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First time selling a house, need help with costs.

milocat · 2020-10-20 11:44:57

Hi, Thanks for reading :) Here is my situation. 1) I am flat broke. I'm waiting on a paypal refund to be able to buy food for the kids; at present I have £0.16 in the bank account. 2) I accepted an offer on my second property this morning for £302,000. It was listed at £310k, with a guide price of £310-325k, but with the…

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Hannimal Posts: 965 Forumite

22 October 2020 at 12:59PM edited 22 October 2020 at 1:00PM

milocat said:
The council have reduced my bill by 25% for being a student already - so my bill for them is now only £138 a month. I don't think there is much else they would be able to do for me.

They can give you more time to pay council tax if you contact them and ask. Councils are usually quite flexible, especially if you would still be paying within the tax year.

Typically students are entirely exempt from council tax.

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