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Originally Posted by Gayle
Out of the blue I received a cheque from HBC.
The house that I used to own was in council tax band B. For some reason, and I have no idea why, it has been reassessed into council tax band A. Again, for some reason that I can not explain they have looked back to the date I bought the house 11 years ago and credited the difference.
I didn't request this, I didn't even know you could request this, but I'm not complaining.
Has anyone else had a mini windfall?
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I knew that you could request reassessment of your council tax band.My mum did this.She was found to be in a higher band than she should have been and was given a cheque for the difference just like you were.Somebody must have requested them to look at your old house.Perhaps the people who live there now?I think you get credited for however long you lived there.My mum's house is fairly new so they credited her for as long as the house had been built.If your house was older,maybe they've credited going all the way back to when the bandings came in...was that 1992 or so?