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Ground rent charge increase after selling house.
Hi, I have been notified that I am in arrears of my ground rent charges. I have now sold this house and it was checked that I was up to date with these payments. However, my ground rent company has now been bought out and the new company has stated that my ground rent should have been reviewed when I bought the house 5…
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Overcharged for part year of council tax?
So we will contact the council about this on Monday to check but have tried searching to find out what's supposed to happen in this instance and can't find anything. We have been renting out my partners house and the tenants moved out the end of September so for this year they have been paying council tax from April to…
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Claiming council tax dated back to 2002
As we all face testing time with money, I like many others have looked to look at cutting costs. I have decided to challenge the council tax band that I have been charged since we moved in nearly 20 years ago. After gathering all the required evidence I have won my case and my band has been reduced from a band E to a band…
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Council tax band “spreads”
Hi - first time poster here. I wondered if anyone has ever tried/successfully challenged the “spread” in England’s council tax bands? Reason I ask is “Band G” is stipulated as £160k-320k - you could drive a bus through that spread! Naturally, this means that there are “mega mansions” and relatively modest 4 bed homes (like…
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Council Tax Nightmare
I've been having a long-standing battle regards council tax for a number of years. To cut a very long story as short as I can, I had an arrangement with our local Council's debt collectors and paid just under £3000 (most of it cleared the arrears my late husband left me) - or so I thought. The amounts they were claiming…
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Council Tax - Challenging new valuation (what does similar "type" mean?)
We have recently built a new house, to replace a house that was structurally unsound. The new property has one additional bedroom and our council tax has risen from band C to F. We are looking into putting in an appeal proposal. Our property is a rural property and we have approx 3 acres of land. When they ask for you to…
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How do you find full address, to check council tax band?
I'm sure this is probably a stupid question, so apologies in advance! I'm looking at challenging our council tax band and I'm searching on Rightmove to find similar properties in the towns nearest to my house. The problem is that I need the full address to find them on the Gov.Uk website. I can search by road name, but…
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Council tax rebanding evidence nightmare, specialists?
Hi, I am having trouble trying to get my house rebabnded, it was newly built just before corona virus hit and banded in my opinion and going by neighbous houses that are similar, 2 bands too high which I cannot afford. I have sent in evidence of 5 similar properties, same amount of bedrooms as mine, detached like mine,…
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Housing Association council tax reband
First off, apologies if this has been asked a lot before. I’ve lived in a housing association property since 2008. It’s a small 2 bed property, built in the early 90s in Redbridge. It’s in band D. As are all the properties around it. The trouble is a lot of those properties are actually 3 bed. So obviously worth more.…
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Reclaim mortgage broker fee from estate agent?
Hi, hopefully this is the right place to ask... I recently put an offer in on a house which was accepted by the vendor and the estate agent agreed to cease marketing the property. The estate agent asked for proof of funds / id which I provided. I then approached my mortgage broker with the estate agent confirmation of…
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Council Tax Claim
Hi, Council Tax Claims for the wrong band will never work if your property had not been sold before the bands came into force. I live in a street that many people stay in for decades and never sell. My house I bought a few years ago had not been sold since the 70's. When I challenged my band as my neighbours properties…
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Council Tax
Since we moved to our house we are paying a Band C rate. After checking online our next door neighbour is a Band B, all other properties are a Band C. I contacted the Valuation Office, their reply " we are satisfied your property falls within the value range of £52,001 and £68,000 at 1st April 1991 and that the current…
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Old Mortgage Shortfall
I've been going through old files and come across some paperwork for our mortgage from our last house, which is in my husband's name only. There is a letter from April 2008, not long before that house was sold (we moved to another provider in both names and that is paid off in full). It warned of High Risk of Shortfall. I…
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Tax Refund Mystery is This Technically Fraud?
Hey all So long story short, I did my self-assessment in January of this year, delighted to discover that they were going to refund me £800, they said they did it within a week and my HMRC account says that they did, however, it didn't reach my account and upon investigation, it appeared that I had accidentally given them…
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Help please
I’ve successfully challenged by CT band from D to C. Received letter from VOA and so emailed the council 2-3 weeks ago with a copy of the letter asking them to reissue a bill and advise of rebate. Last night I received a letter advising of change in band for last year 20/21 (weird?) I’ve logged into my online account and…
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Tax rebate cheque misspelled
So I’ve got this tax rebate cheque but I live abroad and I’m not able to cash it in here. I do however, have an UK account so someone else abroad will have to deposit it into my UK account there. I have family there and they said they could deposit it. I spoke to HMRC and got the cheque nominated to a family member but…
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Mortgage help on benefits
I was recently made redundant and now on JSA. I remortgaged last year to extend my house and now have 7 years to pay. My mortgage alone is £693 and according to the benefits office i cant get any help with it until ive bedn unemployed for 9 months by which time i prob will have lost my house after paying 24 years with no…
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Council Tax Band Double Increase++
Received a letter from the VOA in early October saying that as modifications have been made to the property before we move in (2000/2000) then they may be looking at council tax re-banding for the property, but would reach out if they need to any assistance from us. We did not receive any communication subsequent to this.…
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Am I being overcharged on my new council tax bill?
My partner moved in at the start of September & I notified the local council tax department because I was entitled to Council Tax Reduction & Single Adult Occupier Discount which needed to end, however, the council have billed me the full tax charge from the 1st April 2021 to 31 March 2022, less the Council Tax Reduction &…
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Council tax annexe
Hi just after some advice. My mother in law lives on her own in a 3 bed detached house, I've just brought it (with a mortgage) using a gift of equity, she is having a granny flat (semi permanent) built in the garden for her to live in. My wife and I will move into the house once the granny flat is built which should take a…
