PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Do I have to pay council tax while renovating my new home?
I recently bought a property in Scotland that had been empty for almost a year and was in need of some major renovation work. On notifying the local authority that the house would be empty while work was carried out, I was duly told that I would be charged 200% council tax (effectively meaning I have to pay three times over, when including my current home). The one year discount on empty dwellings applies to the building and not the owner, so mine had been used up by the vendor.
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