Just after a general nose about on the council website my girlfriend noticed that we are in a higher council tax band (D) than the 2 other flats in our block (C ) which has meant we have been paying more council tax. The block is owned by a property development and management company that we are renting from and although I haven’t been in either of the other flats it is impossible from the layout that they have less floor space than us.

I called the management company and the woman that deals with our block was confused and thought all the flats we band D and said she would find out and get back to me. After 24 hours she hasn’t so I guess I am going to have to make another call. I think we are entitled to a refund if we have been overpaying (it is far more likely all the flats should be band C not band D) but I know the landlords are going to fob me off to the council and council will fob me back to landlord or far more likely they will say it is our own fault. We have been paying the council tax at this rate in good faith and have learnt about this by chance but I think the landlord should admit they had made a mistake and refund us the money or fight the council on our behalf.

 

Where do I stand on this? Anyone know much about council tax banding and incorrect banding?

You have to contact the council, and they send someone round to actually look at your place and see what band you should fall into.

 

The way the council decide what band peoples houses should be, is basically to drive down the road, look at, say a row of 5 houses and make them band C, then they look at the next row, and say theyre band D. Theyre doesnt actually seem to be any methodical way that they grade houses, if it looks similar to one down the road which is a band D, then thats what they will say yours is, even if yours is much smaller.

 

that pretty much how one of my ex's described it as, and she used to work for my local council

yeah and they will probably decide it should bve in a higher band if they are anything like i robbing gits at Rotherham