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Have you had building control involved in what you've done?
Did the previous owner?
You have to identify where the value was added. The value would have increased with planning permission for a residence which is where you should expect some uplift, however thereis also a point of building control sign off where it is genuinely habitable. That paperwork must exist? When was it signed off?
Don't you have any photos of what you've done? Invoices?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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I don't think moving is going to help you.
Hardly anything is a band B, so depending on the size of house you need, the cost of moving may wipe out any saving you make. Anything we've lived in as a family has never been less than a D.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Just go through the appeals process, right to the tribunal stage if needs be. I did, and got my property rebanded to a level below what I expected (I'd over-egged my case to prove a point; I didn't expect the tribunal to actually agree with all my spurious points, just half of them!)
If it's wrong, the appeal is likely to work.
Equally, just as Dg, above, says, are you sure your next property would be banded as low? B is rare, small, cheap...0 -
Any work the previous owner did was 20 plus years ago. I don't know how to find out what was done and what he did. All depends on " habital". The whole downstairs was " campable" . Most stuff has not been photographable. Like having gas connected, and plumbing stuff. They are valuing as a finished house, and regardless of all that the value is based on the price paid, even though that includes a separate bit. I know it won't be a b though our previous house was, but I don't know what it should be.0
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Have you had a read through of this?
http://manuals.voa.gov.uk/corporate/publications/Manuals/CouncilTaxManual/council_tax_man_pn/ct-man-pn4.html0 -
How much did you pay for the house and how much agricultural land was included? Do you know the square footage or square metreage of the house?If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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