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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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Unsure if I should appeal my council tax banding decision
I purchased a two bedroom cottage last September. As part of the conveyancing process, my Solicitor suggested I should challenge the band (it’s an E). I did this in November and received a rejection today. I feel slightly out of my depth and am not sure whether to appeal or not, but I struggle to understand how larger…
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Council tax on second home
Apologies if this has already been answered. I did look but couldn't find a situation exactly the same. A friend has a main residence in Europe and a small house in the UK where he stays for a couple of months a year. He is being charged double council tax on his UK home as it apparently counts as a second home. My…
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Council Tax Dispute – Liability After Student Moved Out
Hi everyone, hoping for some advice. I appreciate we are not reclaiming Council tax but couldnt find another suitable category for this post. My son was a full-time student living in Liverpool in a shared flat. He started university in Sept 2024 and had to leave in November, he left the property on 25 November 2024 due to…
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Double payment?
My council tax bounced for the first time in the seven years I've been paying it. At the moment it is heavily reduced due to personal circumstances. I borrowed some money and have since paid it on the bank holiday and it said it had gone through. Forgot to get a reciept but meant to and I do have the payment recorded on my…
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Check My Group Ltd HMRC refund
HI everyone I feel a bit silly but i must have signed up to this company on facebook. I have received a letter from HMRC saying they have sent a cheque to Check my Group Ltd for a refund. I've been trying to find a number for this company and can't and trust pilot reviews many people are saying they've received a letter…
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Can we get our council tax band changed?
Hi everyone, We’ve been doing some searching in regards to council tax bands. We moved into our current home 3 weeks ago and our council tax band is E (Cheshire east) since Council tax came into effect in April 1993. The property was built in 1932, our query is in regards to local improvements. A large shopping complex…
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South Lanarkshire Council Tax Appeal
I’m trying to appeal our council tax banding, but the SAA won’t accept a valuation using the Nationwide back-calculator. The flat has been in the family since it was built mid-1800s, so has never been on the open market. My dad bought his brother out in 2003 after a valuation by a couple of estate agents and using the…
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Should I appeal VOA decision?
I posted a fair while back, regarding appealing my Council tax band decision. For background, I live in a development that was built in 1999, and most houses sold in early 2000's. Prices paid at the time, when using the terrible indices method indicate the band for my type of property (there are 3 identical ones in the…
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Council Tax - Single Persons Discount Review
Hello folks I have lived alone in a flat I own in the Epping Forest District Council area and been claiming my single persons discount for many years. My girlfriend is Taiwanese and been over here studying for her PhD as a full time student. She moved in with me in the autumn of 2020 but, as a full time student, would not…
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Mis-sold life insurance?
Hi This is a strange one, I was sold life insurance with L&G through a broker. However the broker was a friend and I felt bullied into buying it, this happened to many more ‘friends’ who since cancelled their policies. I recently realised that the policy is only for 20 years, I maybe naively thought life insurance was for…
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Council Tax
I had a property which i was renovating following separation with my wife. I was contacted by the council to be informed a premium would be applied as it had been empty for over 12 months. in essence doubling my council tax. I was living in my motorhome so i advised them i would move into the property whilst i undertook…
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Probate - Council Not Issuing Final Council Tax Bill/Invoice
I'm the executor for my late father-in-law's estate. The probate process has been time-consuming but mostly without any major problems. The property has been sold and all bills paid with the exception of one. I cannot get any response from the Council for a final council tax bill. (I think we owe about 5-6 weeks of council…
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Band challenge in new development
We moved into our new build about 4 months ago and only recently received our council tax banding. As expected, all properties of the same style on the development are the same band. The banding seems high to me and I am going to challenge it. I've done research and found plenty of other houses within 1/2 mile of ours that…
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UPRN & COUNCIL TAX
Where to begin?!? We moved to a plot in spring 2014 and had a mobile home while building and paid band B Council tax. From end July 2014 we commenced paying council tax on our newly built 2 bed chalet bungalow. This was banded F which seemed overkill for a small home and I wrote to the VOA to seek review. This was declined…
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Challenging Council Tax Band - Sqm same but 1 more bedroom as neighbours
Has anyone successfully challenged their Council Tax band when their property has more bedrooms but similar floor area to their neighbours? I’ve just submitted a Council Tax band challenge for our detached 5-bed house (Band F), based on clear evidence that five almost-identical homes on our street, all 4-beds, all similar…
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VOA response times
Hi. I challenged my council tax band with the VOA in February 2024. Despite my efforts I am yet to get any response other than automated emails fobbing me off that they are busy. Is this usual and the experience of others? 8 months waiting is, in my opinion, not good enough.
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Recently listed for Council Tax.
My property has recently been listed to pay Council Tax. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) wrote in May this year to tell me of the listing. My local Council has just sent me two “reminders” to pay for this year and the previous year. They expect me to pay the whole amount by next week, which isn’t going to happen as I…
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My PAD data for my house is wrong - very wrong - Paying too much Council tax?
* I’ve challenged the band G (£160,001–£320,000) since May 2025, arguing it should be band F. * Provided six comparable detached houses (built ~1930–1940, 139–180 sqm, £525,000–£700,000), all in bands F or E. These have similar or smaller sizes and higher valuations but lower bands. * VOA rejected my comparables, stating…
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No Rhyme or Reason.
I recently sent this application to the valuations department and after some time basically told that we needed to find similar sized properties on a lesser tax band for ours to be changed down. The value of our property in 1991 does suggest we are correctly banded currently but how can three, four and five bedroom be on a…
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Council tax and transfership of deeds
My grandmother passed away in October 2023. Probate was granted in February 2024. However a long process began to transfer the house deeds to my mother. This was completed in July 2025. Despite the council telling my mother there was nothing to pay, she has now been hit with a large council tax bill dating back to Feburary…
