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Hi,
I have a question but can't find a number to call revenue and ask them directly.
LPT is "The tax you pay is based on the market value of the property on the valuation date." (Found on citizensinformation.ie) In the section Valuing your property, it states "The tax is based on the chargeable value of a residential property on the valuation date. The chargeable value is defined as the market value that the property could reasonably be expected to be sold for on the open market on the valuation date."
Two-three years ago I tried to sell my house. All went well until my solicitor asked me was my home was semi-detached. (It's a detached bungalow). This is when we discovered part of my land and home are unregistered. So the back bedroom and part of the living room and on the unregistered land. The buyers of course pulled out and I have been here since.
After months of research, this has not changed. I have been onto PRAI and they have confirmed after months of emails that it is not their error but can't help further than that. The solicitor I used at the time won't talk to me unless I have a solicitor present, which I cannot afford. (Massive red flag there and I have proof they knew less than a year after purchase but failed to inform me, 2008) Many trips into the Registry of Deeds looking up previous sellers and also showed nothing. I have been told it can be fixed for 3-4K, via squatter's rights but I don't have that money.
So based on the fact that I can't sell my home, how do I get the value of it? As the chargeable value is based on how much it would be expected to sell for on the open market. Which in my case is zero.
I'm not trying to get away with paying it, I have always paid it. I just found that they have jumped me into a much higher bracket and I think this is an unfair valuation.
Aside from that, they suggest using the property price register which is great if you live in a town or an estate. But try to live in an area that has the same name as four others in the same county you live in. It's extremely hard. I found one that sold for 435k on 3.5 acres and is massive. Not comparable to mine at all.
Any advice? Does anyone have a number for LPT department?
Thank you
I have a question but can't find a number to call revenue and ask them directly.
LPT is "The tax you pay is based on the market value of the property on the valuation date." (Found on citizensinformation.ie) In the section Valuing your property, it states "The tax is based on the chargeable value of a residential property on the valuation date. The chargeable value is defined as the market value that the property could reasonably be expected to be sold for on the open market on the valuation date."
Two-three years ago I tried to sell my house. All went well until my solicitor asked me was my home was semi-detached. (It's a detached bungalow). This is when we discovered part of my land and home are unregistered. So the back bedroom and part of the living room and on the unregistered land. The buyers of course pulled out and I have been here since.
After months of research, this has not changed. I have been onto PRAI and they have confirmed after months of emails that it is not their error but can't help further than that. The solicitor I used at the time won't talk to me unless I have a solicitor present, which I cannot afford. (Massive red flag there and I have proof they knew less than a year after purchase but failed to inform me, 2008) Many trips into the Registry of Deeds looking up previous sellers and also showed nothing. I have been told it can be fixed for 3-4K, via squatter's rights but I don't have that money.
So based on the fact that I can't sell my home, how do I get the value of it? As the chargeable value is based on how much it would be expected to sell for on the open market. Which in my case is zero.
I'm not trying to get away with paying it, I have always paid it. I just found that they have jumped me into a much higher bracket and I think this is an unfair valuation.
Aside from that, they suggest using the property price register which is great if you live in a town or an estate. But try to live in an area that has the same name as four others in the same county you live in. It's extremely hard. I found one that sold for 435k on 3.5 acres and is massive. Not comparable to mine at all.
Any advice? Does anyone have a number for LPT department?
Thank you