The Valuation Office Agency says it assigns a tax band to any property capable of being lived in.
The family discovered the tax band of their home had also increased and they had to pay £1,000 in backdated council tax bills
It was made into a liveable space to house Ukrainian refugees and was reported to the Valuation Office Agency as a "self-contained annexe" by South Cambridgeshire District Council. A family of three moved in and shared utilities, the garden, letterbox, washing line and the driveway with the host family.
Under the scheme, council tax should be paid by the hosts or refugees for "self-contained accommodation". "That address doesn't exist," said Mr Kulina. "It is a garage with a loft conversion that was here when we bought the house in 2007." "Now they are moving on, it will revert to use as an office and we will have to pay two council tax bills.
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