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Finally sold our old flat after accepting an offer on it late April . Jesus , what a long drawn out process that was. ( no chain, just crap conveyancers and their mortgage requirements )
Almost got to the point where I wished I sold it to a cash buyer for their portfolio, rather than a first time buyer , but it’s done now.

Anyhow, when we bought the property we are in, we had to pay a higher rate of stamp duty as it was a “second home”.
I want to claim it back now. Had anyone done that recently and how big a headache is it and what info do you need / what hoops do you have to jump through ?


 
Posted : 11/11/2021 12:47 pm
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Isn't it all online via government gateway, so pretty simple as long as you have all the information, just sign up and see how it is, i tend to use the government gateway for most things, as it's a lot easier than forms, post and getting responses from areas!


 
Posted : 11/11/2021 12:54 pm
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I used our solicitor to do it all, it took nearly a year for HMRC to pay back the 10k they owed.


 
Posted : 11/11/2021 1:37 pm
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did ours online via government website a couple of years ago. very simple process & chunky cheque arrived in the post about a month later IIRC.


 
Posted : 11/11/2021 2:09 pm
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Yeah take 28 days. Just crack on with the application.


 
Posted : 11/11/2021 6:55 pm
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As people above say - do it yourself on the government gateway and it took just over a month to come through.


 
Posted : 11/11/2021 7:13 pm
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Done, quite simple through the inter webs and yeah about a month.


 
Posted : 11/11/2021 8:14 pm