Council tax banding

Kuga247

I am in process of trying to find information about house prices in 1991/1993 I have a tribunal date at end of January 2022 tried various website nationwide and VOA and it’s very poor as anyone been to a tribunal and got their banding lowered more information I get the stronger my case the bungalow I live in was built by owners before me in 1980 can’t find the same design 

ProDave

When we appealed our previous new build house, the VOA valued it based on nearby houses of similar size and what band they were in. There was no attempt to backdate the value to 1991, just compare it to the bands of similar sized houses.

When you start looking there was quite a range of bands for seemingly similar sized houses.  the VOA managed to find several similar sized houses in higher bands, and funny enough I found several similar sized houses in lower bands.  So I was set to attend the tribunal and present the houses i had found as a comparison.

The day before the tribunal the VOA phoned me and offered to drop it down 1 band if I agreed immediately and cancelled the tribunal hearing.  I accepted that.

p00hsticks

Kuga247 said:

the bungalow I live in was built by owners before me in 1980 can’t find the same design 

So you have to ask why they then didn't appeal the banding at the time it was originally assigned? There was quite a lot of publicity at the time of the introduction of coucil tax and they should have had a good idea of what the property was worth and if it had been placed in the wrong band.

TheJP

Was the property extended or altered before you bought it? The VOA can alter the council tax band if there is an improvement indicator but they can only do this after a transaction not when the previouys owners extended etc.

lincroft1710

Why do you think your CT band is wrong ? Have you looked at the bands of similar size bungalows in the area?

Kuga247

Yes but I am finding it hard to get information 

Kuga247

We looked for a long time to find a bungalow we only wanted single story in our road there are bungalows larger but in lower band we are in g and they are e or f we applied for lowering and it was turned down we gave ten properties in same room but it was dismissed so we are now at tribunal stage 30 January trying to find more comparable properties but information and sold prices are hard to find for 1991/93 the property we have was built in 1980 we are second owners 

TheJP

Kuga247 said:

We looked for a long time to find a bungalow we only wanted single story in our road there are bungalows larger but in lower band we are in g and they are e or f we applied for lowering and it was turned down we gave ten properties in same room but it was dismissed so we are now at tribunal stage 30 January trying to find more comparable properties but information and sold prices are hard to find for 1991/93 the property we have was built in 1980 we are second owners 

Has. the. property. been. improved/developed?

Kuga247

No it’s the same size when it was built in 1980 

JIL

I had a similar experience in that I appealed the banding to our house on the week we got the keys. There isnt a similar design house to ours in the neighbourhood but I looked up what others were banded at. It seemed very straightforward to me that our house was incorrectly in the higher bracket. 
My appeal was based on the valuation in 1991 and theres a calculator on this site that helped. I also compared it to similar sized properties and listed them, as well as the higher band properties listing them. Pointing out the differences, as to why my house should have always been in the lower banding.

My appeal was turned down, however I then took it to the tribunal stage, this time I used floor plans of other properties and similar sold prices.
The week before the tribunal hearing I was emailed to say they had looked again at my appeal and agreed with me. So I accepted and the banding was reduced.

Although its £200 per year, it was also about fairness to me.  My neighbours property is a three bedroom detached with a garage, although a different design to my home, its basically similar and was a lower banding. My other neighbour was in the same higher banding with a much bigger garden a corner plot and an additional bedroom.

Really not sure why the previous late owners accepted the banding.

Kuga247

Hi there what comparison calculator did you use my bungalow as never been sold before 2021 built in 1980 any information would be great thanks