Council tax VOA

Well, unless you *actually* put the 2nd bathroom in before you answer the question on the form, the only truthful answer you can possibly give is "1".

The enhancement may or may not be of sufficient "official" value to trigger promotion into the next band, but if it is, then I think it won't affect your council tax bill before you sell, even if there is a further revaluation before you do.

When you sell, your marketing blurb will probably need to show your band. This will be what it is now, unless there is a revaluation between when you add the 2nd bathromm and before you sell. So it is doubly in your interest to delay putting it in until after the present revaluation.

Why, naturally...unless it was in my interest to put it in first then perhaps I could have made it look as though a second bathroom was being created in case of an inspection. But, I do, however, want to do it properly.

Thanks for the sharpshootin' raygun!

In message , snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com writes

A no brainer surely?

2) The only possible change, (if there is one), if you declare 2 bathrooms is an increase in your council tax - why would you want that?

In real terms, unless you are on the cusp of a band, the bands are so wide that it is unlikely that an extra bathroom within the same space would make any difference. In fact, IIRC, the criteria was that houses were viewed from outside, and assumed to have a reasonable specification for their type and location. We were not allowed to enter the grounds, and certainly not the houses, when carrying out the valuations.

"Richard Faulkner" wrote

What happened if you couldn't see the house from the road? Did you have to *guess* how big it was?

In message , Tim writes

I cant remember there being any on my patch. Any queries were referred to the District Valuer and ISTR he had a bit more information about individual properties than we had.