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Paying council tax on vacant property?
I have a shared ownership property that I can no longer live in due to the cladding crisis and the fact we had our first child 3 months ago. I am currently paying for the property even though I am not living there. I now have to rent a second property (for the reasons mentioned below), which means I will be paying two lots…
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Council tax rebanding increase
Hi folks, not the first query of this type but I'd be grateful for some input. We moved into our property in April 2021. Last week I received a letter from VOA stating they have moved our band from B to D, due to improvements made by previous owner. After some research I realise this is how things work, but still very…
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Wrong council tax band
I live in England and I strongly believe my house is in the wrong band. The council or VOA are making this really difficult to challenge as info required don’t exist and they are not willing to review the band. The original land owner purchased a large piece of land and decided to divide the land into 3 portion. 1 -…
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Council Tax Rebanding
Hi, new to the forum, so apologies in advance if this ends up on the wrong discussion page. Have a long standing issue with my Council Tax banding, and have asked the VOA to look at various evidence submitted, only to be informed this evidence did not meet the required criteria. It seems to be the case that the initial tax…
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The £150 Council Tax rebate ?
Seems I am in the correct banding with a DD in place but still not receiced my £150 rebate? Should I have had this by now? Thank you F x
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Registering people at the property and eligibility for rebate
Hi folks, Appreciate my question is not only about reclaiming council tax. Basically parents-in-law are here from Ukraine. Mother has got the Family Visa already, Father has not heard back. She has right to live here for 3 years, can access benefits etc. He can only stay for 6 months total. We found them a flat and…
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Unable to access an area of my wall for repair due to downstairs neighbour stucture
A stone in our wall just beneath the roof is crumbling (we are in a flat - the upper level of an old stone house). The downstairs neighbour has a 'weak roofed' structure (shed/garden room type thing). They are telling us that the tradesperson can't stand on this. We looked into scaffolding but due to the unusual setup of…
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Challenging a CT rebanding
Hello. I’ve read through lots of posts here but can’t find anyone in the same position. I’ve recently found out that my house was rebanded when my ex and I bought the house in 2005. I’m assuming due to a loft conversion that was done in 1999 (before the previous owners bought it so not sure why it wasn’t rebanded then).…
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Old flatmate hasn't paid council tax - now baliffs are contacting me
Hello, I am a full time student, and I lived with a full time employed individual for around 18 months until May last year. As I am a student, I am exempt from paying CT, and I have given the relevant proof of this to the council. About 9 months ago, I received a call from the council telling me that they had been unable…
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Mortgage application fee
Hi there I hope everybody is well. In 2002 I applyed for a mortgage with Lloyd's bank and I paid £500. The bank did not accept my application but kept the £500 application fee that they never gave me back. Is there a way I can get my money back! I thought that was outrageoud
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How I can claim from a mis-sold mortgage
In 2004, I went to a letting Agent around me to look at the flats to let after a messy divorce. The letting agents advised me to come speak to their mortgage advisor instead of letting a flat, that I can buy one myself. A date was fixed for me to see the mortgage advisor. On the date of the meeting I turned and had a…
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Council tax band too low - what do we do?
When we bought our house it was a barn, and when we had converted a bit of it into a one bed cottage, the council sent someone round to band it as a residence and banded it A. Then we developed the rest of it, but completing building regs and getting signed off didn't trigger a change in band, which we expected. Some years…
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Council Tax reb-anding success £4557.22
We have lived in our house for 15 years. I didn't know what tax band we were in, never really took any notice just the amount they wanted each year/ month. After Rishi Sunak announced the £150 paid to households in January for those in bands A-D I decided to look ours up. I was surprised to find we were in Band F and most…
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COUNCIL TAX BANDING
Good morning We are currently on a Band E rating but there are four houses on our cul de sac that have been downgraded to a Band D due to having busnesses registered at their address My son who lives with us has his limited company registered at our home address as he is still living with us. Can we apply for a reduction…
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cost of living rebate
I moved from England to Scotland on 28th March. I have just discovered that to qualify for the £150 rebate in England you had to be resident on 1st April, and to qualify in Scotland you had to resident there on 14th February. So, it appears I will not qualify for the rebate. Just wanted to check, if anyone knew if this is…
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Council Tax
Is anyone else in this position: Since 1991 when the last council tax bands were set, because we had an extension, we have been on band D together with 3 other residences in our road. Even though other houses in the road since 1991 have had extensions and also subsequently been sold on they are still in band C. Have been…
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Mis-sold solar panel reclaiming fees
Hello, Just looking to see if anyone has any experience with mis-sold solar panel re-claiming. I have been in contact with a company TLW Solicitors who deal with such claims. Irrespective of the validity of my claim, I was looking to get anyone's opinion/experience of the no win no fee offer. I have a 10 year finance deal…
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Can I reclaim NIERS on self-assessment?
Hello, I have been forced to work through an umbrella company. I have had my first payslip and discovered NIERS for the first time. I understand that I have to pay the umbrella this and that they pay it on to HMRC as employer's National Insurance. Additionally I am charged my own NI on the PAYE payslip. I am planning on…
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Mortgage providers minimum terms (3 years)
Hi everyone, Hope everyone is looking forward to the long weekend :smiley: I'm not sure if this is the best place for this thread or if I should be in the mortgage free wannabe thread? Perhaps the mods / admin can help if I'm in the wrong spot. In brief my existing provider (Barclays) have the 'best' rate when looking…
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Timeframe for VOA Council Tax Band Review
Hi all I was just wondering what response timeframe people had encountered when the VOA conduct a review of their band? The VOA agreed to carry out a review in mid February following our initial enquiry and providing evidence of houses in lower bands. In their email it said to contact them if we had not heard anything back…
