council tax
 

hi

i am being stung for council tax... basically my house was in a state of disrepair for a long time while i did some major work on it for about 6 months.. it was unfurnished and we didn't live there.. i presumed that i could claim an exemption for the period but the miserable barstewards are saying someone "claimed for an exemption in 2003-2004" which means i can't claim?

they want the full amount for this year which i've paid but now would like to claim back as i think i've been robbed!

did you have a carpet down or running water... ?
I read somewhere that without these it uninhabitable

sounds like a load of old chuff to me. So what if someone claimed on it before, this is your house now so you can either get a discount becuase it wasnt occupied or, as has been said, it was uninhabitable. :x

Cheeky bloody Councils

Yeah you should be able to appeal that, anywhere not lived in can be exempt or may be a small percentage fee, I read it somewhere i'm sure

council tax it one big legal rip off! better than poll tax tho if a few live under the one roof.

I'll ask my missus. She deals with this for the local council so she knows the legislation pretty well. Won't be 'til sometime on Sunday tho'. HTH.

cheers Nick, can you PM me with the details?

Let me know the exact details of your problem, via pm, and I'll get the wife to reply in kind.

Can she check mine as well please :P

I work in Holland and live in my lorry, I come home for about 3 days a month, no one empties my bins because they are already empty. I dont have street lighting, and I have never seen a copper for 3 years, although that could be a good thing :P

Its an unfair tax, the locals in Normanton with the sun tan have an advantage because there is 18 of them sharing the cost :D

appeal it, I work for Ashford council customer services, now I dont sort out peoples council tax bills but we deal with peoples council tax queries (usually moaning!)

you can have an empty and unfurnished exemption for 6 months only, and it goes on the property not the owner, so its only a one off in i think its 5 years, thing.

go for something like a discount/exemption for unihabitable if it had no running water, and see what they say.