The Planning (Wales) Act

  Now that the tree and decorations are back in the attic, champagne and chocolate for breakfast is frowned upon, and the detox is well…

Protecting Individual landlords – Potential Judicial Review Case

  There are plans to bring a ‘judicial review’ case following the Government’s announcement in the Summer Budget 2015 for changes to taxation affecting individual…

New Year’s Resolution #1: Make your Shropshire self build dream …

PICTURE CAPTION: Here’s one Shropshire Self build project to be finished in 2016. A new year’s gift to those wishing to make their Shropshire self-build…

New Year, New Start, New Project

The start of a new year brings new years resolutions and new goals for many of us, so why is it that some things never…

Buying property at Auction

So, you have found your property project and it’s going to auction. Now you need to spend some time looking through the details in the…

Renovation: What sort of work qualifies for the 5% rate?

So you’ve got a letter from the Empty Property Officer confirming that the property hasn’t been occupied during the past couple of years.   You’re probably…

Property Taxation – upcoming topics

Hello and Welcome! I’m Simon Johnson, a Director in KPMG’s Private Client Advisory department based in the West Midlands. I thought it would be helpful…