Wasn't sure which way it was going to go but in the end I got a D!

 

Most of my neighbour get Ds or Es. 

 

Highland Council collects the water in the council tax (no meter), band D and water is £1,539 and band E is £2,004, as a 34 year old and this being my forever home this amounts to quite a large difference over a few decades. 

 

This is important to me as I hopeful of getting my mortgage, council tax, electricity, phone/internet, insurance, tv licence within £600 a month.

 

Made me think, does everybody know what banding they are expecting when they self build?

 

Anybody on here ever self build to band below D?

 

 

 

Last house was an E appealed down from an F.

 

All I know is whatever they give me for this one, I will be appealing again, well worth it.

I live in fear of band G. I will be appealing that one! We can make a reasonable argument for E but I expect we will be pushed to F.

I also had some argument to support an appeal, but it's not a band C. 

 

I guess with areas like Skye where generations have self build, properties tend to be different compared to a row of identical of 1930's semi detached properties. 

 

 

I got a G but unfortunately didn’t appeal it. Wish I had.