How and where do I find out my house price in 1991

MalMonroe

Is the information in this link any good? https://www.gov.uk/challenge-council-tax-band

There's a lot of information in it as well as telling you how to challenge if you don't think yours is right. 

I live in a council property in a village in the countryside and my band is the same as all my neighbours (there are only 14 of us) and that is A. Over the years four of my neighbours have bought their properties and their band has remained at A.  

lincroft1710

MalMonroe said:

I live in a council property in a village in the countryside and my band is the same as all my neighbours (there are only 14 of us) and that is A. Over the years four of my neighbours have bought their properties and their band has remained at A.  

VOA don't usually increase the band of a council house just because it has been sold to the tenant

Shlbly

It was purchased off the council by the people who lived ther before them. They purchased it for £57000 in 1995

lincroft1710

Shlbly said:

It was purchased off the council by the people who lived ther before them. They purchased it for £57000 in 1995

If house prices fell in your area as they did in most others between 1991 and 1995, that would suggest a 1991 price of around £72,000 which would indicate Band C is too low rather than too high!

kaMelo

Shlbly said:

It was purchased off the council by the people who lived ther before them. They purchased it for £57000 in 1995

It does rather depend upon where you live, I know round me house prices were static for those intervening years rather than a drop.
However prices certainly didn't increase between 1991 and 1995 so a selling price of £57,000 in 1995 would suggest that band C is correct. If your location suffered a decrease in house prices it may well be that it should be a band D instead.

Shlbly

kaMelo said:

Shlbly said:

It was purchased off the council by the people who lived ther before them. They purchased it for £57000 in 1995

It does rather depend upon where you live, I know round me house prices were static for those intervening years rather than a drop.
However prices certainly didn't increase between 1991 and 1995 so a selling price of £57,000 in 1995 would suggest that band C is correct. If your location suffered a decrease in house prices it may well be that it should be a band D instead.

Thank you for your help. So the fact that my house is off road and no drive or parking, wouldn’t this make it worth less?

Shlbly

kaMelo said:

Shlbly said:

It was purchased off the council by the people who lived ther before them. They purchased it for £57000 in 1995

It does rather depend upon where you live, I know round me house prices were static for those intervening years rather than a drop.
However prices certainly didn't increase between 1991 and 1995 so a selling price of £57,000 in 1995 would suggest that band C is correct. If your location suffered a decrease in house prices it may well be that it should be a band D instead.

Think mine would of been worth less as no drive or parking, I have spoken to my neighbours opposite who have the same, but they brought theirs with a big discount.

lincroft1710

Shlbly said:

kaMelo said:

Shlbly said:

It was purchased off the council by the people who lived ther before them. They purchased it for £57000 in 1995

It does rather depend upon where you live, I know round me house prices were static for those intervening years rather than a drop.
However prices certainly didn't increase between 1991 and 1995 so a selling price of £57,000 in 1995 would suggest that band C is correct. If your location suffered a decrease in house prices it may well be that it should be a band D instead.

Thank you for your help. So the fact that my house is off road and no drive or parking, wouldn’t this make it worth less?

It may well be worth a bit less, but its 1991 value could still be in Band C.

I think you are going to have an uphill struggle trying to persuade the VOA your home is in the wrong band. Especially if the other houses without vehicular access are the same or similar to yours and are Band C. Further because CT is almost 28 years old the VOA will just say the bands are well established

Bond21

Hi all, if anyone can give me some advise or point me in the right direction it will be appreciated.
I have been in touch with VOA  on behalf of a friend who lives in East London. The majority of the properties in the road are all 2 or 3 bedroom terraced all built at the same time and style. No alterations have been made to the property, such as an extension / loft conversion which would have increased the property value and justified it being in a higher council tax band. My friend has lived in the house since 1980, and is 3 bedroom terraced.
The two bedroom terraced properties are in Band B and the three bedroom Band C, however my friend's is in Band D? 
There are two other properties in the road in Band D, these are semi-detached, built in the 1990's with off street parking & garages.
I provided the VOA with details of five properties in the road -  same age / style & design / size and type. One of which has a loft conversation and is still in a lower council tax band.  The VOA have advised me I have not provided enough evidence & I need details of property sales two years either side of April 1991. 
I have tried researching but I can only go as far back as 1995. Has anyone else experienced this & is there a way to provide the VOA with the information they require? 

sanmills

So maybe this is in Direct response to this forum and others like it, but I am finding it very hard to get the evidence needed to challenge council tax.

I have been to the Gov.uk Site, looked at the evidence they say they need and accept

5 Houses on lower band - ok that can be done through neighbours and websites

Sales between April 1989 - March 1993 (I'm England) - no historic site I can find seems to go back further than 1995

Then copied direct from Gov.uk "The VOA will not consider average house price information from websites such as Nationwide House Price Index, Nethouseprices, Rightmove or Zoopla as strong evidence".... can it be sheer coincidence that they are the exact same companies suggested to use on here??