Change of Council tax banding

triggerhappy_2

scottishblondie wrote: »

Nope you are not stuck with it, but you may be in for a fight. I gathered evidence that my flat was in the wrong band by looking at the banding of other properties in my area. It wasn't simple, as my flat is a new build duplex in an area dominated by old tennaments and townhouse conversions.

The person sent by the VOA was adamant that as it was a new build it was more desirable than the older properties and therefore would have commanded a higher price in '91, even though it is significantly smaller than a 3 bed tennament, so we had to argue. We won in the end and got it dropped one band. I still think this is too high, as most of the properties on my street are still 2 bands lower, but that was as far as they would budge.

On the upside they backdated the rebanding to when it was built. Didn't help me much, but the previous owners got a nice cheque out of it!

Hmm, I'm in a very similar situation with a new build in the southside of Glasgow surrounded by tenements and council flats, most of which are band A or B and mine is E! Thanks for your help, not sure I have the time for a big fight with the assessors!

keith969

This happened to me. I bought off people who had bought the house 3 years ago from people who had extended the original house. I assumed that any rebanding would have been done when the last change in ownership took place but this was not the case. Unfortunately there was no indication that rebanding was likely either from the EA or my solicitor.