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Well when the kids have flown the nest you gotta fill the second bedroom somehow, I guess…
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131984537#/?channel=RES_BUY
Honi swanky malyponze. Or something.13 -
Looks like the kids are still there, just grown up a bit.YoungBlueEyes said:Well when the kids have flown the nest you gotta fill the second bedroom somehow, I guess…
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131984537#/?channel=RES_BUY1 -
Als156 said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/73054537#/?channel=RES_BUY
Anyone want a castle? Dying to turn that garden into a maze....
Added in 2016, Wonder if the art is real and pricey.0 -
It's been relisted with another agent. I wonder if the first one dropped it out of shame?! The new agents have conveniently forgotten to add pictures of the outside that shows it's a shed. It's really no wonder sometimes that landlords and letting/estate agents get a bad name. (I know they're not all bad! But these ones are!)lincroft1710 said:1 -
Wow. So I'm guessing it's not actually illegal then...
Honi swanky malyponze. Or something.0 -
And gives you no information about the accom apart from 4 photos. Also council tax should not be included in the rent, it's the tenant's responsibilitySadieO said:
It's been relisted with another agent. I wonder if the first one dropped it out of shame?! The new agents have conveniently forgotten to add pictures of the outside that shows it's a shed. It's really no wonder sometimes that landlords and letting/estate agents get a bad name. (I know they're not all bad! But these ones are!)lincroft1710 said:If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
The Skating Minister is definately not the original.markin said:Als156 said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/73054537#/?channel=RES_BUY
Anyone want a castle? Dying to turn that garden into a maze....
Added in 2016, Wonder if the art is real and pricey.1 -
Council tax. I'm sure it is the tenant's responsibility, in theory, but that would be reliant on the annex having planning permission to exist as a separate dwelling, the garden and building being put on a new title with the Land Registry, sign-off from building control, a new address being assigned and so on. Has that happened? Dream on, as Aerosmith once sang...lincroft1710 said:
And gives you no information about the accom apart from 4 photos. Also council tax should not be included in the rent, it's the tenant's responsibilitySadieO said:
It's been relisted with another agent. I wonder if the first one dropped it out of shame?! The new agents have conveniently forgotten to add pictures of the outside that shows it's a shed. It's really no wonder sometimes that landlords and letting/estate agents get a bad name. (I know they're not all bad! But these ones are!)lincroft1710 said:
What the authorities don't know can't hurt them, so it's probably easier if the landlord swallows the council tax and stays schtum.0 -
Sorry but you are incorrectDitzy_Mitzy said:
Council tax. I'm sure it is the tenant's responsibility, in theory, but that would be reliant on the annex having planning permission to exist as a separate dwelling, the garden and building being put on a new title with the Land Registry, sign-off from building control, a new address being assigned and so on. Has that happened? Dream on, as Aerosmith once sang...lincroft1710 said:
And gives you no information about the accom apart from 4 photos. Also council tax should not be included in the rent, it's the tenant's responsibilitySadieO said:
It's been relisted with another agent. I wonder if the first one dropped it out of shame?! The new agents have conveniently forgotten to add pictures of the outside that shows it's a shed. It's really no wonder sometimes that landlords and letting/estate agents get a bad name. (I know they're not all bad! But these ones are!)lincroft1710 said:
What the authorities don't know can't hurt them, so it's probably easier if the landlord swallows the council tax and stays schtum.
There is no need for pp for a separate dwelling for that dwelling to have its own CT band. I'm ex VOA and have dealt with many annexes. In most annex cases the pp did not allow the annex to be sold separately from the main house, but the annex was still correctly given its own CT band. In fact annexes no longer have to be completely self contained to be given their own band. Unusually there are 2 separate pieces of CT legislation which allow an annex to have its own CT band
I think you are the one who will have to "Dream On"If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales3 -
An annexe can have a separate council tax banding, but that relies on the structure meeting the definition of an 'annexe'. The listing being discussed is a separate building with independent access and facilities, offered to let on the open market on an AST. There is no suggestion that it will be occupied by a family member of the householder of the main property, nor that the tenant will have any access to the house proper. As such it is functioning as a separate dwelling and, as you say, ought to be paying council tax as a separate dwelling. The fact that it isn't indicates the authority haven't been appraised of what is actually going on there. To my mind it fails to fulfil various criteria applicable to an annexe or granny flat.lincroft1710 said:
Sorry but you are incorrectDitzy_Mitzy said:
Council tax. I'm sure it is the tenant's responsibility, in theory, but that would be reliant on the annex having planning permission to exist as a separate dwelling, the garden and building being put on a new title with the Land Registry, sign-off from building control, a new address being assigned and so on. Has that happened? Dream on, as Aerosmith once sang...lincroft1710 said:
And gives you no information about the accom apart from 4 photos. Also council tax should not be included in the rent, it's the tenant's responsibilitySadieO said:
It's been relisted with another agent. I wonder if the first one dropped it out of shame?! The new agents have conveniently forgotten to add pictures of the outside that shows it's a shed. It's really no wonder sometimes that landlords and letting/estate agents get a bad name. (I know they're not all bad! But these ones are!)lincroft1710 said:
What the authorities don't know can't hurt them, so it's probably easier if the landlord swallows the council tax and stays schtum.
There is no need for pp for a separate dwelling for that dwelling to have its own CT band. I'm ex VOA and have dealt with many annexes. In most annex cases the pp did not allow the annex to be sold separately from the main house, but the annex was still correctly given its own CT band. In fact annexes no longer have to be completely self contained to be given their own band. Unusually there are 2 separate pieces of CT legislation which allow an annex to have its own CT band
I think you are the one who will have to "Dream On"
The other option, of course, is for the landlord to declare the tenant as a 'lodger', again dubious but people do it. A lodger wouldn't pay council tax.0
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