Council tax rebate: interest?!

Fungas

Hi all,

Just had a cheque through the post from my council. They admitted that my house had been wrongly valued band C, when it should have been B. I've been paying the difference between the two bandings for the past 5 years, amounting to a rebate of over £650.

However, (whilst not wanting to sound ungrateful) it struck me that there was no offer of interest, despite their admission that the banding was erronious. How do I:

1) calculate the interest on the difference between monthly payments made? Is there an easy formula to use?
2) Go about claiming that interest?
3) Progress if they refuse to pay? would this be a case via small claims court, and what sort of success rate are people reporting?

Thanks in anticipation.

Fungas

hodgester

appeal to the Valuation office. The council are to blame for many things BUT NOT your incorrect banding.

The council are not the valuation office and there is no link to them in this respect. It's like suing British Gas when BT overcharge you. There is no 'admittance' on their part for the VO's error, they just send you the refund cheque

dprince

Hi there just new to the site.

I have put in an appeal against the decision on my council tax banding.My appeal at the VO is June 12 07.
I am renting a 1 bedroom flat and my banding is a band B when I beleive it should be an A
.According to the letter from the Listing Officer..My banding is correct based on there evidence of actual sales of dwellings in the locality at the Valuation date of 1 April 1991.Then they go on to say from there records it would appear that my property is larger than the 2 flats below me?(this was an old victorian terrace house now made into 3 flats).
...and therefore they are unable to reduce my banding?

I have looked at Martins website and from what I can see the banding on the VO for my street varies? so am confused...According to the VO site my flat is a B,and the 2 flats below are a B and D? yet they say my flat is bigger and yet the flat at band D is very tiny as I viewed it before I decided on this flat?
So ok I have a kitchen,living room,bedroom and bathroom and very small hallway and store cupboard.The living room and bedrrom are a good size due to it having high ceilings being a victorian house.

Sorry to baffel on but looking on Martins website i didnt know whether to price the property as a flat or house for 1991 figures coz i dont know what it was then but I know these 3 flats have been here 5yrs or more? My landlord has given my council tax bills for all her properties based on the same size flat and they are all Band A's...can I use these as evidence for the appeal and martins figures as evidence.

I am so angry i know so many people living in 2&3bedroom houses and on a banding A yet they say the size of my flat should be a B compared to these houses????



Dprince
Darlington.Co Durham

Maisie

dprince wrote: »

Hi there just new to the site.

I have put in an appeal against the decision on my council tax banding.My appeal at the VO is June 12 07.
I am renting a 1 bedroom flat and my banding is a band B when I beleive it should be an A
.According to the letter from the Listing Officer..My banding is correct based on there evidence of actual sales of dwellings in the locality at the Valuation date of 1 April 1991.Then they go on to say from there records it would appear that my property is larger than the 2 flats below me?(this was an old victorian terrace house now made into 3 flats).
...and therefore they are unable to reduce my banding?

I have looked at Martins website and from what I can see the banding on the VO for my street varies? so am confused...According to the VO site my flat is a B,and the 2 flats below are a B and D? yet they say my flat is bigger and yet the flat at band D is very tiny as I viewed it before I decided on this flat?
So ok I have a kitchen,living room,bedroom and bathroom and very small hallway and store cupboard.The living room and bedrrom are a good size due to it having high ceilings being a victorian house.

Sorry to baffel on but looking on Martins website i didnt know whether to price the property as a flat or house for 1991 figures coz i dont know what it was then but I know these 3 flats have been here 5yrs or more? My landlord has given my council tax bills for all her properties based on the same size flat and they are all Band A's...can I use these as evidence for the appeal and martins figures as evidence.

I am so angry i know so many people living in 2&3bedroom houses and on a banding A yet they say the size of my flat should be a B compared to these houses????



Dprince
Darlington.Co Durham

Dprince.

Post on the 'council tax discussion' thread. There's plenty of expert advice on there from very knowledgeable people.

You'll get some help on the other thread.

Maisie