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Bank sale, house vacant 2+ years. Electricity /LPT /taxes etc?

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  • 26-02-2017 7:05pm
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    R11
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    Interested in a house that I've viewed. EA says it's a bank sale, house unoccupied over 3 years and last tenants rented the place. Electricity turned off. I'm reading that it's €2000 to reconnect. There's houses to the left and right of it so I'm guessing it shouldn't take a lot of work to reconnect, anyone know more about this?

    Also if I were to buy, am I liable for past LPT, household charge & other taxes/bills /charges that possibly were unpaid? Is that for my solicitor to find out?


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    busylady
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    The LPT , and other charges would be cleared by the bank - you should only be liable for the charges from the date of closing. Your solicitor will deal with these issues as part of the conveyancing process. Not sure how the ESB connection works - presumably there is a fee to reconnect.


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    Ms2011
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    Bought a bank sale property, it was vacant for 5 years. I only payed the LPT from the time I bought the house & it cost €100 to have the ESB reconnected.


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    R11
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    Ms2011 wrote: »
    Bought a bank sale property, it was vacant for 5 years. I only payed the LPT from the time I bought the house & it cost €100 to have the ESB reconnected.
    Thanks,sounds like it was straight forward. Has your house got other houses around it?Also how long did it take to reconnect?
    EDIT-Also did you have to get an electrician to sign off on the wiring?If so,how much was that?


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    4ensic15
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    A lot depends on how long the electricity has been off for. After that it depends on the condition of it.


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    Ms2011
    Registered Users Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Ms2011


    R11 wrote: »
    Thanks,sounds like it was straight forward. Has your house got other houses around it?Also how long did it take to reconnect?
    EDIT-Also did you have to get an electrician to sign off on the wiring?If so,how much was that?

    My house is detached but there are houses around it.
    Took about a week or so for the ESB to send someone out.
    Yes I had to get an electrician to sign off the wiring, our wiring was v.poor so he had to run a main wire from the meter to a couple of sockets but that was all that was needed for him to give a cert, was about a €100 or so in total.


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