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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
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Council Tax Rebanding Success Story
Local Council: Horsham District Previous Band: E New Band: D Refund: £8,369 Annual Savings: £477 We have been living in the same house for more than 40 years. I recently discovered that one can check the Council Tax Bands in your road on a gov.uk website. We are a Close with 32 houses, 6 of which are detached 4 bedroom and…
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Council tax discount single person
I received this from 2002 and have just discovered when moving house last month that it was stopped in 2008. of course, I should have realised this but having made the original application, I wasn’t aware that I needed to repeat this. The Council have advised that they sent a council tax review to me in 2008 and because…
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Land Split In Two and Sold Off
For two reasons, I believe I am in the wrong band. The first reason is that every house on my street, including mine, was put into band E. My house is a good 25% smaller than every house (but it's not going to be easy to prove - lack of sales etc) The second reason, and the reason I can easily prove, is that again, every…
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Single occupant deduction advice
Hi, I am looking for some advice please. I own my own home and have lived here alone for the last 6 years. My Father unexpectedly died last November and I stayed at my mum and dad's house (same area) for around one month to support my mum. It was evident that my mum was struggling and as a result I agreed that she could…
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Council Tax for Empty Property
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with similar situation. My brother died two years ago, he as in a retirement complex which has proved difficult to sell, we have eventually got over the line, and now have a final council tax bill just shy of £1,000. They have given an "empty property" discount, but that only…
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Council Tax discount - Question on legislation
So a property which only has one occupant is entitled to a 25% discount However for the discount to be valid does the council tax bill have to be in the name of the person living at the property Can the property owner have the council tax bill in their name, the property occupied by a third party and still be entitled to…
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Home insurance due but getting ready to sell.
Is there anyway I can recoup some of the money I'll be paying for my policy or is an annual renewal a sunk cost if you sell 3 months in?
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Council tax rebanding help needed
I live in a purpose built semi-detached wheelchair accessible bungalow in a cul de sac. All of the buildings on this road but one I am attached to are houses, and even the one I am attached to are 3 or 4 bed. I am the only 2 bed on the street. We are all band C except 1 3 bed which happens to be band B. There are no other…
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DLA
My mum has been getting DLA for 25 years and I believe she can get a reduction in her council tax- shes reluctant to claim as she’s worried they’ll do an inspection and see her extension! I doubt they have the manpower to do this so How do they adjust what she pays ?
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Council Tax Band Challenge
Hi everyone, I'm writing here in the hope of finding some advice about something. We moved into our flat about 1 year ago in Manchester city centre and we soon realised something was very wrong with the concil tax banding, our flat is a 2 bedroom of 891sqft on floor 6 and it's part of a bigger complex of 3 blocks,…
