approx 20+ houses all same band same street ????

landy110

Hi i went on voa site last night to see what bands my neighbours have to find out if myine is correct i asume it was working correctly ,
any way i put in my post code and approx 20 + houses came up all my nearest and furthest houses came up as band b?? ,
i live in an end terrace two bedroom the terrace are set out as follows,
my house two bed , next door three bed,there next four bed then there next door a two bed again ( block of four houses in a terrace ) then two three bedroom semi then the block of four all over again and semi again and so on ,
and according to the voa site they are all band b?? how can that be right or have i missed something surely a three and four bedrrom shouldnt be same as a two bedroom ??? and i not sure wether i can lower mine to band A or wether im in the correct band and they are not why the hell should we have to sort out this why do they keep so quite when they screw the public and shout when we owe them taxes ???

hodgester

landy110 wrote:

why the hell should we have to sort out this why do they keep so quite when they screw the public and shout when we owe them taxes ???

The banding of your property is done by the Valuation Office and the tax is collected by the Local Authority. Different organisations.

Unfortunately Martin Lewis et al have not made this implicity clear throughout this process, hence myself and all the other Council Tax managers throughout the country are being deluged with complaints about their bands, wasting our time and the council tax payers time.

Take it up with the Valuation Office, look on their website for contact details.

MSE_Martin

hodgester - if that's been a problem i will have a look at making it more clear - i suspect its more a simple case of the VOA site being down though and people trying other routes

hodgester

They were starting beforehand. Unfortunately naming local revenue streams 'Council Tax' means that unless it is made implicity clear, people will speak to the Council offices first.

It didn't help with one of the successful members of the public on ITV Friday stating that they approached their council. Also the bbc online sourced a quick guide from here in their initial "Homeowners 'must check council tax band' " news item (25/10/07) but quoted MSE incorrectly and stated ' contact your council first'. Thankfully, they have now corrected this.

I spend enough time dealing with complaints without another 3-400 calls today which aren't my fault! :mad:

oldwiring

I have a feeling that all properties being in the ame band may be because the area was of low valuation in national terms. IMO that would result in properties being in the same band, whereas in more affluent areas the difference in price of a 2 bed and 3 bed would result in different bandingfoeach, In 1995 the average prices for terraced props were around £53K and semis £60K

In 1991 the bands were set

A Up to £40,000

B Over £40,000 and up to £52,000

C Over £52,000 and up to £68,000

In short properties had to be squeezed in to a band sometimes. I suspect that
things like flatlets would have been the only props to go in to Band A. The average was reckoned to be in D and most folk I reckon woulf equate that to a 3 fed semi in an average area. All my guess

landy110

re: take it up with voa i had intentions of doing so i dont intend to waste anyones time or mine ,

and i think martin made it perfectly clear to me thankyou!! nobody else botherd till now ???? just silence as always why because they owe us or at least most of us ,
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hodgester

landy110 wrote:

re: take it up with voa just silence as always why because they owe us or at least most of us ,

why the hell should we have to sort out this why do they keep so quite when they screw the public and shout when we owe them taxes
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who may I ask is 'they' then? Sorry I thought you were griping at the councils for collecting Council Tax from you, "screwing the public" and "shouting" when it's not paid.

As the VOA make no monetary gain from the banding of properties, it can't be them, so I'm perplexed.

BLUETINO

When I approached my local assesor. (In South Lanarkshire, Scotland) I was hit with a don't care, we're right your wrong attitude. When I asked for an appeal I was told "Appeal to me." Funnily enough... he rejected my appeal.

When I went through the SAA website. My request for an appeal at tribunal was chucked back to my local assessor. Who again rejected it.

Not only had I supplied photocopies of local newspapers from 1991,(stating that one bedroom flats in my area were on the market for o/o or f.p £24,500) tenants agreements stating how much the flats sold for in the early 1990's. (Below £27,000) Still... no we reject it.

I demanded to see the info used to determine my band. It was a list supplied probably started by estate agents. Stating final sale prices of property in my area. Some of the flats went for £28,000 some for £25,000. So the assessors picked the highest sale price and banded everyone accordingly.

Is this right? How do you take this to a tribunal?

When I first went to see my flat, (on the market for o.o 29,000 in 2002) the estate agent told me to bid £35,000 if I wanted it... as there was a lot of interest. I bid £29,001. And got it! So I'm basically paying more because estate agents drove up the prices for a bigger commision... excellent!

Council tax should be based on the size of your property. The current system is shambolic. People staying in one bedroom flats have to pay the same as people staying in 3 bedroom houses. Two identical council blocks... both on different bands. (Education is a privilage... common sense is a gift!)

Martin start your own political party... I'll vote for ya!

All the best

landy110

ill vote for martin too go for it thee is no one else at this moment i would want in next time ??? and we are spose to have a choice not much of a choice really is it there all waste of space.

landy110

B]ill vote for martin too go for it[/B] thee is no one else at this moment i would want in next time ??? and we are spose to have a choice not much of a choice really is it there all waste of space .

linlin_3

Sorry if I'm gatecrashing this thread, but how can someone find out what size neighbouring properties are and so evaluate their tax bands in comparison with my own?