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Council tax, single room or whole property?
A property is in band D with £1427.00 annually for a four bed room flat. 3 friends trying to rent 3 seperate room individually with shared kitchen-bathroom. Renting single room individually would cost more or renting with joint tenancy would be more for council tax purpose? Should I ask council revenue people itself or will they know my intension and put me into expensive bill? Please give a cheaper option. All working adults. Many thanks.
2 Answers
- SimonCLv 710 years ago
Council tax is levied on the property as a whole. It makes no difference how or who rents it out or how many people live there - other than if there is only one adult you get a 25% discount.
However, in practice if you rent individual rooms the flat will be classed as a "house in multiple occupation" (HMO) in which case the landlord is legally responsible for the council tax. Of course, he will pass this on to you as part of the rent. Even if a group of you rent the house as a whole it will probably still be a HMO.
- ?Lv 710 years ago
Council tax is based on the whole property, therefore, for individual rooms, the landlord would be liable for the Council Tax and will factor it into the individual rents.
If you rent the whole property then you will be directly liable for the council tax and will pay the council.
If you rent individual rooms, you will only have to pay 3/4 of the whole house rent because the landlord will let the other room to someone else.
If you rent the whole house you will be paying for 4 bedrooms and only using 3.
