Recent content by MartinW

Yes i am a gold member of the BHS and thanks for the info, most useful and I will give them a ring and post the results so that maybe it can help someone else. As Ive said we really have no problem paying whats correct and right but am reluctant to take on face value what the valuation officer...

Thanks for that news, I had heard that horses used to work the land are officially agricultural and ours are used to pull a chain harrow and we have videos of this, we dont have a plough but cant see this being a problem. We also have an agricultural holding number so that would probably help...

Many thanks for the ideas. Whats weird is that the barn is zero rated, the tack room is zero rated, the stable kitchen is zero rated and the laundry for the cottages is zero rated. I would have thought that if the loose boxes as they call them are rated then why not the support buildings? The...

Hello, in a similar vein we have a yard on the outskirts of the New Forest. This was derelict when purchased apart from the house in one corner of the yard. Over the past years we have renovated the yard and house. Down the North side of the yard are 3 self contained holiday cottages, on the...