Ive just purchased our new house on the 13th Jan. we're not living there as it needs a lot of work and don't see us moving in till April. The house has been empty for some time as the previous owner had died and it had to go through probate etc. I contacted the council today to notify them of the new ownership and they have informed me that I will have to pay the tax till from this date. When asked about being excempt due to not living there they said I won't, get that benefit as its been empty for so long!
I don't mind paying my rates when I'm getting something for it but, in this case I'm obviously not, so it's me off! Anyone have any ideas advice on this matter? 04, 4.4V8, Vogue Oslo Blue with LPG.
"You can sleep in your car, BUT you can't race your house!!!!"

If something can't be fixed with a hammer....... You have yourself an electrical fault!

I was under the impression that you got a discounted rate on the Council Tax if you don't occupy the property. When we moved from a rented house into our new one there was an 'overlap period' so I told the council that the rental property would be empty and they promptly refunded me the council tax that had been paid for that period.

Makes a change for the council to pay something back so I was happy.

Rob,
you need tell them that you are unable to move in due to refurbishment/building work. Ask for a VXA form and they can give you up to a year of free council tax.

We do this a lot for clients

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That sounds good. Does it matter that the house has been unoccupied for about 1-2years previous? 04, 4.4V8, Vogue Oslo Blue with LPG.
"You can sleep in your car, BUT you can't race your house!!!!"

If something can't be fixed with a hammer....... You have yourself an electrical fault!

Can't help you on this one Rob, we don't pay council tax here and when we get our independence we won't have to pay any income tax either....win win  

So how's your country going to thrive without any tax ? I'm baffled as to how that's gonna work as I'm sure that means we will no longer be footing the bill for your university fees your health care etc etc
How are you guys gonna pay for all that without income tax ?
I'm not doubting what you say just thinking if that's the case you will end up paying for it in other areas where they do tax you "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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Pretlove says , '' I want my car back "

The fact that the property has been empty for 1-2 years adds to your case as it definitely needs work doing to it.
Ask them for the form - it's an easy one to fill out. Send it in with any plans, builders quotes, photos etc.
The 3 councils that I deal with are all really good about it. 4.4 Vogue Lpg mapped
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pretlove wrote:

So how's your country going to thrive without any tax ?

And when we finally get our oil back and petrol is reduced to £2.00 a gallon we will be charging you southerners each time you cross the border to fill up ...

Think of all the money we will make charging a tenner a pop for every Englishman crossing the borders into Scotland, whisky will be a fiver a bottle for Scots and £50 for the rest of the world....I can see this working rather well.


Now where is my bumper sticker  

I forgot about the oil
Well we gonna charge you guys to get out of your country so you can come down south and warm up a bit "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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Pretlove says , '' I want my car back "

Would rather sit by the fire to warm up …..

Well if we keep the oil then that will be the only way you will warm up and it will have to be a log fire "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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Pretlove says , '' I want my car back "

You can keep all the oil, we'll just burn everything south of Hadrian's Wall to keep us warm