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  • CEON44
    CEON44 Posts: 487 Forumite
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    Can I ask why you would not consider renting it out? I don’t know your local rental market, of course, but it’s likely that the rent for 3 years would cover the stamp duty several times over. Besides that the tenant would have to pay the council tax and utilities.
    Not really against renting it out I suppose. Just worried about getting the right tenant, as well as the fact that if it was empty It would give me plenty of time to do it up to my reuirements
    I started out with nothing......And still have most of it left:p
  • CEON44
    CEON44 Posts: 487 Forumite
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    00ec25 wrote: »
    you have been given the answer by SDLTgeek above

    to reclaim higher rate SDLT you have to meet conditions:

    - the place purchased has to be a main home (not a let property)

    - the place sold has to have been sold within the relevant timescale

    - the refund claim has to be made within the deadline for doing so having met the first 2 conditions

    https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/stamp-duty-land-tax-manual/sdltm09765

    https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/stamp-duty-land-tax-manual/sdltm09812

    https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/stamp-duty-land-tax-manual/sdltm09805
    Sorry, I read SDLTGEEKS post but didnt grasp what it meant but I'm getting it now. So in reality I would be better letting it out. I couldnt reclaim the SDLT but this would be offset by the rent for 3 years which would also help cover other bills
    I started out with nothing......And still have most of it left:p
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