General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

PeterP

As regards paying your wife's poll tax, you were what was known as the 'breadwinner' in your household, your job was going out and earning a wage, I presume you wife's job was looking after the home as a housewife, that was the norm at one time, and if you were both happy with that arrangement, then so be it, as two people no doubt you paid more than on the old rates system, but there are winners and losers in everything, you can't please everyone, because nothings perfect.

As regards your neighbours houses, which were council houses, and now as private houses which have had extensions built, and will probably be worth more than your house, if I was you I would be bloody well fuming about them still being in Band A, but that is because the valuation from 1990 is still in force, I think that residential properties should be revalued every five years, sooner if they have had an improvement which increases the value of the property.