NPPR/LPT when selling

jthepope2

Considering selling a property in the Dublin City Council area. It has been an owner occupied property since 2007/2008 when bought.
In order to sell it I understand the following will be required for the solicitor, can someone confirm what documents are needed as part of sales process, and how to get them.
-Proof that the property tax, LPT, was paid/up to date? Is there a revenue email address where this query can be sent to?
-Regarding the NPPR and fact for 2009-2013ish, this was in. A bill in owners name for one month for each of the years inclusive? Forward this to some department in DCC?
-Is it just the NPPR exemption cert for 2009-2013 inclusive and proof that the LPT is up to date that is required when selling the property?

bungaro79

think it might be different from council to council but when we sold our house last year (in cork) we had to get bills from 2009 (july i think, had to be a certain month) and 2013 (a certain month again i think). was a balls trying to get a bill from 2009 as we had changed suppliers in the meantime.
you usually have to pay the lpt for the full year too but you get some of that reimbursed depending on when the property is sold

jthepope2

Thanks so much for clarifying Bungaro79, sounds like a bill from 2009 and 2013 will do (depending on the local authority).
Yes, fair point regarding chasing bills from eight years back!!

ThisRegard

For the LPT you can just give your login details to your solicitor and they can verify it's paid that way.

jthepope2

Cheers ThisRegard, much appreciated.
Yeah, told by someone to get the process going long before sale etc, as in gathering these documents.

Grawns

To be very clear as solicitors should but won't tell you this. You don't need receipts for the nppr if you don't own another property you just need to swear a signed statement in your solicitors office. Why they don't tell you this is a Flippin mystery.

busylady

If you don't own another property , you don't need receipts - you do need to sign a declaration confirming that the property was your Principal Private Residence for the liability years 2009-2013 which your solicitor will send to the local authority to apply for the Certificate of Exemption. Some local authorities require utility bills for the relevant years, some don't and will issue the certificate if the declaration is furnished.

contrary_mary

Grawns wrote: »

To be very clear as solicitors should but won't tell you this. You don't need receipts for the nppr if you don't own another property you just need to swear a signed statement in your solicitors office. Why they don't tell you this is a Flippin mystery.

That depends on the local council. Wicklow county council wouldn'the accept a signed affidavit and insisted on utility bills from each year between 2009 and 2013. The utility companies were happy to send out copies to us - even ones we had since switched from.

size5

Just sold a buy to let apartment for this had to get

(1) NPPR-I just emailed them in details and got Certificate of Excemption-took about 15 working days

(2) Household charge for 2012-kid you not it was a one year charge before the LPT came in!!! Again emailed and was send Cert of Exemption in 2 weeks

(3) LPT as was said in posts solicitor can verify with Property ID and password.