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VAT on repairs, improvements, and maintenance of listed property

If you are a listed property owner, why not have your say on VAT. Currently VAT is chargeable at 20% on almost all repairs and maintenance works, whereas the building of new properties is exempt. Harlow Consulting is working with Historic Environment Scotland to explore how refunding VAT on extensions, repairs and maintenance would affect…

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Welcome to Dunbar Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme Feb 15th 2023

Expressions of interest from property owners for potential repair projects are now invited. The deadline for applications for the first round of funding is Friday 24th February 2023. Future rounds of funding will be advertised in due course. A free Dunbar CARS introduction event will take place on Wednesday 15th February in the Community Room of…

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21 & 25 High Street

The building at numbers 21 and 25 High Street Dunbar looks uninteresting unless you head round the back or delve into old photo and postcard archives. The tenement conceals its history well, for it is in fact late 18th century and merited a C-listing back in 1971.

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Is there a Conservation Area in Dunbar?

Yes. Most of the older parts of Dunbar, though not all, are in the Dunbar Conservation Area [1] Dunbar has one of  30 conservation areas in East Lothian, which sounds like quite an achievement, but there are 600 in Scotland. Planning authorities designate Conservation Areas in Scotland, which have a combination of special architectural and…

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Walter Robertson Architect

Dunbar Post Office by Walter Robertson A new Post Office for Dunbar was commissioned by HM Public Works and completed in 1904. The Post Office, now numbers 32 and 32a High Street, Dunbar is attributed to the eminent public works architect Walter Wood Robertson, notable for contributions that include the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh. Of…

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Buildings at Risk: Toolkit

The Buildings at Risk Toolkit is part of an initiative funded by Historic Scotland and managed by The Architectural Heritage Fund. It explores and guides on ways to tackle Scotland’s most endangered historic buildings. The Toolkit comprises advice on a range of matters relating to buildings at risk and should be of value to anyone…

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Old Buildings Free Technical Advice Line

Call the Technical Advice Line on 020 7456 0916. Weekdays 9.30am-12.30pm https://www.spab.org.uk/advice/technical-advice-line The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings’ (SPAM) advice line is a free and confidential service open to anyone with a technical enquiry relating to old buildings. Helpline advisors are qualified building surveyors and architects who answer over 1000 calls a year…

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Looking to buy a listed home?

Maintaining, altering or renovating a listed home? Looking to buy one? Check out the The Scottish Listed Property Show. Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Saturday 26 October 2019 9am – 5pm Entry £10 or free to members (£48/a) If you’re of a romantic and purist disposition (cf. William Morris) or have just found a sleeping beauty I…

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Sign here to reduce VAT to 5% on repairs & alterations to listed buildings

Private listed property owners are preserving much of our built heritage for future generations, yet many may be struggling to maintain and repair their homes. In 2012, the UK Government removed the zero rate of VAT for pre-authorised alterations to listed buildings. This may have been a blow to owners, but chances are you didn’t…

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Dunbar Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme – Are you interested?

East Lothian Council has the opportunity to bid for regeneration funding for Dunbar. If successful, the funds would be used to establish a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) providing building repair grants to help improve properties in the area.