Council tax valuation letter

Amymx

Hi, I’m wondering is someone can help me with this. I’ve just received a letter from the Valuation Office saying:

A previous owner made alterations to your home; we must include the additional value of those alterations in the band following your purchase. If I need further information, or need to visit the property, I will contact you.

If your band increases, the change will take effect from the date you purchased the property.


The thing is, we bought our house over 18 months ago and the owners added a garage to our home in 1999! That was the last ‘alteration’ made. If we are rebanded, I can accept that we have to start paying more council tax but to backdate it 18 months surely can’t be right? We just couldn’t afford a lump sum in one go. Can anyone shed any light on this/how we can appeal if it does go up? Etc. Thanks very much.

lincroft1710

If you are in England the increase is not backdated, but in Wales it is. So it seems you live in Wales (unless they've changed the rules again!). As its just a garage, it is doubtful the band would be increased

Amymx

Thanks for this. Yes, I’m in Wales- I thought there might be different rules as other searches didn’t mention backdating. Fingers crossed it will not change then.