Council Tax Bands

[888]

(hope this is the right category)... I am in the same original band as others in my street, who have now greatly enlarged their houses and not been adjusted for the extra bed/rooms. If theirs is correct, could I get a reduction?.

[Old_Geezer]

Extremely unlikely I'd say. Your house hasn't changed so it's in the same band as when last evaluated. Maybe you could please your neighbours by asking the council to re-evaluate theirs ?

[Mamyalynne]

If you want to try to get your Band changed, details here.

https://www.gov.uk/council-tax-appeals/challenge-your-band

[EDDIE51]

You won't get a reduction but the others may get an increase.
What band are you in?

[EDDIE51]

Once a house is in the top band it does not matter how much more it is worth. In my area the top band starts as £320,000, so a house worth £320,000 is in the same band as one worth £5 million!

[whiskeryron]

how to increase your quota of friends, tell the Council about your neighbours altered situations.

[888]

Ha ha, no to that OG!. Just like everyone else, I always think the bills are too high and should be in a lower band in comparison. Thanks for your answers.

[twix123]

It's very rare to get a decrease in a tax band, but houses that have been extended will normally have their tax band reviewed after they have been sold. Therefore, if the owners who built the extension are still living in the property the tax band will not have been increased.
Eventually there will be a general revaluation across the country, but this hasn't been legislated for yet.

[Old_Geezer]

It's a ridiculous system of taxation, there just to simplify things for the authorities. Spend money improving your place and the council uses it as a feeble excuse to charge you more. Pathetic. Local taxation should be based on income not property. Each according to their means. And like today supplemented from general taxation where an impoverished area has difficulty raising what's needed or an area has special needs/costs.

[Gizmonster]

A bit of a coincidence seeing this, as my mother has just posted her appeal form today, to have her council tax reduced.
As OG has said, the work done on your neighbours' houses doesn't reflect on the value of your's and as long as it was banded correctly in 1991, it'll be very unlikely you'll get it reduced .... unless these extensions were in place before April 1991??

[Ryzen]

Bring back the Poll Tax.....after all, people use local services not houses.

[Old_Geezer]

Until the poll tax is modified to take into account a person's situation re ability to pay, then it is a non-starter. That is why income has to be the driver. If you are getting more out of society then you are morally obliged to put more in.