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Reclaiming TV License for 6 years
Apologies if this isn’t the right forum - Not really sure where this fits. Short version - Partner has only just got internet banking (madness) had it two months. Last week noticed while showing him how to use it that he’s been paying for a TV license for the house he lived in 6 years ago!! Call Tv license - Just asked me…
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Stamp duty - higher or lower rate?
My son and I live in a house that was left to us 50/50 by my mother. I am purchasing my own property and moving out. The new property will be my main residence but I am not selling my share of my mother's house. Do I pay the higher or lower stamp duty rate?
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Stamp duty on second home
Hi, my husband owns a house before we met and I own a house too. We got married and he moved into my house. His parents living in the house he owns, we do not receive any rental income. We are planning to sell my house and move into a bigger house as we now have 2 kids but as his parents are still living in his house, we…
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Council Tax Band Challenge Advice
My late grandmother’s cottage was inherited by her two children, who both disagree with the Band D they are now being billed for. I was tasked with putting together a challenge to get it lowered and checked all the available information on properties in the street (there are several postcodes) - size according to EPC’s…
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Newbie to this subject
Update: I have since spoken on the telephone to VOA and, following their advice, I have sent all relevant ( and possibly some irrelevant) papers to VOA and they have agreed to do a banding review. I am happy with that! Regardless of outcome I will accept their findings. We moved to this property in 1989. We were banded C…
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LTD or sole trader?
Can I set up a LTD company or register as a sole trader for a BTL that was setup on a a non LTD company mortgage? Thanks
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Backdated re banding for Council Tax due to Certificate of Lawful Use
At the end of August a detached outbuilding on my property was awarded a Certificate of Lawful Use on the 4 year ruling, a council tax band B, and subsequently a backdated council tax bill to 2015, the year it was built. Let’s call this The Barn. The adjacent semi detached farm worker’s cottage has, since my purchase of it…
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Council Tax - Property Empty
Hi, I was just wondering what happens in the following situation. My brother has died and there is a final council tax bill for a period the property was empty. How far can the council go in trying to reclaim the money owed?
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Council tax - property area?
Hi all We moved into a new build last year and i've challenged the council tax band as I feel it's higher than it should be I found properties of the same number of bedrooms and type in an earlier phase of the development banded lower than ours and sent these as evidence The re-band was rejected on the basis that the…
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Stamp duty
Hi all. I purchased my first home in July 2018 and paid £3100 in stamp duty, the conveyance solicitor asked if I owned other properties and advised yes, as several years previously to this my parents transferred the ownership of their home to me and my brother. They are still living so should the stamp duty have been paid?
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Empty Property - Council Tax
We wish to retire in a new area and have just bought a property, our current home is on the market and yet to sell, hopefully it will soon. The new property is currently empty waiting for redecoration/new bathroom etc. I rang the Council this morning and they said that there is no exemption for empty properties and that…
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Empty Property - Council Tax
Hi there, Looking for advice. We had to flee/abandon/evacuate our home which is mortgaged due to violent behaviour and threats against us from a person living on the same street. For about 4 months we were sofa-surfing with friends/family and paying for air bnbs and the council refused to provide any kind of exemption as…
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Old mortgage arrears fees. Reclaim. Letter templates?
Can anyone tell me if there are any letter templates about for reclaiming old mortgage arrears fees?I dont know where to start with a letter to my mortgage company and want to sound like i know what im doing at least! My fees were arrears fees and their solicitor/legal fees during a period i was experiencing extreme…
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Council Tax band change, backdated bills
Hi, I've just received 3 letters from council tax dated claiming they have adjusted the tax band on a house I privately rented and I now owe them money. This is for the period 2005-2007. Does this sound right, can they really just adjust the band then claim money from everyone that has lived there?
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Services charges
Please help! I purchased a leasehold flat in Aug 2022. I was told by my solicitor that I had to pay an apportionment for the Service Charges of £54 (as the seller had paid for the year) and was told this would be paid up until March 2023 (However the breakdown was stated as Jan- Dec?). This is my first time buying a…
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Banding Challenge. Am I Wasting My Time?
I have been trying to challenge my current banding for some time. After several contacts (ending in refusals) with the VOA, someone suggested that I ask to the the PAD (Property Attributes Data) that the VOA used to initially set the band. When I did that, the PAD had the property down as being a two storey building…
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Council Tax Banding Challenge - Are rules changing for submitting evidence?
Hi I was hoping someone would be able to advise with our ongoing council tax band challenge case we have currently going on. In summary, what we have experienced so far, I appreciate some of the point are already known: - 1. They have restricted access to property sales price information i.e. they requested sale property…
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Total Area of a House for Council Tax Band Appeal
I am struggling to find the total area of houses on my street so I can choose which ones to use in my Council Tax band appeal. I have managed to use EPC for some houses but not all houses are on there if they haven’t been sold recently. Is there any other way of finding the total area of a property?
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Council tax SMI
I have just been awarded an smi for my council tax. They are back dating it to 2018 but will I get back whatever payments I've made up to present day and if I was in receipt of council tax support do I get that back as well or just what I've paid myself. Thankyou
