I ordered a Green Bin Sticker (103.80 GBP) which has yet to arrive for garden waste collection in Barnet London. On 9th May I submitted online a request for replacement given it had not arrived On 22nd May I called the waste collection related number (020 8359 2000) to complain that neither sticker had…
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Challenging council tax band after moving
Hi Will try to keep brief. Lived in property for 20+ years whereby I believe we have a good chance of a council tax band challenge, based on properties on the same road and surrounding roads. I stupidly didn’t challenge it whilst we still lived in the property and have since moved out. Formally challenged to the VOA…
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I’ve over load council tax for years and they won’t refund me
I applied for single council tax back in 2007 it’s only ever been me and my son living here so until 2023 when he left school I should have been entitled to a 25% discount. I’ve emailed the council explaining all this and they’re saying they can only refund a portion of it as too much time has passed. how can this be? I…
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MSE News: 'Your Council Tax advice saved me £7,603 – but what happened afterwards was extraordinary'
MoneySaver John successfully reclaimed a whopping £7,600 in overpaid Council Tax – going back 18 years – after using our tips to check and challenge his incorrect Council Tax band. Despite John's case taking almost a year, he says he'd still encourage others to do the same. If you're considering it, you may find John's…
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Wyndan Group & HMRC
Has anyone had experiance with the Wyndan group, They researched a PPI claim for me in 2019, I heard nothing then out of the blue earlier this year I get an email sayng I owe them £235, they said they had been ringing me, I tried to explain to them I dont answer calls I dont recognise and surely if it was that important…
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Council tax challenge where all neighbours in the same band
I am considering informally challenging my council tax band. My property is an apartment in a purpose-built block constructed in the 1990s, with two bedrooms, one kitchen / living room and one bathroom. Floor space is 638 square feet. It is council tax band D which seems high for this type of property. I used the MSE…
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Mis sold solar panels
I have had a phone call from a company about mis sold sola panels, they take 10% I would like to do the claim myself but who do I complain to I bought the solar panels about 13 years ago, the company folded after they were fitted, I didnt have finance. so who do I complain to?
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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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Bank of Ireland: must close existing offer and wait 48hr to get their current lower rate!!?
Looking for views on whether this is normal practice, and whether a complaint is likely to get anywhere. Timeline: We are existing Bank of Ireland UK customers, current fix ends 31 August. In May we requested a product switch and they issued a variation offer for a 3 year fix at 4.91% with a £995 fee, valid until 18 June.…
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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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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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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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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…
