Splitting a merged semi detached back to two properties

strevor

I am currently seeking advice on how to register a merged semi detached property into two separate house numbers again. Currently on the Council tax, this shows as 16-18. The property is being split physically and I need the address information to be 16 and 18 separately in preparation for one side to be rented or sold separately. Do i simply contact the council and update the council tax bill information to have a separate bill for each side, or will there need to be any further authorities to contact. On the deeds the properties are still separate so i believe the land registry will not need to be updated? Thank you

NinjaTune

Re: further authorities to contact, obviously you'll need gas, electricity and water supplied/connected for each property.  Is that the sort of thing you mean? 

strevor

NinjaTune said:

Re: further authorities to contact, obviously you'll need gas, electricity and water supplied/connected for each property.  Is that the sort of thing you mean? 

Of course, yes these would need to be contacted. We are not certain where to update how the address shows on address lookup sources so they appear as separate also? Is this what the Council would update? 

Seashell517

strevor said:

NinjaTune said:

Re: further authorities to contact, obviously you'll need gas, electricity and water supplied/connected for each property.  Is that the sort of thing you mean? 

Of course, yes these would need to be contacted. We are not certain where to update how the address shows on address lookup sources so they appear as separate also? Is this what the Council would update? 

Royal Mail for just the address. Council for council tax. 

strevor

Seashell517 said:

strevor said:

NinjaTune said:

Re: further authorities to contact, obviously you'll need gas, electricity and water supplied/connected for each property.  Is that the sort of thing you mean? 

Of course, yes these would need to be contacted. We are not certain where to update how the address shows on address lookup sources so they appear as separate also? Is this what the Council would update? 

Royal Mail for just the address. Council for council tax. 

Thank you for your advice. Much appreciated 

trex227

Royal Mail (which is the basis of most address look up services) get their information from council address records. Though it’s important to note updating the council tax/electoral roll records doesn’t necessarily result in the master address list being updated (I was told this is due to data protection). I know this because my granny’s property name was correct on council tax but on address lookup it wasn’t which was causing issues with energy suppliers etc.

Once you’ve sorted out the council tax call the council and ask to speak to the address department to make sure that also gets updated. I was told it can take a couple of weeks for the changes to feed through, but it was about 2 days before the address was showing correctly on address lookups.

I contacted the council after contacting Royal Mail and being told I need to speak to the council.

davidmcn

strevor said:

On the deeds the properties are still separate so i believe the land registry will not need to be updated?

Correct, there's no need for the Land Registry to correspond with the physical houses anyway unless you actually want to change the ownership of one of them.

strevor

trex227 said:

Royal Mail (which is the basis of most address look up services) get their information from council address records. Though it’s important to note updating the council tax/electoral roll records doesn’t necessarily result in the master address list being updated (I was told this is due to data protection). I know this because my granny’s property name was correct on council tax but on address lookup it wasn’t which was causing issues with energy suppliers etc.

Once you’ve sorted out the council tax call the council and ask to speak to the address department to make sure that also gets updated. I was told it can take a couple of weeks for the changes to feed through, but it was about 2 days before the address was showing correctly on address lookups.

I contacted the council after contacting Royal Mail and being told I need to speak to the council.

Thank you for making me aware of the potential issues with this. Thankfully the energy bills are already separate (separate meters and water gauges in place), so hopefully this is straight forward. Will the council require a charters survey or similar confirmation on the property now being physically split? Happy to arrange if so.

strevor

davidmcn said:

strevor said:

On the deeds the properties are still separate so i believe the land registry will not need to be updated?

Correct, there's no need for the Land Registry to correspond with the physical houses anyway unless you actually want to change the ownership of one of them.

Thank you very much

Doozergirl

There is a street numbering and naming department at your local authority.  There's a form to fill out to approve the address and the LA will inform Royal Mail when you inform them that the houses are habitable with post boxes.  Making the application and informing them of the presence of a post box can be at different times.    

I've done it a couple of times and it's that simple I can barely remember what to do.  

Building regulations apply to the work.  Street numbering couldn't care less about surveyor's notes etc, but I presume that building control are involved anyway? 

lincroft1710

The council will inform the Valuation Office Agency that the property has been split into 2 dwellings and will need rebanding for Council Tax.