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  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,686 Forumite
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    I rang Leicester council about this on Thursday!

    They said there is a 28 day waiver if the house is unoccupied if the current owner has not already used it.
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  • ellie27
    ellie27 Posts: 1,097 Forumite
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    All depends which council you are in.

    Our council allows an unfurnished house to be exempt from council tax up to 6 months. We took advantage of that for about 2.5 months.

    Any other bills you are responsible for them the day you take ownership.
  • pathtofreedom
    pathtofreedom Posts: 827 Forumite
    fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »
    Claiming that there is a person residing there where there isn't is fraud !
    I'm not encouraging fraud. Every post I've said you need to check with your council to see what discounts, if any are allowed. Where I live they would give you a discount like this, as long as you're also paying somewhere else. It all depends on the council though that's why you have to check. Please don't try and take what I'm saying out of context and twist it.
    MFW OP's 2017 #101 £829.32/£5000
    MFiT-T4 - #46 £0/£45k to reduce mortgage total
    04/16 Mortgage start £153,892.45
    MFW 2015 #63 £4229.71/£3000 - old Mortgage
  • BleepinHell
    BleepinHell Posts: 915 Forumite
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    ellie27 wrote: »
    All depends which council you are in.

    Our council allows an unfurnished house to be exempt from council tax up to 6 months. We took advantage of that for about 2.5 months.

    Any other bills you are responsible for them the day you take ownership.
    Thanks for all the replies. Suppose I better inform the council
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  • fed_up_and_stressed
    fed_up_and_stressed Posts: 1,673 Forumite
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    pathtofreedom wrote: »
    I'm not encouraging fraud. Every post I've said you need to check with your council to see what discounts, if any are allowed. Where I live they would give you a discount like this, as long as you're also paying somewhere else. It all depends on the council though that's why you have to check. Please don't try and take what I'm saying out of context and twist it.

    I'm not trying to twist anything.

    You said ..
    pathtofreedom wrote: »
    Yes but depending on the council there may not be a no person discount, so single person is better that paying full council tax. It varies per council though as to what they will let you do.

    The OP was enquiring about discounts whilst it was empty. Why even mention a discount he wouldn't be eligible for then ?.
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  • pathtofreedom
    pathtofreedom Posts: 827 Forumite
    fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »
    The OP was enquiring about discounts whilst it was empty. Why even mention a discount he wouldn't be eligible for then ?.
    Where I live they still call it single person discount in situations like this so if they live in the same council as me currently they would be eligible to claim for it.
    MFW OP's 2017 #101 £829.32/£5000
    MFiT-T4 - #46 £0/£45k to reduce mortgage total
    04/16 Mortgage start £153,892.45
    MFW 2015 #63 £4229.71/£3000 - old Mortgage
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