Check if your
Council Tax band is too high.
Get the email to send to the Valuation Office, with the evidence written in, and the official challenge form part-filled for you. We check your home against the Valuation Office’s band records in 30 seconds, for free, and tell you honestly whether you have a case.
- Free comparables & 1991 valuation check
- Email to the VOA with the evidence written in
- Official VO 7455 form, part-filled
- No card details or sign-up to check
- 14-day money-back guarantee
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The bands were set in a single rush in 1991. Surveyors drove past at the kerb — many never set foot inside. Three decades on, even the VOA accepts the system is imperfect. The fix is well-documented: compare your band against similar homes, gather 1991 evidence, submit a formal challenge. The catch? It’s tedious, the rules are picky, and free guides assume you have an afternoon.
Instant VOA comparable check. A challenge prepared for you.
Free, honest band check
Type a postcode, see your band against similar homes in 30 seconds. No card, no sign-up. If you don't have a case, we tell you to stop.
The evidence, written in
Nearby lower-band homes like yours, each with its band, distance, type, floor area, rooms and age, and a one-line comparison with your home — the hardest part of a DIY challenge, written into the email you send.
An AI-drafted letter, not a template
Written for your exact home and the comparables we chose, as an email you copy and send — so it doesn't read like the form letter the VOA bins a hundred times a day.
A VO 7455 form, part-filled
The official challenge form, filled in from public records as far as we can — the Welsh version for homes in Wales. You complete what only you know, then sign it.
14-day refund, any reason
Not happy with your challenge? Tell us within 14 days and we refund in full — no reasons asked. Buy with complete peace of mind.
A straight answer in about a minute.
A straight answer in about a minute.
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Pick your address from the list. No card, no sign-up.
Things the other tools don’t tell you.
We don’t want a refund storm. The product works because we’re straight with you.
Bands can be revised up, not just down.
It's rare, but the VOA can move your band up after a review. If our score is Weak or Don't Pursue, we'll say so — even though it costs us a sale.
Rightmove and Zoopla don't count.
VOA explicitly rejects online property estimates as evidence. Your challenge is built on what it does weigh: the bands of similar homes nearby, from its own list.
A decision can take up to a year.
GOV.UK says an informal band review can take up to 12 months (a formal proposal up to 4). We can't make HMRC move faster. What we can do is prepare your challenge carefully, so it doesn't get turned away on a technicality.
We are not the VOA.
We don't submit the challenge for you — doing so would make us an unregulated tax agent. You sign and send. We do the heavy lifting up to that point.
One email, with everything in it.
One email, with everything in it.
Your challenge arrives
A minute or two after you pay, one email with three things in it: your case report; the VO 7455 form, part-filled; and the email to send the Valuation Office, with the evidence written in. Prefer post? There's a printable letter too.
Printable letterWritten around your home and the nearby homes we chose. Download it if you'd rather post it. 
VO 7455 formThe official form, part-filled. You complete it and sign it.
The letter and the form, shown at their first page. The sample uses a demonstration address, so no real customer’s property or details appear.
One price.
No subscription.
No hidden “success” fee.
Some band-challenge services take 25–30% of your backdated refund — that can be £300+ on a successful claim. We charge a flat £39. You keep every penny of the refund.
One email in your inbox, within a minute or two.
- Automatic and expandable comparable search
- The email to the VOA, with the evidence written in — yours to customise
- Part-filled VO 7455 form, case report with a map, and letters for later
- 14-day no-questions refund
Card details requested only after you’ve seen your score.
Work out whether you have a case.
Everything we know about challenging a band, written up in full — including when not to bother.
How to challenge your Council Tax band, step by step
The five steps to challenge your Council Tax band yourself, free, and what each one involves. Or let our free check and £39 challenge do the slow parts.
5 min readUsing your sale price as Council Tax evidence (and the 1991 valuation-date trap)
A sale from around the valuation date is evidence; a later one only gives an estimate. Which papers count, how to use your own sale or a neighbour's, and why raw prices from different years mislead.
6 min readWhere to find your home's 1991 value — every free source
Your band in England rests on your home's value on 1 April 1991 (2003 in Wales). Where to find sales from around that date, which ones the Valuation Office uses, and what to do if you can't find any.
6 min readHow to find comparable properties for your band challenge
How to choose similar homes for a band challenge, matching on type, age, size and location, using GOV.UK's band checker and what you can find out about each home, with a worked table.
5 min readCouncil Tax challenge form (VO 7455): blank form and how to fill it in
Download the blank Council Tax challenge form (VO 7455) for England or Wales, and see on the form itself where to tick, what to write and what to leave blank for a band review or a proposal.
5 min readCan challenging your Council Tax band put it up?
Yes: a review can raise a band as well as lower it, and it can reach the homes you cite. When the risk is real and how to keep it low.
4 min read
Council Tax band challenge FAQs
Honest answers on evidence, refunds and the risk of your band going up — read this before you spend £39. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Email us. We reply within a working day.
Will challenging my band cause it to go up?+
It is possible — the VOA can revise bands in either direction. The risk is low when most similar nearby homes are in a lower band (which is the only case our score recommends a challenge). If our engine says Weak or Don't Pursue, walk away. We'll tell you when that's the right call.
Couldn't I just follow the MoneySavingExpert guide for free?+
Yes, and many people successfully do. The MSE guide is the gold-standard free reference and we recommend reading it. We save you the hours of finding comparable homes, writing the letter, setting out the evidence and filling in the form. If you have the time and patience, you don't need us.
How long until I get a decision?+
Longer than most people expect. GOV.UK says an informal band review can take up to 12 months. A formal proposal — only available if you've paid Council Tax on the property for under 6 months, or the VOA changed your band in the last 6 — can take up to 4 months. Your order page has a follow-up letter for the wait.
Which areas do you cover?+
We cover England and Wales — every address with a current Council Tax band on the VOA's valuation list. Scotland is handled by the Scottish Assessors rather than the VOA and we don't support it yet (the data we'd need isn't available per-property), so we won't sell you a challenge for a Scottish address. Brand-new builds may take 4-8 weeks to appear in VOA data — if yours doesn't, we'll refund immediately.
Is this legal/regulated?+
We don't submit the challenge for you, hold any funds for you, or give regulated tax advice. We provide an information product and a tool. The submission — and the signature on the form — is yours.
Do you offer a refund if my challenge is rejected?+
Our refund covers the product (14 days, any reason). It does not depend on the outcome of your challenge — the VOA's decision is not in our control. We are upfront about this because outcome-tied refunds tend to be how dodgier services operate.