Council Tax. Are You Paying More Than Your Neighbours? Check It Out

susan47 · 10 May 2006 at 2:29PM

I found the voa website last year and wrote a letter complaining that I was in Band F, when nearly every other house in my street is an E - and I've lived here 15 years. I didn't think they would even reply, but they did - and they sent a valuer around and he told me that he thought the whole street should be F...Since he said he couldn't revalue everyone else, he agreed to drop me to an E! I got a refund of over £2,000. Brilliant! Just shows anything is worth a try.

alecpr · 10 May 2006 at 3:08PM

After succesfuly appealing my banding and getting the confirmation letter, I was looking forward to the cheque and the reduction in my bills.... not to be. Rang th concil for when the re-banding will be processed, they advised the VOA send it in writing and then they issue the cheque and adjust the bill payments.

So how long then? I asked

It'll be a nice Xmas present was the reply :-(

moonrakerz · 28 May 2006 at 10:12PM

alecpr wrote:

So how long then? I asked

It'll be a nice Xmas present was the reply :-(

The letter I had from the VOA telling me of my re-banding, backdated to 1993 !!!!, stated that they had already notified my local council. Am going to give them a couple of weeks before I ring them.

musey · 12 June 2006 at 6:52PM

My council did automatically for me, I didn't have to contact them or anything. I received the letters about a month after (my backdating also went back to '93). Strangely enough my council are forcing the next door neighbours to go to tribunal as they don't hold their claim valid, they have the exact same house to me....curious?

Maisie · 1 August 2006 at 2:35PM

Great to hear that Musey and thunderbirds won their appeals and got a lower banding and a refund.

Keep on appealing everyone. We pay enough taxes in this country without being charged too much on council tax.

arnie&caseysma! · 1 August 2006 at 2:53PM

Here is the link for any folk in Scotland who are looking to check it out......

http://www.saa.gov.uk/

Unfortunately I have just checked the last four houses I have lived in and they are all pretty accurate - would have been nice to get one up on the local council!!!

Maisie · 1 August 2006 at 3:00PM

Thanks arnie and caeysma! Keep appealing everyone.

Why pay more council tax than you need to!.

Cookiepops · 9 August 2006 at 9:54AM

I have noticed my street varies between 3 bands - but I think the 2 beds are band A, 3 beds are band B and 4 beds are band C.

In which case I am the right band - except I have noticed that there is one 3 bed in our street which is a Band A - is this reason enough for me to appeal?

Thanks

the_other_mce · 9 August 2006 at 10:39AM

Hey - thanks all . This thread is really interesting. I've looked on the website and all houses on my street are band C. I live in a two bed , there are eight 2 bed houses, there are two houses with large extensions (that were originally 3 beds) and twenty 3 bed houses (bigger rooms, gardens, downstairs cloakrooms etc). Would it be worth my while appealing?
I've also looked at roads nearby on private estates ( mines an ex council) where house prices are at least 20 -40k higher and they are the same band as me!!!!
Any advice anyone?
Also does anyone know how I can check the house prices in 1991?
Thanks in advance......

itgirlinuk · 9 August 2006 at 11:51AM

I live in a 2 bed victorian conversion and I am on band C. But my neighbours have a 4 bed terraced house to themselves and they are on band E.

Thats the wrong banding isn't it? Does me having a large garden make a difference to the banding?

Council Tax. Are You Paying More Than Your Neighbours? Check It Out

Comments

Categories

Get our FREE Weekly email full of deals & guides - and it’s spam-free