3 bedroom house SOA advice pls

barnaby-bear

barnaby-bear wrote:

3-bed 15 year old box with double glazing + pvc barge boards.
non-combi boiler, patches of lawn, little drive, loft/wall insulation

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Council tax you can find from the local council website usually - worth askign the neighbours about their banding as sometimes next door houses on different bands because people have objected in past, I think you have a very short time to dispute the banding when you buy or even rent a house.
For us it was £1200k a year but this is usually over 10 months.

http://www.voa.gov.uk/council_tax/can_i_appeal.htm
You have 6 months to dispute I think, but you have to give evidence i.e. comparable house in lower band nearby, or evidence yours is scummier/smaller than others in current band - relevent if lots of loft/other extensions and yours doesn't have.