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Council tax band
Just looking for some (more) advise.
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Why a VOA letter now ???
I purchased my 2 bed detached bungalow in the West Midlands for £185,000 in March 2021. Small garden at the front and rear of the property. Narrow one car width drive to the right-handside. Basic bungalow. Council Tax Band 'C'. The property was bought by the only other owner in September 1978 for £2,300. Using the MSE…
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Correcting a council tax banding
We bought our house in 2020 and it sold for 392500 which works our council tax banding to be an E. However the property next door which is identical sold at 79000 in 1995 so surely our house would have been the same value therefore a band D. Also when our house previously sold in 2008 it would have put its price at about…
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Successful Council Tax Rebanding
We've just got our house in South Cambridgeshire rebanded from G to F, saving us £466 a year. Despite our providing lots of photos and other written evidence showing comparable local houses in Band F, the appeals service initially turned us down and provided their own evidence claiming our house should remain at G. We…
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Mortgage life insurance overpaying.
Moved to more appropriate place.
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Single Person Discount Rejected
I've recently moved into a flat in which I am the only occupant, and I have just been informed by the council that my application for the Single person discount has been rejected as apparently my income is too high. I thought that the single person discount wasn't affected by income, and even still, I don't earn a crazy…
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Wrong council tax band, outside the 6 months, Help please.
I've only just recently thought about looking into my council tax band and I've lived in my property for 7 years. I never considered I was paying more than almost every other house in my road, it just never occurred to me, until now. Does anyone know best way to word a letter to the valuations office? looking back over…
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Council Tax Banding
We are in a Band C, after doing a neighbours check I discovered our that our neighbour is in a Band B. Our houses are identical, except we have be paying a lot more which is quite unfair. I contacted the VOA, they did an investigation, from looking at the council website they changed there banding to a C. Unfortunately…
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Council tax Band, pass Neighcheck but fail valuation, do i still have a case?
Hi all, Myself and my fiancee bought our first home in 2019 - a 3 bed semi detached that we paid £165000 for. (this was ever so slightly above market average in the area at the time as house prices were rising) but house prices have risen dramatically since. (our neighbours just sold for 186k 6 months ago) we are on band C…
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Council tax appeal example
Hi everyone I have my appeal coming up and I was looking for any successful cases I could use as an example. We are a semi detached property in a road in band E. all other semis are band D.
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Capital gains tax on second property.
Please can anyone help! My son has an empty property, waiting the sale to go through, it was previously rented. He is purchasing a new build and has been told he needs to pay capital gains tax before the sale has gone through on his empty property and will be able to claim this back. We have only just found this out. He…
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New council tax income banding
Just received my council tax bill for 2022/23. I am currently claiming PIP and ESA as disabled and my husband is my carer and in receipt of carers allowance and only works 10 hours a week, so on low income. In previous years we have received a council tax reduction as in the vulnerable group, however, this year it seems…
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Council Tax second home wales
So already paying 100% council tax extra on my ONLY home , owned in Wales but the council are classing it as a second . I go to my house every other weekend and go there on all my leave (6 weeks ) plus after nights which could be a few more weeks a year. I RENT down South as my job is not available unless I travel 143…
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Council Tax Banding New Build
I moved into my new build home 5 years ago. Until last year, I didn't realise I could appeal the council tax banding, so missed the opportunity to appeal the band. I did check other houses on the estate, out the 15 houses the same as mine, 4 were Band D and the rest Band C. I appealed on this basis, due to not having 1991…
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Council Tax Banding Calculation
Hi I have used the council tax band tips to see if my band is too high (currently F). My neighbour's band is lower (E), but the house valuation tool shows different results depending on what dates I use. Zoopla shows that my house has been sold twice since 1991 - once in 2005 & again in 2017 (when I bought it). Between…
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Moved from D to E just in time for no rebate
Hi there, We moved in to our house 3.5 years ago - it had been modestly extended by the previous owners with a single story extension to the rear - adding maybe 25m2 to the house which is a semi detached 2.5 bedroom house. Just after the announcement of the £150 rebate we received a letter saying they were investigating…
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Council Tax - Incorrect Banding
Hi, I have been reading through Martin Lewis's article (from February 9) with interest, but I'm not entirely certain as to how strong my case would be based on the 'Neighbours Check' which states: 'If neighbours in similar properties are in a lower band than you, then you may have a claim'. In my case, I am in Band B (for…
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Stamp duty
My partner & I both owned our own homes, last summer I sold my one and we used the money made on it to purchase a new house together. Because he wasn’t putting his house on the market until we moved it meant he owned a ‘second home’ and we had to pay the surcharge. His house sold and completion date was 28/01/2022, so our…
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Council Tax £150 - New Home
Potentially not the right place for this but... I am a first time buyer moving into my first home in the middle of April. Everything I have seen of the Government's announced £150 council tax rebate seems to suggest it is taken from the 1 April. Does this mean I will not be eligible for the £150 when I move in mid-April,…
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Definition of self contained?
Hi I have a tenancy 6 months assured shorthold rented. I have a room with a bed, an en suite kitchen. That's it's. I have to walk down 2 flights of stairs to use the toilet/shower in a bathroom. This bathroom is shared with another household who also have a bedroom and kitchen but no shower. We are both on top floor. The…
