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Council Tax Rebanding appeal years later
Help please! About 4 years ago we successfully had our CT rebranded from a D to a C. Although they only rebranded back to April 2011 but we lived there from Novemeber 2007. At the time I spoke to someone and he tried to say that that’s the furtherest they could go back. This was done on the phone and I have no record of…
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Council tax rebate and energy help
I understand the government is helping certain people with the energy bill crisis. This is my position. Wife is 74 and on a state pension. I am 61 and a director of my own company living off of dividends. We owned our own home until 29th March 2022 and sold. We needed to rent for a short time as the house we are buying…
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Stamp Duty Query
Hi All, Apologies for asking what is no doubt an oft-asked question, and I do know what the answer is likely to be but would like to double-check as I've not seen anything with our specific circumstance. My Wife and I have had an offer accepted on a house in the midlands which falls under the 2% stamp duty bracket. My Wife…
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Council Tax Rebate
Hello, I currently rent a room in a property that falls in Band D thus would be eligible for the rent rebate. The council tax is paid as part of our rent, but have not seen on heard about receiving some of the rebate from the landlady. I know I should email and ask about this, as I feel out of courtesy they should pay the…
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Council Tax Banding
I’ve been trying unsuccessfully in the past to challenge my council tax banding. I provided a lot of evidence from when our house was built to show it was built to the same specification as houses in the lower band. They still disagree. That calculator on the site shows that the property should be in a lower band, but not…
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Council charging extortionate amount for leasehold renewal
Hi, My dad recently found out that his house that he’s lived at since 1987 only has 57 years left on the lease, owned by the council. Through further investigation it appears that the property originally had a 99 year lease, and for what ever reason, this hadn’t been clear to him. He has contacted the council to understand…
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Tenant owes £10000
Hello All, I’m wondering if anyone can help at all?! We started the legal route to evict our tenant late 2019 two years later and numerous delays due to Covid we were successful and we evicted the tenant through the courts, obviously we were grateful to finally be free from the tenant and we have now sold the property. He…
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Bailiff charges for council tax arrears
Hello mse crew, I moved house last year within borough and failed to get the message across to the council that we had left the old property (we had been renting). I cancelled the direct debot and called them to tell them but since it was in my wife's name they didn't allow me to close the account. I also filled out a…
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Council Tax Wrong Banding F to C?
I'm buying a property which is Band F but straight away I knew it was incorrect, and would be an E, possible even a D. It has had the same resident since 1987 and I have no idea why they never appealed, but the problem was always going to be how to prove this. Well yesterday, the solicitor sent a copy of the 1987 bill…
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Council tax band challenge, which houses to compare to
Hi, so we were hoping to start a challenge to our tax band - it's an estate of 4-bedroom houses, and most built to the same original design as ours have now had some sort of extension put on. Our extension is one of the earliest and smallest. Most are just a little bigger than ours but a few are relatively huge two story,…
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Solar panels mis selling - Green Energy (creation)
I just want to let others know in case it may help them, that I have successfully claimed 90% of the money back from Green Energy (Creation) for mis selling of solar panels. We purchased the solar panels back in 2015 for approximately £8000 and were told by the salesman we would recoup the money they cost in around 9yrs,…
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Council gave wrong explanation of Class F Council Tax Exemption (property of a deceased person)
As an
only child, when my Mum passed away in late 2020 she had made me her sole
executor and beneficiary of her estate. Her house (our family home where I grew
up) was placed under a class F exemption by the council. That’s where the
property is exempt for from council tax for up to 6 months after Grant of
Probate is…
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Wyndan Group Ltd (Leeds) HMRC Tax Rebate
Hi there, I was wondering if this fitm are real ? They called me about a tax rebate from this number 0113 320 3216 and proceeded to ask questions about a tax claim. Said they worked on behalf of HMRC to help people claim a tax rebate.
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MSE News: Mortgage prisoners make £800m legal claim against TSB over excessive interest rates
More than 200 mortgage prisoners have launched legal action against lender TSB worth up to £800 million, claiming that they were charged "excessive" interest on their home loans. Read the full story: 'Mortgage prisoners make £800m legal claim against TSB over excessive interest rates' If you haven’t already, join the…
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Really confused with this - can anyone assist ??
I had been living at my previous address since 1970 when we were paying Rates, then of course we were changed to Council Tax Banding. My property was banded E which I thought was incorrect, but try as I might the VOA refused to consider my review application and reluctantly I accepted the position and I have been paying…
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Council tax banding assessment
We live in a small retirement community built in 1989 and comprising 15 houses and 4 flats. The houses are identical, 2 bedroom houses, although some have added a door and floor to the space over the stairs to make a tiny third room. 5 of the houses are semi-detached. The remainder are mid terrace houses. I have applied…
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Issue with energy rebate
We sold our house back in December and then moved into rented accommodation and then when the house purchase fell through we moved in with our son until the new purchase went through which was in the second week of April this year. The council are refusing to pay the rebate because we weren't in the house on the 1st April.…
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Council Tax Model - why based on House Valuation?
When I see what I’m paying CT for it is directly linked to “number of people”. So why do we have a model that says “your house is worth X so we’ll charge you Y - regardless of what TYPE of house you live in”. Let’s take two 3-bed houses in the same town … 1 at £200k the other at £300k. Both have 3 occupants = they’re the…
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Ground rent - Who to pay it to
We have bought our house 1 year and 7 months ago. It is a leasehold, and the ground rent is £200 a year to be paid in June. Last year, as I was stressed knowing that we need to pay ground rend and being a good citizen, I have just contacted directly the landlord are requested her bank details to pay ground rent. I now…
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Grade II listed Council Tax Review
Hi, I would like to pick your collective brains please as I'm in something of an odd situation. I rent my home which is a lodge (gate) house which is one of a few properties in the grounds of a large private manor house estate. I have been here for 11 years and it was only my exclusion from the £150 help with energy costs…
