| The resident of Brownhill Street, Charleston, cannot understand how it can be justified that his house is categorised as Band B whereas his neighbour’s home is Band A.
“The two houses are joined together two in a block and are exactly the same houses,” he said.
“Now out of the 14 houses in my postcode, seven houses are in Band A and seven are in Band B, despite all the houses being exactly the same homes and none of the houses having a value of more than £27,001 in 1991 when the banding was done.”
“My wife has been told (by the assessors) that is the banding and there is nothing she can do about it.
“She was given no explanation as to how they were valued in the first place, except that we had bought our house from the council before 1991.
“Surely just because we owned the house and not the council, it did not change the value of the property from the house next door as they are still the same houses no matter who owned them.”
The Brownhill Street resident has contacted Lord Provost John Letford regarding the situation, as he is the councillor for Camperdown Ward.
Tayside Valuation Joint Board covers the local authority areas of Dundee City, Perth & Kinross and Angus councils.
Assessor Mr Clark Low is responsible for the valuation and banding of domestic subjects for council tax, for the three areas.
Mr Low commented that any individuals concerned about their band should contact them directly and they would be pleased to investigate their case.
On hearing Mr Low’s response, the Brownhill Street resident said he would be contacting the assessors another time to ensure that this “injustice” was sorted out. |
