Council tax moving from rented to owning

saajan_12

Myci85 said:

saajan_12 said:

OP, any reason for you / friend waiting to serve notice upon completion and then immediately moving? They could mitigate their own CT (and other costs) by
- serving notice upon exchange (and still been safe if anything fell through)
- scheduling the move date depending on which property can be unfurnished for most of that month (and which council gives a discount for empty properties)

Not all councils give discounts for empty, unfurnished properties anymore. Mine used to, but no longer does. There have to be additional criteria met.

Right, which is why I mentioned "depending on .... and which council gives a discount for empty properties". Arguably I should have added "if any" but I figured it was implied.  

horsewithnoname

saajan_12 said:

OP, any reason for you / friend waiting to serve notice upon completion and then immediately moving? They could mitigate their own CT (and other costs) by
- serving notice upon exchange (and still been safe if anything fell through)
- scheduling the move date depending on which property can be unfurnished for most of that month (and which council gives a discount for empty properties)

My friend is concerned about something going wrong, so wants to sure they have the keys before giving notice, but will move to their home on the day it all goes through. 

saajan_12

horsewithnoname said:

saajan_12 said:

OP, any reason for you / friend waiting to serve notice upon completion and then immediately moving? They could mitigate their own CT (and other costs) by
- serving notice upon exchange (and still been safe if anything fell through)
- scheduling the move date depending on which property can be unfurnished for most of that month (and which council gives a discount for empty properties)

My friend is concerned about something going wrong, so wants to sure they have the keys before giving notice, but will move to their home on the day it all goes through. 

Well thats a choice, which comes with costs, minimally rent for an extra month. Whats the issue with paying council tax too then? 

The LL isn't to blame for this choice, so why should they have to pay additional council tax? 

horsewithnoname

saajan_12 said:

horsewithnoname said:

saajan_12 said:

OP, any reason for you / friend waiting to serve notice upon completion and then immediately moving? They could mitigate their own CT (and other costs) by
- serving notice upon exchange (and still been safe if anything fell through)
- scheduling the move date depending on which property can be unfurnished for most of that month (and which council gives a discount for empty properties)

My friend is concerned about something going wrong, so wants to sure they have the keys before giving notice, but will move to their home on the day it all goes through. 

Well thats a choice, which comes with costs, minimally rent for an extra month. Whats the issue with paying council tax too then? 

The LL isn't to blame for this choice, so why should they have to pay additional council tax? 

Calm down 😁 I only asked if my friend would have to pay twice for a month, if so then there is no problem, they will pay it, but why would they pay twice if they don’t need to? I never blamed the landlord for anything, I just asked a question, so no need to get all defensive. Guessing you’re a landlord then😉

Bookworm105

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

My fairly recent experience was to write to the council and explain the scenario.

In fairness, in my application, we were the opposite way around. Although we'd bought a house, we stayed in the rented place for another few weeks as it meant we were able to do some necessary works to be able to move in.

Our house had previously some considerable work done for the heavily disabled gentleman that had previously lived there and we needed to remove things like a stair lift to be able to move in.

what you are talking about is not who is liable to pay CT, but rather what relief can you claim when simultaneously liable for CT on 2 properties.

As discussed, the reliefs given by councils have significantly charged as council finances have become strained. Technically there is a relief available when buying a new property but not immediately talking up occupation of it because it is undergoing "works".  The criteria for that relief can be strict plus the duration and amount of relief given is now at the discretion of each individual council, so you may get none or some