Valuing/re-valuing your new build for Council Tax purposes

[Bancroft]

All this Burnham talk about a 0.48% property tax has got me thinking about how much we're going to end up paying in council tax (or property tax...) at the end of the process.

At the moment we live in what can only be described as a slightly posh shed (it has plasterboard on the inside - mainly - but doesn't have heating or insulation) so our council tax is minimal.

 

Once the new house - on the same plot - is finished, we will be knocking the shed down and will move to the new one.  And I expect the council will want their pound of flesh.

 

What are other people's experiences of the council valuing their new house/replacement house?  How have they gone about creating a value for it?  Did the process seem logical or was it as obscure, overly bureaucratic, and nonsensical as the planning process that started the whole affair?

[Gone West]

48 minutes ago, Bancroft said:

What are other people's experiences of the council valuing their new house/replacement house?

We were in a very similar situation to you. In our case I think the District Council suggested a banding to the Valuation Office. We disagreed with the valuation and suggested a band two lower than they wanted. We ended up at the band halfway between the two.

[marmic]

interesting - we'll have this soon.   hopefully they aren't like their planning office!  keeping fingers crossed they'll just do it on paper based on m2 and number of bedrooms???