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How is Council tax worked out on new property?
On the brink of exchange of contracts and have been told the house is in band C. I was thinking this was a bit high on a '2 up 2 down, it was built 2012. Can anyone explain what the council take into consideration when banding a new build?
Thank you
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The basis of valuation for a dwelling which is not used for any business purpose is the amount which, subject to certain assumptions, it would have sold for, on the 'open market' by a 'willing vendor' on 1 April 1991 in England.
If your property was built after 1 April 1993, the VOA band the property according to what they think that its value would have been on 1 April 1991.0 -
If you can find a similar sized property nearby thats on a lower band then you can challenge the banding.
We were in our new build for 5 years, band E.
2 years ago, after watching Martin Lewis's tv show, I found a similar property nearby on band D, challenged the council and won.
Got £1800 cash back, so did my 5 neighbours when I told them! And rebanded down to D.0 -
Thank you Pixie0
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I live in a 1930s end terrace. Originally all the houses were two-bed listed at band C. Ours was extended sideways and made into a 3-bed and so when we bought it we were moved up to band D. We've since added a loft conversion which might bump it up again for the next owners to a band E.0
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The council don't have anything to do with setting the band.
Its all done by the Valuation Office in England and the Assessor in Scotland0
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