Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more

Council tax postcode lottery: £150k home pays more than a £77m mansion

One is a £77.5 million eight-bedroom luxury mansion in one of London’s most exclusive postcodes. The other is a modest family home in County Durham on the market for £150,000. Yet the owners of the three-bedroom semi-detached home in the village of Lanchester have to pay £1,794 in council tax every year.  Whereas the millionaires … Read more