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Allowable expense - sound proofing

djm100
djm100 Posts: 3 Newbie
in House buying, renting & selling
Tenants have asked to see if soundproofing in the flat I rent could be looked at.

It would involve taking up carpet and replacing underlay with a specialist sound proofing product. My question is would this be considered an allowable expense?

Thanks

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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    sounds like a capital improvement. Sorry about the pun!
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    djm100 wrote: »
    Tenants have asked to see if soundproofing in the flat I rent could be looked at.

    It would involve taking up carpet and replacing underlay with a specialist sound proofing product. My question is would this be considered an allowable expense?

    Thanks
    I would go the other way and say the underlay has exceeded it's expected life span and needs replacing as an expense and you're simply replacing it with a modern equivalent rather than making an improvement which would be capital in nature.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • theartfullodger
    theartfullodger Posts: 15,790 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Cheaper to evict & get new tenants: Apologies all for pointing out the brutal reality of rentier life... , Proudhon and all that..
    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-earns-500000-rent-7188504

    Bet this "Specialist product" doesn't work/satisfy tenants's ears...
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