Hi,
I signed contracts for a house last May but have still not received them back from the builders. Also no land registry approved scheme map.The advertised floor space was whatever the max limit is for a first time buyer to avoid atamp duty. I've been fobbed off about there being errors with the measurements some of the units and also about the builders being delayed because of them having to resolve some tax issue on the sales.
I'd gotten sick of looking for them and was just adapting to the wait when I called to the site today.
The house is built, painted, wired...ready to rock. BUT the builders are in the proceess of errecting a stud partition against one of the exterior walls in two bedrooms to reduce the overall floor space of the dwelling by about 70 sq. ft.
I presume this is to do with the square footage limitation for tax purposes.
I've been told I can remove the stud partitions when the sale is completed but I'm concerned by this development.
Does anyone know:
Is this a regular occurance?
Is it for my benefit or the builders - from a tax / stamp duty perspective?
If I close on the revised floor area measurements, will I not then get the deeds for a property that is likely to be altered, thus leading to problems down the line?
Apologies for the length of this post but I'm new to all this.
I signed contracts for a house last May but have still not received them back from the builders. Also no land registry approved scheme map.The advertised floor space was whatever the max limit is for a first time buyer to avoid atamp duty. I've been fobbed off about there being errors with the measurements some of the units and also about the builders being delayed because of them having to resolve some tax issue on the sales.
I'd gotten sick of looking for them and was just adapting to the wait when I called to the site today.
The house is built, painted, wired...ready to rock. BUT the builders are in the proceess of errecting a stud partition against one of the exterior walls in two bedrooms to reduce the overall floor space of the dwelling by about 70 sq. ft.
I presume this is to do with the square footage limitation for tax purposes.
I've been told I can remove the stud partitions when the sale is completed but I'm concerned by this development.
Does anyone know:
Is this a regular occurance?
Is it for my benefit or the builders - from a tax / stamp duty perspective?
If I close on the revised floor area measurements, will I not then get the deeds for a property that is likely to be altered, thus leading to problems down the line?
Apologies for the length of this post but I'm new to all this.