Peterrod

Please read this seriously as this is the Tax Man's New Year's Gift to the hard working people in the Middle East.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/01012006/14...spy-house.html

Regards

Peter

Rumble Tumble

Ba*t**ds

CasaNova

OFF TOPIC


what will if you are caught?



New Fake casanova says:


Sorry sorry for being off topic.

Fairydust

I personally don't see anything wrong with this. I think all council tax bandings should be re-rated every couple of years - otherwise you get to the situation where a house built and bought 10 years ago, which was valued and banded at the time of building, is 3 bands lower than a brand new house built next door, even though the new house maybe only be half the size and half of the current value of the original one - (sorry if that doesn't make sense - but I know what I mean )

Rumble Tumble

Yes i think that is true to a certain extent, however it is getting to the point where it's like you have big brother looking over you shoulder constantly. I guess that will be inevitable in the end though, the way society is going! You just can't do anything nowa days with out somebody knowing your business.

W10

It doesn't make sense. Council Tax banding is based upon the value of your property at the time of the banding (or if it is new, the value the property would have been at the time of the banding had it been built)

Your house would almost certainly be in the same band as a brand new house, providing they were similar in size, number of bedrooms etc.

I don't see what's wrong with using the technology - although it really does seem unlikely that they would go to all that trouble when all you would have to do is look at the council planning records to find out who applied for planning permission for a swimming pool, extension, giant annexe wing etc.

Fairydust

Well I know for a fact that wasn't/isn't true in Cheshire council area - we came out of it ok as we bought our house as one of the first built but the houses being built now, which are smaller than ours are in 3 bands above ours and our being valued at current property purchase price

W10

If the houses were the same spec, in the same area and the same sort of size then the residents should appeal the banding, they will win....

...unless you live near the border of two Local Authorities and one set of properties is under a different council.

My old apartment in London was a new build, I was in council tax band D. Had it been based on current prices I would have been in the highest band, paying the same council tax as a guy in a 3 million house up the road.

Fairydust

If the houses were the same spec, in the same area and the same sort of size then the residents should appeal the banding, they will win....

Nothing really to do with me "I'm alright Jack " just thought I would add to the discussion


...unless you live near the border of two Local Authorities and one set of properties is under a different council.

No all in the same area - same development - same builders - building has been ongoing though for some years in different phases


My old apartment in London was a new build, I was in council tax band D. Had it been based on current prices I would have been in the highest band, paying the same council tax as a guy in a 3 million house up the road.

Did they ever increase the highest band as I always thought that was unfair too - didn't matter whether your house was worth 1m or 10m - same council tax

Jammy_Dodgers

You will also have a higher band if your property has a decent view, therefore if you have a nicer view than an identicle house up the road you will pay more.