Council Tax Help

[kurtsimonw]

I've been paying Band B in Lichfield and today received a letter saying this is incorrect, and from now on I'll be paying Band C.

It only works out to £20 or so a month more, but I'm not sure how they can justify this? My parents live in the same area of Lichfield, and pay Band B. Their house is valued at around £285k, with mine at £205k. Is there a reason I should be paying more council tax than them? I appreciate it's based on valuations from 1991, but surely my house wouldn't just magically be worth more 30 years ago for no reason?

Am I just going to have to accept it and pay it? I'm assuming they're not suggesting my house has gone up £100k in value over the last 6 months, even though they are.

[bickster]

try this

[Xela]

I'm a band C and I live in a flat.

C sounds reasonable for a house in Lichfield worth over £200k? Perhaps your parents are very lucky and should be a C/D? My folks old place in Walmley sold for £260k in 2018 and they were band D.

Check here to make sure your neighbours are all the same band:

https://www.gov.uk/council-tax-bands

Also here might be useful

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/council-tax-bands-change/

You can get an estimate of what your property would have been worth in '91, if it had been around.

[kurtsimonw]

25 minutes ago, Xela said:

Check here to make sure your neighbours are all the same band:

https://www.gov.uk/council-tax-bands

Cheers mate. My road has not got many houses and most are different. This has both mine and my neighbour (with the exact same house) down as B, so will see if I can challenge.