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Council Tax Banding Appeal
My home has been rebanded from C to E! There appear to be 2 reasons for this 1. I bought it for £100K in 1991 (the year that is used to set bands) 2. The VOA hold incorrect information about the size of my house and therefore do not accept my selected comparision properties - including the identical semi next door! My…
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Unable to compare banding to others
I have in the past attempted to contact the council/ valuation office to explain my banding being incorrect and gave a lot of information to prove so but all I ever got back from them were very short replies as if they hadn’t read all my information and didn’t really want to help. Basically I gave up with trying a few…
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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 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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Landlord not passing on cost of living rebate
I have a question regarding the recent cost of living council tax rebate.I am a single occupier of a 1 bed flat. In addition to rent I pay council tax monthly to my landlord who then pays it in their name. I’m not sure why this is the case as in previous rentals I have always paid directly to the council myself. But I did…
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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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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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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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VOA Appeal frustration!
I’m in here as I thought I’d let you all know about my council tax journey. I made contact with the VOA back in March as myself and the 23 other apartments shared in 4 blocks are all band B and when I read up on the process, I sent in an basic appeal. A reply back asked for evidence so I put in a four page detailed run…
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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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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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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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Wyndan Group & HMRC
Has anyone had experiance with the Wyndan group, They researched a PPI claim for me in 2019, I heard nothing then out of the blue earlier this year I get an email sayng I owe them £235, they said they had been ringing me, I tried to explain to them I dont answer calls I dont recognise and surely if it was that important…
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Can I have a second rebate?
Hello! I live in a bungalow which is in council tax Band A, and built onto the back is an annex which the council have decided is a separate dwelling and has it's own council tax bill (also Band A). So in effect, we pay twice the band A council tax which is over £200 more than a Band E property in my area.... I have…
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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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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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Finding out historical council tax band for a previous property
Hi All, Sorry in advance if this has already been covered, but I tried searching and couldn't find anything. In essence I'd like to find out whether a property has had it's band changed (i.e. see a history of changes). Today's Weekly Money Tips email speaks about checking to see if you may have historically overpaid on…
