Business rates for detached garage conversion?

[d000hg]

I think like most laws/rules, it relies on most people choosing to follow them most of the time.

It's certainly not outside the realms of possibility a neighbour might dob you in though - if they tried to something the right way and were denied then sour grapes might prevail. Or if you were the kind of person always in a spat with their neighbours (no names mentioned).

There's the issue when you come to sell, speaking purely amorally too. But people (maybe the majority) do do as they please. DIY types especially who think they are experts. A neighbour here has 'converted' her garage into a bedroom by gluing up the garage door!

[northernladuk]

I think like most laws/rules, it relies on most people choosing to follow them most of the time.

It's certainly not outside the realms of possibility a neighbour might dob you in though - if they tried to something the right way and were denied then sour grapes might prevail. Or if you were the kind of person always in a spat with their neighbours (no names mentioned).

There's the issue when you come to sell, speaking purely amorally too. But people (maybe the majority) do do as they please. DIY types especially who think they are experts. A neighbour here has 'converted' her garage into a bedroom by gluing up the garage door!

+1 to all that and LOL @ the garage door

[d000hg]

BTW in one of the HMRC pages I saw when looking into use of home last(?) week in a forum thread, there was talk of being able to put part of the cost of the renovations through the business.

I very much doubt business rates factor in to what you want to do, you're really making a home office not business premises, but you might look into that if you're bothered by such things.

[eek]

Business rates for detached garage conversion?

BTW in one of the HMRC pages I saw when looking into use of home last(?) week in a forum thread, there was talk of being able to put part of the cost of the renovations through the business.

I very much doubt business rates factor in to what you want to do, you're really making a home office not business premises, but you might look into that if you're bothered by such things.

I really would be avoiding creating business premises if you can help it. If you do it will be a mare to get a remortgage

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Putting any direct costs through the company books sounds like a recipe for all kinds of issues to be honest, so I don't have any intention in doing that.

[d000hg]

Putting any direct costs through the company books sounds like a recipe for all kinds of issues to be honest, so I don't have any intention in doing that.

I agree, it's definitely best to make a gut decision before looking at the facts

[ASB]

Putting any direct costs through the company books sounds like a recipe for all kinds of issues to be honest, so I don't have any intention in doing that.

When I converted an attached dairy I put some costs through. Basically it needed a wall rebuilding and it was converted into an office/games room.

What I put through was:-

- all the furniture
- safe
- slate covering safe
- costs of building in safe
- flooring (in the upper portion of the dairy which was converted to dedicated office)

There were some other bits and pieces and some related building costs.

HMIT was fine in an investigation, just wanted to see it.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Thanks for all the input. Its somewhat of a moot point now as we decided not to offer on the property but its useful for future reference. I'm still hopeful we'll find somewhere with enough room for a nice dedicated garden studio/office (which I will pay for personally). I certainly wouldn't have a problem putting things like office furniture through the books etc. - when the time comes I'll talk to my accountant about what he feels is allowable.