Council Tax Banding

Jaxxie

Hi

have read all the stuff on the site about this but can't find anything covering this particular problem.

The house in question was bought in 2000 for £35000 as a repossession & is currently banded in band C as the council tax people tell me it was worth £60000 in 1991. Have checked the tables & if this was the case, band C is correct however, very similar size & actually bigger houses of my neighbours are banded as B.

Does anyone know any way that I can check the valuation of £60000 quoted by the council tax people to make sure it's correct?

thanks

lil_me

http://www.voa.gov.uk/council_tax/index.htm

Jaxxie

thanks for the link but that takes me to current council tax valuations............I need something to check what the property would have been valued at in 1991 had it not been a repossession needing a lot of work done to it

ukmike

Nationwide have a good comparison site.Might be what you want?
http://nationwide.co.uk/hpi/?source=nationwide&campaign=homepage&execution=hpi_lhs_25032008

lil_me

There is a page on there about what to do if you think it's wrong http://www.voa.gov.uk/news/information/your_council_tax_band.htm including a search to find what valuation bands other houses in the area come under and how the valuation is made.

gadger999

You need to find the Rough value of your house at todays prices using the websites below-
http://www.nethouseprices.com/ or http://www.propertypriceadvice.co.uk/home/

Then you need to take that price back to 1991 prices using the site below
http://nationwide.co.uk/hpi/?source=nationwide&campaign=homepage&execution=hpi_lhs_25032008

This should give you a figre of between 52k and 68k for a band c

Council Tax Bands at 1991 Property Value
Band
ENGLAND 1991 Property Value
SCOTLAND 1991 Property Value
A
All properties under £40,000
All properties under £27,000
B
£40,001 - £52,000
£27,001 - £35,000
C
£52,001 - £68,000
£35,001 - £45,000
D
£68,001 - £88,000
£45,001 - £58,000
E
£88,001 - £120,000
£58,001 - £80,000
F
£120,001 - £160,000
£80,001 - £106,000
G
£160,001 - £320,000
£106,001 - £212,000
H
over £320,000
Over £212,000