Council tax

DerekK

After moving in to a new house where half the street is new build houses I’ve now got my council tax valuation through.

I’ve compared the whole street using Nationwides house price calculator (to estimate the house price in 1991) and it turns out most of the street is banded one band higher than they should be (solely relying on the Nationwide calculator).

Does anyone know if there are any other means of estimating a house price in 1991??

I’m phoning the Assessor today to get an idea of how they value the house and will be appealing the banding anyway but looking for some advice!

Many thanks

lincroft1710

As you refer to the Assessor, I presume you are in Scotland. The NW house price calculator is generally inaccurate for English house prices, so I would not rely on it.

All the house price calculators tend to be inaccurate, so I would suggest you look at the CT bands of other houses of a similar type and size in the area

DerekK

Thanks for the reply, yeah you’re right. Doing that just now, needs to be a solid argument for any sort of appeal

Modworld

lincroft1710 wrote: »

All the house price calculators tend to be inaccurate, so I would suggest you look at the CT bands of other houses of a similar type and size in the area

If that's the case, how would this make the "other" houses in your area correct if those "other" houses where calculated incorrectly too? Sorry, I might be missing something here....

lincroft1710

Modworld wrote: »

If that's the case, how would this make the "other" houses in your area correct if those "other" houses where calculated incorrectly too? Sorry, I might be missing something here....

When CT came into force on 1 April 1993, the VOA in Eng and Wales, and the Assessor in Scot used actual sale prices (to which they had access) to work out the CT bands for dwellings in existence at that time. New dwellings since that date are banded with reference to the bands of existing dwellings.

In the intervening 26 years, agreements with taxpayers, Valuation Tribunal decisions and general acceptance has meant that the what is known as "the tone of the list" is now well established, i.e. the CT bands are accepted as correct.

Modworld

Makes sense