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Stamp duty refund question

olie1824
olie1824 Posts: 1 Newbie
in House buying, renting & selling

Hi

I have tried to find an answer to the below scenario but I cant for the life of me get a straight answer,

I bought a terraced house in 2014 which I lived in as my main residence. In 2018 I bought a semi detached house with my fiance. I chose to keep the terrached house and converted it to a buy to let. Because of this I paid the higher rate of stamp duty

We have recently seperated and are selling the semi detached house and I will be moving back into the terraced house which will be main only residence and property owned.

Does anybody know if I am able to apply for a refund of the higher rate of stamp duty that I paid?


Many thanks

Comments

  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 13 February 2020 at 6:54PM
    No. You could if you kept the semi and sold the terraced (within 3 years (assuming we're talking about SDLT rather than LBTT or LTT) of your purchase of the semi). Doesn't work the other way round.
  • SDLT_Geek
    SDLT_Geek Posts: 3,049 Forumite
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    Davidmcn is right.
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