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Please help MSE test NEW tool: Find your house price in 1991

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  • Candifloss_2
    Candifloss_2 Posts: 60 Forumite
    It calculated band B for me, I'm in band A.
    tip_box_council_tax was above point 3 and also at the end of the article.
    Green blobs 1, 2 & 4 partially covered the text.
    2012 challenge 949.55/10,000 :o

    13/12/11 - 314.20/18,964.99 :mad:

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  • traceyr
    traceyr Posts: 169 Forumite
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    Worked ok for me.
  • Running_Horse
    Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Bought for £47,000 in 1989 which converts to £36,590 in 1991 after the crash and band A, which is about right.

    The trouble comes when you convert back from the £147,000 I sold it for in 2007 which converts back to £46,217 and band B.

    I didn't do much to the property apart from double-glazing and redecorating, so maybe I just got lucky and chose an up and coming area?
    Been away for a while.
  • spirit
    spirit Posts: 2,886 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    The calculator worked for me too. I only moved here 6 months ago so it was useful (via the link) to check out the neighbours houses. We are all at band D.

    I've still gone on to challenge it with the valuation office though. I moved from a more expensive area but same size house as this yet the previous house was a band c.

    fingers crossed.
    Mortgage free as of 10/02/2015. Every brick and blade of grass belongs to meeeee. :j
  • philipmag
    philipmag Posts: 181 Forumite
    Yep worked fine, 250k in 2007 & 68-80K in 1991, banding correct
  • annie0000
    annie0000 Posts: 15 Forumite
    I put in the price I paid in 2003 for my property and it took me back to 1991 into the correct band. However if I try to get the current value to calculate into the correct band, it assumes my current house price is much more than I know I could realistically sell it for (about 50k too high!) I am in Scotland if that helps.
  • Oneday77
    Oneday77 Posts: 1,242 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Is it just me or is the Area Scotland a little vague?
    I live in Aberdeen and I can guarantee that a house in the middle of no-where half way up a mountain will have had a slightly different price increase variation. The new method has put us in Band F, when I used the old guide on here said E, where we currently are.
    House prices here have doubled in the last 10 years in places but it says from 1991 to 2000 the properties only rose 25%. Seems a little mixed up.
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  • slightlyconfused1
    slightlyconfused1 Posts: 317 Forumite
    It worked for me.
  • saskia297
    saskia297 Posts: 27 Forumite
    Calculated D for me, and we're in E.... anyone know of a case of challenging it going wrong?
    I wouldn't want to end up worse off!
  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The 3 properties I tried in London came out correct. Probably because there are identical properties nearby that sold in the past 2 years.
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

    (If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)
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