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Simple question about council tax bands
bclark
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at least I hope its a simple question.
If my house is identical should I be in the same band as my neighbours? I have just bought a house on a new build estate and I have just had a letter through giving me a banding of F.
As with most new build estates they are building 5 different house types all over the estate so I can easily compare my house like for like and all of the other houses on the street that are identical to mine are Band E, the other houses that have been put in F are the two more expensive ones than mine.
Is this a simple case of mis-banding or could something come into it like I paid a couple of thousand more for my house (I don't know if I did) so I sneaked into another band?
I have rang the VOA but just got told I would get a callback by Monday afternoon and I am a bit worried as its quite a jump from E to F.
If my house is identical should I be in the same band as my neighbours? I have just bought a house on a new build estate and I have just had a letter through giving me a banding of F.
As with most new build estates they are building 5 different house types all over the estate so I can easily compare my house like for like and all of the other houses on the street that are identical to mine are Band E, the other houses that have been put in F are the two more expensive ones than mine.
Is this a simple case of mis-banding or could something come into it like I paid a couple of thousand more for my house (I don't know if I did) so I sneaked into another band?
I have rang the VOA but just got told I would get a callback by Monday afternoon and I am a bit worried as its quite a jump from E to F.
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Usually estate houses of the same type should be in the same band, unless for example the builders have a "MSE" detached and a "MSE" semi-detached. In this case a higher band for the detached would be understandable.
It is probably an error.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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