One in five Pembrokeshire residents use legal loopholes to shave thousands from hefty bills. More than 800 second home owners in Pembrokeshire have sidestepped Britain’s harshest council tax premium. One in five have been permitted exemptions to the county council’s 150pc penalty, with scores of owners thought to … [Read more...]
Locals don’t want our second homes
The second home council tax premium has "decimated" local property markets, with house prices falling and the number of homes for sale soaring. The policy was supposed to make properties more affordable for those living there by encouraging second home owners to sell up. But sellers in tourist hotspots have told … [Read more...]
The Second Home Trap
High Council Tax and mortgage rates are making holiday homes unaffordable - leaving the market flooded with cottages no one wants to buy say Rachel Mortimer and Jack Simpson. ....Local Authorities in Wales have been able to charge extra council tax on second homes and vacant properties since 2017. ... A glut of … [Read more...]
The 24 most beautiful villages in Britain revealed by experts
St Florence, Pembrokeshire The river Ritec ambles through this Pembrokeshire village creating a water splash ford at one of the country lanes. "St Florence is so lovely", says Carol Peett of West Wales Property Finders http://www.westwalespropertyfinders.co.uk. "It has very pretty cottages, one of which has one … [Read more...]
Wales crackdown on second homeowners in county dubbed ‘Little England’ massively backfires
A mass exodus has occurred in one iconic seaside town as homeowners have been forced to sell up. Second home owners are packing their bags and abandoning their second homes in Tenby One of Wales’ top seaside towns risks becoming empty of tourists as a hike in council tax on second homes … [Read more...]
I inherited my parents’ house, now I’m classed as a second-home owner
Kath Nugent, 52, was devastated when she lost both of her parents within weeks of each other in 2020. After her mother died of dementia, her father died from lung cancer on the day of the funeral two weeks later. Nugent and her brother, Richard Ellis, knew they would inherit the two-bedroom bungalow near the seafront … [Read more...]
Wales’s second homes crackdown is in tatters (England take heed)
Policy to double council tax charges on additional properties has had bleak repercussions for locals. Tenby’s cobbled streets are littered with “for sale” signs. A look in the window of any of its six estate agents shows a kaleidoscope of pretty pastel-coloured properties for sale. More than a quarter of … [Read more...]
Magic Pembrokeshire Village Named One of the Best in the UK
A "magic" village in Pembrokeshire that will make you "jack in the day job and move to the coast pronto" has been named among the best in Britain. Britain's 30 greatest villages have been revealed in a list by The Telegraph ... Solva was one of four Welsh villages to be named among Britain's best. The … [Read more...]
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