Annieindublin
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2 of us are higher rate tax payers so the family would be better off if we paid the fees. But I’m thinking it’s not kosher to reclaim that from the estate in due course? Smells like tax avoidance.
Yes this is correct.family would be better off if we paid the fees
I don’t want to look after a vacant property but it would take a lot of work to clear it for a tenant.
Another problem that I found with the vacant property, tied into the Fair Deal scheme under the old rules, was that the house insurance and utilities became very expensive. Most insurance companies don't like insuring vacant properties because of the extra risk and low usage for electricity etc. makes it a ridiculous price. I often felt it would have been easier to leave all the lights and other stuff on to bring the usage within the normal range which would have been wrong.
Utilities shouldn't change, no reason to tell them there is no one there to be honest and we disconnected things like the landline when we went through it.
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