This blog is short and sweet but it answers a question that I get asked regularly. When is local property paid for a newly built house? There is no property tax paid on the purchase of a new house, at the date of first ownership. There would be part of a year’s payment due, when […]
If you are buying a newly built house and getting the Help to Buy scheme payment, these are the key steps involved. Make your application on ROS. After you and the developer have each signed the contract, upload this signed contract to ROS. This will generate a new claim number starting with C and an […]
My advice to buyers Get a professional surveyor, engineer or architect to check the boundaries on the map against what is physically on the ground. Check where the water and access to the property come from. A map is given to the buyer’s solicitor with the contract and this should be given to the surveyor […]