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Buying a second or ‘holiday’ home, whether that is by the seaside or a pied-à-terre in town is a dream for many people. The process for purchasing a second home can be complex and there are tax considerations to take into account. Our residential conveyancing lawyers have significant expertise in helping clients to buy and sell second homes and work closely with our tax experts as needed.
What are the tax implications of buying a second home?
A surcharge rate of SDLT applies when you are purchasing a second or additional property.
What are the tax implications when selling a second home?
You will need advice on whether Capital Gains Tax will be payable on completion of the sale.
Alastair Harvey is an outstanding conveyancing solicitor - he has now acted for us more than a dozen times. His attention to detail, speed of response and knowledge in his field makes him essential to our small family business as property developers - I always feel an enormous sense of relief once our potential purchase/sale is in his hands. Alastair is always a pleasure to work with, a quick mind and a professional manner - his care and attention to detail has helped our business to flourish.
How can we help
Buying or selling a home can be the largest investment you make; so you want to make sure you get expert property advice and the best value for money. Our highly respected residential property and conveyancing team is one of the largest and most experienced in Kent, serving client across the South East, London and nationally.
We know that moving house can be stressful. With us, you will have your own dedicated lawyer to help the transaction run as smoothly and quickly as possible.
With a broad range of property conveyancing legal know-how we provide an efficient, personal and informative service to our clients in the following areas:
- Freehold and leasehold – sales, purchases, mortgages and re-mortgages
- High value properties (including large country homes and prestigious London properties)
- Listed buildings
- Holiday homes and investment properties
- First time buyers
- Executor and attorney sales
- Court of Protection sales and purchases
- New-builds
- Lease extensions and lease enfranchisement
- Matrimonial and probate transfers
- First registrations of title with the Land Registry.
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