farang

Looking at the pics nod posted above, any building with a decent roof & secured windows doors is fair game to them. I read where C'Tax can only be back dated 6 years?

When do they become dwellings though?, it would seem that the council consider four walls & a roof fair game!

Ive now had a letter from the council saying they want council tax from when I purchased the property, that was in 1993 ! I think they have it in for me......Ive read that there is a time limit on these matters?

I live next door & pay CT for that property, I had to put the build on hold as I became a full time carer for my parent, you get £80 a week for that. It was 2 years with no real income, Im now on my arse money wise. This situation will be devastating, do these people have no empathy? Could my wife stay in our house & I move into the new build? single occupier apply?

Having put a new roof, floors etc into the conversion, the council want to inspect it for charging council tax, I have no water to the building, no kitchen or bathroom. But I read that what Ive done so far means they can charge me CT, ! EEK! Is that likely? thank you.

I had a long winded solicitors bundle of documents making spurious claims against me, the final page stating that if I dont make a payment to them for £2k they will take me to court. I did not respond & have heard nothing more. That was some months ago.

Looks like I'll have to sell my small plot of land which I have PP for a two bed house. I've spent quite some time drawing my own plans,digging down & other stuff, is there any way of claiming CGT relief for work Ive done? ( sure I'll submit receipts for materials) But what about the many hours I've put in? Thank you

On the hillside, we have houses going up the hill, some are detached others not, at the rear they have strip gardens, these gardens are leveled out with retaining walls, yes 8 homes & 7 retaining walls.

Does anyone know if this charge only applies to homes or does it also apply to plots of land? thank you

Im at the bottom of the hill,,I have no retaining wall, the house at the top has one retaining wall holding their land level.

The wall is very old, well over 100 years. The property's where built going up a hill, & the gardens terraced with retaining walls. The gardens & their retaining walls all built at the same time, .

The fence on top is at the very edge of the wall ( the wall face is the boundary line) The wall is very old. What about the roots on his side pushing the wall out, surely its down to them?

Well i had the site inspection, no pics taken all rather a casual affair. The only thing he said was that the retaining wall is my responsibility. But Ive always thought that unless it states in the land deeds, the land that the wall is holding back is the responsibility of that lands owner?

Iv'e already suggested that they need to dig out & rebuild it, they wont touch it.

The wall is about 1.3m high, its dry stone & very old I doubt any foundations to speak of. Its sound apart from where the bushes & small tree are growing.