How quick?
Send snotty emails to your bank about PPI.
Try to reband your council tax
Ebay shit you don't need
Zopa loans are good if you've got a very good credit rating.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Mar 2013, 10:41, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

Re banding your council tax is surely more likely to make it go up since they are based on 1990 prices

(Bazongaloid, Thu 7 Mar 2013, 10:48, Reply)

It can go up or down, but most likely down.
You can check if any of your neighbours have been successful online. Definatly worth while. www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/council-tax-bands-change
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Mar 2013, 10:51, Reply)

I don't understand how it can go down?
My house would have been worth at least a hundred grand less in 1990.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 7 Mar 2013, 10:56, Reply)

No, it's that in 1990 they just drove past your house and said
"It's worth 100k so it's a band whatever" without looking inside or anything. Actually it was only worth 80k in 1990 so it should be the band lower.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Mar 2013, 10:58, Reply)

How do they tell what it was actually worth in 1990 then?
I've just checked the barnet tax bands, and band G is between 160K and 320K. That's the minimum you'd pay for a house which is what makes the council tax system so ridiculous.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 7 Mar 2013, 11:01, Reply)