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Council tax banding / wooden sun room?

glasgowdan
glasgowdan Posts: 2,967 Forumite
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Hi,

I just came on to look for advice as I can't find much online.

Does anyone know if a wooden frame and single glazed sun room should be included in house size calculations when assessing council tax banding? It is not a habitable room.

Thanks
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  • JoJo1978
    JoJo1978 Posts: 375 Forumite
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    Council tax banding in my area was last done on valuations in 1991. Any modifications made since then are not taken into account. Also my council tax bill is the same as my neighbours, I have an extension and they don’t. The bill is not as localised as the dimensions of an individual house I don’t think
  • poppasmurf_bewdley
    poppasmurf_bewdley Posts: 5,909 Forumite
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    If it's not habitable, what is it?

    Is it a ruin?
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  • glasgowdan
    glasgowdan Posts: 2,967 Forumite
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    poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »
    If it's not habitable, what is it?

    Is it a ruin?

    You wouldn't sleep, read, eat or otherwise spend time in there due to the temperatures, which vary between -2 and 45 degrees! It's a place for washing machine and storage shelves.
  • poppasmurf_bewdley
    poppasmurf_bewdley Posts: 5,909 Forumite
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    glasgowdan wrote: »
    You wouldn't sleep, read, eat or otherwise spend time in there due to the temperatures, which vary between -2 and 45 degrees! It's a place for washing machine and storage shelves.

    Then the room is usable, and is part of the house. It sounds just like my garage, which is part of the house.

    In which case it would be included in any valuation for any purpose. As mentioned above, council tax banding was set in 1991, but changes can be made either up or down, when an occupier challenges a banding.

    If you or your neighbour challenges a banding, and the home happens to get a higher band (yes, it's happened), then neighbours can find their banding is also increased.
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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    edited 6 December 2017 at 12:03PM
    It adds on whatever value a rickety sun room does - which I doubt is much. This also presumes the sun room wasn't already there and taken into account at the time of the original valuation.
    glasgowdan wrote: »
    the temperatures vary between -2 and 45 degrees! It's a place for washing machine and storage shelves.

    If it's got a washing machine and plumbing I would try to keep the temperature above freezing...
  • Tom99
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    The sun room would most likely be excluded from the M2 area recorded on the VO database but it would probably have a 'conservatory' maker added to the record as one of its attributes.
  • elonii
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    I have one of those on the house I have just bought. It's leaking and needs to be demolished. I clarified with the estate agent that the surveyor does not include that in the square meterage of the property for his valuation purposes (cos I didn't want to pay for it!). I'd hope it was similar for council tax valuation purposes.
  • poppasmurf_bewdley
    poppasmurf_bewdley Posts: 5,909 Forumite
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    elonii wrote: »
    I have one of those on the house I have just bought. It's leaking and needs to be demolished. I clarified with the estate agent that the surveyor does not include that in the square meterage of the property for his valuation purposes (cos I didn't want to pay for it!). I'd hope it was similar for council tax valuation purposes.

    In 1991, most council tax valuations were done on a drive by basis. If it was at the rear, it probably wouldn’t have even been seen.
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  • glasgowdan
    glasgowdan Posts: 2,967 Forumite
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    Tom99 wrote: »
    The sun room would most likely be excluded from the M2 area recorded on the VO database but it would probably have a 'conservatory' maker added to the record as one of its attributes.

    Thanks for the insight. I'll come back with more background info shortly.
  • davilown
    davilown Posts: 2,303 Forumite
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    JoJo1978 wrote: »
    Council tax banding in my area was last done on valuations in 1991. Any modifications made since then are not taken into account. Also my council tax bill is the same as my neighbours, I have an extension and they don’t. The bill is not as localised as the dimensions of an individual house I don’t think

    I may be wrong but your council tax banding is reviewed when a marker is placed on it following a planning application. Whether it's changed then or when the house is sold I don't know
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