Council tax bands

ellie27

Council tax band of the house we are purchasing is F.

However when you put in the price the current owner paid for it in 2002 (the only past price available) and you check the 1 April 1991 equivalent it suggest a band G.

Also, since 2002 the owners have added 2 bedrooms.

Is it likely this house should be on band G then?

BUT there are houses on band G in the road/next road that are almost twice the size in floor space as this one!

Any thoughts?

ambioni

If you think your house is banded too low then keep quiet about it- why would you want to pay more council tax?! If on the other hand your house is banded too high then you should certainly look into getting it rebanded. MSE has a good guide on this in fact: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/council-tax-bands-change

NB: You cannot simply apply for your band to be lowered- you apply for it to be reassessed, and it can also be RAISED in this case too (and rarely this may mean your neighbours also get rebanded)- only do this if you are really certain your band is too high

Annie1960

http://cti.voa.gov.uk/cti/inits.asp

Is there an improvement indicator against the property? Check this on the link above.

If so, then after you move in the Valuation Office will decide whether to keep it as Band F or move it to Band G.

If there is no improvement indicator, they will not re-consider its banding.

ellie27

ambioni wrote: »

If you think your house is banded too low then keep quiet about it- why would you want to pay more council tax?! If on the other hand your house is banded too high then you should certainly look into getting it rebanded. MSE has a good guide on this in fact: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/council-tax-bands-change

Thanks, yes was actually thinking its perhaps too high!

I had our last house rebanded - got lumpsum of £1800 back, was on the wrong band for almost 5 years! And the other 5 identical houses got same too - I was very popular in the street that time!

Waterlily24

That's interesting about the improvement band. Just looked at our house and there's no improvement band noted. We are on a low band because houses here are fairly cheap and the bungalow was very small when we moved in. 1 reception, 3 bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom and a very small hall. We've extended it and it's now 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen and utility so I would have expected there to be an indicator. Cannot judge by the houses immediately around as they are all different and very few of them as we live in a rural area. There are also 4 garages ( before there was only one which was falling down lol).

I didn't realise there should be an indicator there and thought it would be reassessed when we move.

I've got no idea what the brackets are for each band.

The extension was done with the councils knowledge and has been passed.