Council Tax Rebanding SUCCESS stories

I have a band c property and have been in the same house for 17 years and now been told by my neighbour that the properties in the street should be on a band B can I claim for this 17 years? And what is chance of succeeding in trying to claim and change to correct band ? Can anyone advise me the best way to go about this.

Kind regards

Charlotte

I challenged my banding and my band was reduced and i received a £5800 refund thank's Martin

PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL
Was BAND C; now BAND B
Refund - £1468.01

Did the 2 things suggested - compared house values to 2 local houses as suggested, and compared their banding compared to mine. They were in B, I was in C for 10 years!
Sent off the info and got the standard letter saying it was rejected, but in small print it said but call as there may be circumstances permission to look at it will be granted. So I called, told them to the 2 things over the phone and they looked themselves at the banding whilst on the phone. Didn't hear any more for a few weeks until a letter today. Yay. Thank you MSE!

Dundee City
Was Band G
Now Band F
Refunded £5035.16
Monthly payment reduced by £28.25

23 years refunded!

When Mum passed away in April 2014, I inherited half and then bought my sister's half of the family home and moved in during Nov 2014 with the prospect of a long renovation project.
In June this year, I was going through papers from Dad's estate and discovered that the house had been valued right in the middle of the Band F range in late 1990 for his estate. I did a bit of research on similar houses in the area and discovered that my neighbour and I were the only 2 Band G in the area. Interestingly, both she and Mum were recently divorced and widowed respectively and did not challenge the band at the outset.

Using your template as a guide, I contacted the Council by email and asked them to review the band. I pushed my luck and asked them to go back to the time of my Mum's ownership.

The Council surveyor came out to the house and I was able to prove that there had been no significant work done to the house until after April 1991 when the bands were set.

A couple of weeks later I was advised that my appeal had been successful and I was refunded £372.86 straight to my bank in a matter of days. The overpayment of £28.25 per month that had been made for 5 of the 10 payment months has been offset against the rest of the years's payments.
I sent a further email thanking them for the payments relating to the time of my ownership and asking what consideration had been given to the period between April 1993 and Mum's passing in April 2014. The would have been a vacant possession full discount between then and the transfer to my name.

I have just received a letter from my solicitor advising that Mum's estate has been repaid £4521.05 and that my sister and I will each receive our half share tomorrow. Bear in mind that both Mum and I were entitled to 25% single occupancy discount so these figures are 75% of the full Council Tax value.

Sorry, long post, but I'm over the moon!! I am now helping my neighbour with her appeal.

Thank you Money Saving Expert!!