Silvergirl
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mod note: split from a Stamp Duty question in property investment.
We paid 9% last year on our site.
Cork co. Co tried to charge us an additional 17.5 k for 'services contribution' as a condition of our planning, to be paid in full before final grant of planning!
We successfully contested this as we bought a serviced site from a developer who had already paid substantial contributions for same.
Watch out for these additional charges when buying a site -a friend who built in the country had to pay 8k to connect to water, they had thier own septic tank, but if they didn't it would have cost another 8k to connect to the public sewage system. Adds up.
We know someone else who connected to public sewage, paid the 8k then got another bill for 1.7k for moving a manhole to facilite this.
Might be worth a phone call to the local co. co. before bidding.
We paid 9% last year on our site.
Cork co. Co tried to charge us an additional 17.5 k for 'services contribution' as a condition of our planning, to be paid in full before final grant of planning!
We successfully contested this as we bought a serviced site from a developer who had already paid substantial contributions for same.
Watch out for these additional charges when buying a site -a friend who built in the country had to pay 8k to connect to water, they had thier own septic tank, but if they didn't it would have cost another 8k to connect to the public sewage system. Adds up.
We know someone else who connected to public sewage, paid the 8k then got another bill for 1.7k for moving a manhole to facilite this.
Might be worth a phone call to the local co. co. before bidding.