NPPR charge - does this bill run with the property

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Is the NPPR a charge that runs with the property, ie it stays with the property like rates/water/rubbish rather than with the person like Gas, phone or ESB?
 
This question doesn't make sense to me...a house is either your primary personal residence or it's not? If you own a property and you don't live there it can't be your PPR and therefore is liable to the charge :confused:
 
I'm not being clear, my question is that if you sell a property which was liable for the NPPR charge, does the charge stay on the property and has to be cleared (including penalties) when the house is sold which is what happens currently in relation to rates. Normally the vendor's solicitor asks for proof that rates etc have been paid but this doesn't apply to other bills such as ESB as these bills are in an individuals name and are not 'attached' to the property whereas rates are.

Many people who didn't pay rates for years had to pay in the end when they sold the property.
 
Friend just bought a holiday home and NPPR charge wasn't paid by previous owner for 2009. His solicitor told him that he'd have been liable for the outstanding charge if the sellers hadn't paid.

Part of the sale/purchase conditions were that all outstanding charges on property (incl. NPPR) due be paid by seller and an undertaking given for same.
 
His solicitor told him that he'd have been liable for the outstanding charge if the sellers hadn't paid.

Part of the sale/purchase conditions were that all outstanding charges on property (incl. NPPR) due be paid by seller and an undertaking given for same.

Thanks for that, so it does run with the property. I guess it's part of the standard Law Society contract now for it to be paid or part of the requisitions on title questionnaire.

In your friends case the vendors will have had to pay the charge and the penalties.
 
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