Stamp Duty

Hi,

My partner and I have just completed the purchase of a house in Tipperary. The house was built and on the market as a NEW House, no one ever lived in it nor had it ever been furnished / made liveable. During the solicitor interactions it was stated that as this house was previously owned (not sure on this) we would have to pay stamp duty €22k. We did not want to loose the house and as the solicitors told us this was correct we went ahead.

Was this right ?. Even though the house was never occupied / lived in etc,. was it right to have to pay the Stamp Duty ?.

Is there an appeals process ?


Darren13

You need to ask your solicitor for a written explanation as to why on a New House you paid stamp duty of 22K - without that it really is impossible to give any definitive answer.

mf

Im trying to find out about this also, see my post further down there "definition of a 'new' house"

It really come down to whether new means "only one owner" or never been lived in.
I think I'll ring the stamping office after lunch and see if I can somebody who knows their law............what are my chances?!?!?! hehehe

I talked to the Solicitor and he said in a little more detail then the last time that the reason for this was as follows,

The house we purchased whilst being 'brand new' was classed as second hand because it had been 'left in a will' to the seller. Effectively the Grandmother of the person who we purchased it from built it and in the will left it to her grand-daughter.

Even though - the house was still brand new !