Most people assume that building work on a home in the UK is charged at 20% VAT. And most of the time, they are right. But there are specific circumstances where that drops to 5% and in one case, it drops to zero. Because one of those circumstances involves a very particular type of property and if you know about it before you buy, it could save you a serious amount of money Before I go any further: I am an Architect, not an accountant or tax adviser. Nothing in this video is

12 steps that will save you money on your house extension project.

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A house extension I designed and built in Edinburgh, 2015 Like all construction projects, house extensions have become increasingly expensive over the last few years. Since Covid, inflation in the UK building industry has been running rampant. It’s become so bad that I’ve given up advising clients on what their projects are likely to cost. While most of my projects are high-end and have bigger than average budgets. That does not mean my clients have infinite money. They have

The construction industry is one of the first places to experience inflation, we saw this coming well before most regular people in the...

Is your house too small. Do you need more space? Are you thinking about building an extension to solve that problem. Stop, maybe you...