Council Tax Reband

JDB1974

Hi..I moved into a new build house last year. This is the only new build in the road amongst a majority of bungalows. As it is a new build my council tax has been banded as E. The majority on the lane are D though there are a couple of E's as well. Next door is a semi detached house and is banded as a D. The 1991 price index puts me the cups between D and E though the property didn't even exist in 1991. I don't want to annoy the neighbours in case there's go up however land wise a lot of the bungalows have more squared metres then our property. What should I do...

lincroft1710

You need to compare the CT band of your house with those of other detached houses in the area built from the 1980s onwards of a similar size. There is no point in comparing it with bungalows and semi detached houses. House price indices are inaccurate

JDB1974

lincroft1710 said:

You need to compare the CT band of your house with those of other detached houses in the area built from the 1980s onwards of a similar size. There is no point in comparing it with bungalows and semi detached houses. House price indices are inaccurate

I think we are pretty unique in our area..the only detached house in 1 mile radius..

lincroft1710

Quite unusual, what about further afield?

JDB1974

There is a similar house on the market at present at a higher market value then ours...Slight bigger and on a prestige road in the area..just over that mile radius. That is banded at a D..would that work?

lincroft1710

JDB1974 said:

There is a similar house on the market at present at a higher market value then ours...Slight bigger and on a prestige road in the area..just over that mile radius. That is banded at a D..would that work?

It might be a starting point, but you would need to be 100% certain it is larger (don't use EPC areas) and it hasn't been extended by the present owners thus awaiting a possible band increase when sold. To make a convincing case you would need to find others in Band D

JDB1974

lincroft1710 said:

JDB1974 said:

There is a similar house on the market at present at a higher market value then ours...Slight bigger and on a prestige road in the area..just over that mile radius. That is banded at a D..would that work?

It might be a starting point, but you would need to be 100% certain it is larger (don't use EPC areas) and it hasn't been extended by the present owners thus awaiting a possible band increase when sold. To make a convincing case you would need to find others in Band D

Thank you..