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Today I have the pleasure of introducing the newest team member to the Inside Property Investing family. Aside from that, I’ve got some tips on reducing business rates on commercial buildings, working with permitted development on retail properties, and preparing HMOs for every eventuality.
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Victoria Joins Team IPI
I’m delighted to announce that my wife Victoria left the corporate world behind at the end of February to join me full time, helping to grow the podcast and our own property portfolio. It’ll be an interesting transition as she definitely expects to be wearing the trousers but with her real focus on detail and amazing project management skills, her presence is only going to have a positive impact at IPI HQ.
To give her the best chance of success, she obviously needing an onboarding pack to help with her productivity, her education and her style!
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Reducing Business Rates on Your Commercial Property
Churchgate has ended up costing us significantly more than we expected due to business rates payable during a prolonged planning application. After months of arguing with the council, we finally made some progress with the VOA team who pointed us to a document outlining a way to zero-rate commercial property that’s ‘economically unviable’.
This is the document they sent us, and we’ll let you know how we get on with reclaiming some of the already paid rates.
Sourcing Through Auction
After purchasing Chestergate through auction just before Christmas, we thought this method was worth further exploration as we continue the hunt for a commercial conversion or development deal.
With that in mind, we subscribed to EIG (Essential Information Group) which so far seems to be like a fancy version of Rightmove specifically for auction sales. I’ll let you know how we get on with it and whether we think it’s worth the (relatively minimal) monthly cost.
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Links & Resources
Business Rates Guide – Some information on potentially reducing your business rates bill on commercial conversions
Essential Information Group – Our next strategy for finding auction properties
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