Stamp duty- two adjoining properties

Louisa_2

DH and I are hoping to buy a house which is currently on the market as two separate flats (its a victorian house that was converted into the two flats in the 1970's). Both flats are owned by the same family, downstairs by a brother and sister, upstairs owned by just the sister. We would be paying £130k and £170k respectively. Can somebody please tell me if we will have to pay 3% stamp duty on these purchases? Or whether, as each property is under the £175k limit, we would only have to pay 0%? Thanks in advance.

Robert_Sterling_3

I may be wrong but I cannot see any reason why when buying two distinct properties you should add the prices together.

Sonofa

I would agree, you're buying two separate properties from two separate vendors.

david29dpo

No stamp duty to pay. 2 separate properties under the £170k limit.

Richard_Webster

No SDLT unless the transactions are linked in the sense that neither of the sellers would have sold to OP at the prices mentioned unless the other did, and the combined price was a price reduction that would not have applied, had the flats been sold separately to entirely different people.