dodgy fees?

Rick Deckard

Hi, I am looking at purchasing a site (developed to subfloor) in a ghost estate in North County Dublin. There's 20 plots in the estate, 5 have houses built, the rest are like the one i'm interested in.
Here's the query;
The agent says they're 120K ea with another 15/20K in fees/levies/charges???

When i quizzed him on the extras, he was evasive and just said it was normal..

Is it normal? Do you pay Stamp Duty on a site? What other charges could be insued (other than legal/agents fees)?

Thanks for reading,

Peat.

paultheviking

sounds like stamp duty to me.. ask your solicitor

martinn123

peatcass wrote: »

Hi, I am looking at purchasing a site (developed to subfloor) in a ghost estate in North County Dublin. There's 20 plots in the estate, 5 have houses built, the rest are like the one i'm interested in.
Here's the query;
The agent says they're 120K ea with another 15/20K in fees/levies/charges???

When i quizzed him on the extras, he was evasive and just said it was normal..

Is it normal? Do you pay Stamp Duty on a site? What other charges could be insued (other than legal/agents fees)?

Thanks for reading,

Peat.

as well as stamp duty, the agent may be passing on the development levy from Fingal Co.Co which would have been a condition of the original planning permission. You can probably check this by looking up the planning application on www.fingalcoco.ie
Check with your solicitor is the best advice

dpjobrien

Yes you must pay stamp duty on a site, I paid stamp duty on my site check out the revenues website it gives the rates.