Gone fishing
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My spouse and I are taking a year out to go travelling next year. We have 3 properties to consider-
1 - currently rented with long term tenants, earning circa €20k per annum,
2 - recently vacated but most recent rental €18k per annum,
3 - principle primary home which we intend to rent out at circa €60k per annum.
We plan to travel for around 12 months, but this could be slightly shorter or slightly longer. We don’t have a definitive timeline. We will be PAYE workers until we leave the country in Q2.
My question is, should / could we move into the vacant rental (2) and make this our ppr for 12 months and do the ‘rent a room scheme’. This gives us more flexibility if we have to return home early for any reason. It also means we can move in more or less straight away and get our own ppr ready to let. Could be more difficult to find tenants willing to sign up to this arrangement!.
I also know there will be 1 year of cgt to be paid whenever we sell our ppr in the future (not intending on selling)
Is there anything I am not considering?
Are there any benefits to us in being non resident landlords?
Can we write off expenses incurred preparing the ppr property (3) for rent (we need to do some minor repairs before it is fit for letting)?
Thanks!
1 - currently rented with long term tenants, earning circa €20k per annum,
2 - recently vacated but most recent rental €18k per annum,
3 - principle primary home which we intend to rent out at circa €60k per annum.
We plan to travel for around 12 months, but this could be slightly shorter or slightly longer. We don’t have a definitive timeline. We will be PAYE workers until we leave the country in Q2.
My question is, should / could we move into the vacant rental (2) and make this our ppr for 12 months and do the ‘rent a room scheme’. This gives us more flexibility if we have to return home early for any reason. It also means we can move in more or less straight away and get our own ppr ready to let. Could be more difficult to find tenants willing to sign up to this arrangement!.
I also know there will be 1 year of cgt to be paid whenever we sell our ppr in the future (not intending on selling)
Is there anything I am not considering?
Are there any benefits to us in being non resident landlords?
Can we write off expenses incurred preparing the ppr property (3) for rent (we need to do some minor repairs before it is fit for letting)?
Thanks!