Carol Peett, managing director of West Wales Property Finders is calling for the Chancellor to address the inequality in VAT between new builds (0%) and renovations (rated at 20%) in his Spring Budget.
“When we inherited our traditional Pembrokeshire long house it was in dire need of an overhaul. We were advised that it would be cheaper to knock it down and start again, which would have been sacrilege.
“We bit the bullet and undertook a huge renovation programme incurring 20% VAT but many in our position would make the more rational decision and properties such as ours would be lost to future generations.”
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