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Category: Listed Property News

With their continuous countryside, rolling hills and picturesque backdrops, it is no surprise that Wales proudly boasts over 30,000 listed properties. Beautiful cottages are tucked away in the Welsh valleys, town houses sit amongst the bustling towns and farmhouses are sitting comfortably in thriving villages. And now, in perfect recognition of these incredible pieces of history, [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property Show

The Listed Property Show, organised by The Listed Property Owners Club and in association with The Daily Telegraph and English Heritage, carried out its seventh annual successful show last month. Over 6000 people, mainly Listed Property owners and prospective buyers, walked through the doors of London’s Olympia to meet with specialist exhibitors, listen to a [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property News

Definitions: Green Deal assessors – they will visit your property, tell you what improvements you can make and estimate how much you could save on your energy bills. Green Deal providers – they will help you decide if a Green Deal Plan is right for you, provide finance and arrange for installation of improvements. The [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property News

VAT Update As you are probably aware the Finance Bill 2012 was approved by MP’s on 3rd July 2012 and VAT on approved alterations will now be removed from the 1st October this year,  however there were three major alterations as a result of our efforts together with those of other organisations; i.e.: 1. Providing owners [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property News

Rt Hon George Osborne MP Chancellor of the Exchequer HM Treasury 1 Horse Guards Road London, SW1A 2HQ 14 June 2012 Dear Chancellor, Despite recent u-turns on a VAT hike for pasties and caravans, the Treasury is still planning a 20% tax rise that will damage the nation’s finest and most loved buildings. Worse still, [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property News

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Category: Listed Property News

Your name Address Name of you local MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Date Dear XXX MP I am writing to express my dismay at the Government’s plan to remove the zero rate of VAT for alterations to listed buildings from October 2012. Adding twenty percent to the cost of this work will force [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property News

VAT Update Thank you to all our members who have written to both us and their MP’s about the VAT changes, we are encouraged by the number of responses we’ve received. As you know we’ve joined forces with over 20 similar organisations who attended a meeting with David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, on [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property News

I’m sure you will already know that there was a nasty little surprise hidden away in the Budget 2012 documents about the removal of the zero rate of VAT on approved alterations to listed buildings. If you haven’t seen the details they are available in the consultation document on ‘addressing borderline anomalies’ in the VAT [...] Read full article

Category: Listed Property News

VAT on Alterations to Listed Buildings On 21st March 2012, in the budget, the government announced its intention to remove the zero rate of VAT for approved alterations to listed buildings. This means that from 1st October 2012 the standard rate of VAT will apply to the alteration of a listed building. The Listed Property [...] Read full article