Mitigating Rate With Live-In Guardians

Our specialist rates team understand how to have a commercial property classified as being used temporarily for domestic purposes. This enables a commercial property to be taken out of business rates and placed into Council Tax. This can result in substantial savings of around 90%. No planning permission for change of use is required.

No planning permission for change of use is required

By using live-in guards we can protect your property prior to it being redeveloped, sold or re-let and reduce your tax burden in the meanwhile.

Our method of applying live-in guardians to have a commercial property rated under Council Tax avoids the points of contention created in the Ludgate House tribunal case. We have a 100% success rate of using live-in guardians to have properties deleted from business rates.