We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

getting a second mortgage - not BTL!

My wife has recently started child minding from home and her "business" is doing quite well. It had always been our plan to purchase another property to do the childminding from and that way we keep our home as our own.

The repayments on another mortgage shouldn't be a problem.

Currently we own our own home. Valued at approx £200k and has a mortgage of about £96k. My plan was to release about £30k from this property to use as the deposit on the new property. I was then hoping to get a mortgage for between £30k and £60k to buy another property out of which she'd do the childminding.

As I say, the repayments aren't the problem, I'm just not sure the in's / out's of getting a second mortgage.

(I also own a flat worth about £75k which is mortgage free)

Comments

  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,439 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    You'll need a commercial mortgage as you do not intend to live in this property, or let it.
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • evobaz
    evobaz Posts: 7 Forumite
    My wife would be registered as living there.
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    evobaz wrote: »
    My wife would be registered as living there.



    that would sort of look like fraud

    why not simply get a btl mortgage of your flat (assuming you rent it out)
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 353.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455.2K Spending & Discounts
  • 246.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 603.5K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.3K Life & Family
  • 261.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.