Ian Price, who recently purchased a property in Nottingham's Arboretum area, faces an unexpected £1,000 in council tax because the property had been unoccupied for two years prior to his purchase. Despite his plans to renovate it as a family home, the local council has imposed the additional tax.
A Nottingham shire man will have to pay an extra £1,000 in council tax because his property has been empty for two years - even though he only bought it at the start of November. Ian Price bought the property in the Arboretum area of Nottingham on November 6.
"On Friday the estimated council tax from now until the end of the council tax year was £1,033." However, a few days later on Monday, November 25, Ian wanted to check the payment dates and was shocked to find that the price had doubled over the weekend because the house now showed as being empty for over two years.
The dad explained: "However I approach it with the council they are saying 'well that's just the way it is', they have no discretion with this and you have to pay an extra £1,000 council tax. I've even suggested 'I tell you what I'll move in with a sleeping bag and a tent, how's that? "We're having a couple of rooms knocked together this week and hopefully by the end of this week we will have some heating. We are trying to do all of the work in record time to move in in January."
You will pay three times your bill for a home that's been empty for five to ten years and four times your bill for homes that have been empty for more than 10 years. From the first of April next year properties that are second homes, or which are unoccupied and "substantially furnished" will pay double council tax.
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