VTR1000.ORG

I followed the instructions on the above site around 1 year ago,...result ,around £1600 returned to me Some people got £ thousands more than that, you can read the testimonials

There are 10 identical houses in my street, 3 (inc mine) were in a higher band than the rest
My application was rejected 1st time,so i appealed by letter and won,its piss easy,its your own money your gettin back ,as they,ve overcharged

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclai ... nds-change


Follow instructions,put in your postcode and you'll see what your neighbours pay for council tax Dont just think about it ...DO IT You might be surprised

Might be worth a try for some of you guys

I think this is the http://www.voa.gov.uk/cti/InitS.asp?lcn=0 for England, but havn't tried it,.. in Scotland it's http://www.saa.gov.uk/

You good for a tap?

Are you saying your paying more council tax than your neighbour so you got your cash back?

Hi Rich,
sorry mate, moneys long gone

Yes, thats what im saying,i was a band higher than my neighbour (3 bedroom semi),so i got the difference back over the amount of years.
Also my banding was reduced straight away
If you put in yer postcode, you'll see what neighbours are paying
Stevie

Good un Stevie,

Heard about this ages ago - prolly on Martin Lewis' spot on Radio2, but as often occurs, apathy reigned.

Just gone through the various bits and not only does it appear we're in the wrong band (1 too high) based on valuation in 1991, half the street is on 1 band and the other, like us, are 1 band higher! The houses are all the same!!!!

Rock 'n' Roll!!! ££££££'s back dated to 1999 when we moved in .......... Yahoo!

Can't wait to ring the council on Monday!

And hey, even if we get nowt back - at the very least, those that are paying the lower band will get a shock!!!

Graeme

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Just checked and it says I should be an E band. I'm only a band D at the moment so nothing to see here, move along

Good stuff Graeme
My initial application was rejected,cos they said it "was out of time",ie ,i think you get 3 years to apply,but i appealled ,saying if i had known then , that i was paying more than my neighbour,i would have applied at the time
Dont let the fob you off Good luck

Ohh and nae luck rich

I got £1100 back last year cos 6 houses on an estate of 160 were a band higher but i had a load of trouble getting a cheque off the council they just wanted me to not pay for a year and a bit (i think not) so it is worth a try

Wish i could Timbo,
it's long gone

When i knew i was getting refunded i told the 2 kids if i got more than £1300 id give them £50 each,,so i was 100 notes down straight away

Andy1671 wrote:I got £1100 back last year cos 6 houses on an estate of 160 were a band higher but i had a load of trouble getting a cheque off the council they just wanted me to not pay for a year and a bit (i think not) so it is worth a try

Took me around 5 months due to the overwhelming amount of applicants,i kept phoning and basically pestering them, they tell you anything,ie,that i'd need to go to an appeal hearing ,etc,which never happens I think they try to get you to drop the case Nae chance

That Martin Lewis site is an encyclopedia on how to save ,get money back,anything financial you get it on there.The blokes a star,saved me loads,the finance industry hate him & have crashed his site a few times.

cupasoop wrote:Just checked and it says I should be an E band. I'm only a band D at the moment so nothing to see here, move along

just had a result from this..well the wife did...4 houses in the street same as ours 3 on 1 band lower.

result =£2200 refund..took about 5 weeks

Now a nice little windfall like that would come in very handy

The only trouble is, I know our home is in the correct bracket as I have checked it a while back

Chris.

Thought i,d bring this to folks attention again ,incase some new members havn't seen it

Especially with all the doom n gloom ,redundancies ,and short time working (me) ,a wee windfall would come in handy (unfortunately ive had mine).

Anyway, any of you newish forum members who didnt catch it first time round, check it out NOW , you might get back a fortune

Follow the links above for checking your banding ,comparing with your neighbours

Cheers BP top link hadn't seen this before - shame mines the same as everyone in my street - except my neighbour is a band higher but he's a stuck up juggler so I won't pass over this info