Council Tax rebanding

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Just_landed
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Ok been around these boards for long time, not posted for years. I need help with this one. I have been re banded from a D to an F (my property) which is a big jump, I'm thinking of appealing but need to work out what value the Land Registry have put on my property (they have visited my house last month) In 1991 F would of been 120,001 to 160,000 So what value have they put on my property in todays prices, they must have a formula for this but I cannot find it on the internet. As you probably of guessed my property has been extended as have most of the other property's around me so difficult to compare. I need a price range to help work out if its worth appealing. The Council Tax bands and property values (Zoopla) around me are wildly different.
Thanks in advance for replies.
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  • CIS
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    Today's price is not relevant to the banding. The only price they need to consider is what it was in 1991 (2003 in Wales) but there is no specific formula used to calculate it.
    I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.
  • Just_landed
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    Hi I've read a few of your answers before posting, so this property was not as it was in 1991, how do they get to a band F then ?

    Cheers :undecided

    Maybe the question above is not what I should be asking, would the question be :- Zoopla put a value (along with others) do you know the formula they use to get to the current value of a property ?

    Ta
  • CIS
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    Just_landed wrote: »
    Hi I've read a few of your answers before posting, so this property was not as it was in 1991, how do they get to a band F then ?

    Cheers :undecided

    Maybe the question above is not what I should be asking, would the question be :- Zoopla put a value (along with others) do you know the formula they use to get to the current value of a property ?

    Ta

    They take the current state of the property and assume that the property in that state was in existence in 1991. The banding is then made on that basis.

    How Zoopla and others estimate a value is dependent on their own calculations, probably using the average house price index.
    I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.
  • lincroft1710
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    Your home would be compared to others of a similar age, type and size, where either 1991 sales exist or there are settled appeals or bands well established.

    Are you confusing the Land Registry with the VOA?
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • Just_landed
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    Oops your right it is the VOA
  • cjaybee
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    I wonder if someone out there can help.
    The Regional Valuation Unit has asked for 'compelling' evidence to justify my claim that my property is incorrectly banded.
    The only evidence I have is the that other 4 terrace houses in the block are Band E when mine is F.
    I've given them the addresses of the other properties & am only able to give them approximate 1991 values which I gleaned from building society calculator aplications, they will not accept these, not sure what I can do now......
  • lincroft1710
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    cjaybee wrote: »
    I wonder if someone out there can help.
    The Regional Valuation Unit has asked for 'compelling' evidence to justify my claim that my property is incorrectly banded.
    The only evidence I have is the that other 4 terrace houses in the block are Band E when mine is F.
    I've given them the addresses of the other properties & am only able to give them approximate 1991 values which I gleaned from building society calculator aplications, they will not accept these, not sure what I can do now......

    There's not much you can do. Is your house bigger than the others? Is it end terrace? If neither of these then you have to ask the VOA why is yours in Band F. The downside is that they may say the whole terrace should have been Band F
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
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